Texans receiver Stefon Diggs and Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander have a history, which continued pregame when they had a heated scuffle.
Alexander didn’t talk after the game, but Diggs had plenty to say.
Diggs said he was walking to the locker room 20 minutes before kickoff when Alexander began “chirping.” The two players had a heated exchange before more Packers joined in and pushing and shoving ensued.
“I don’t give a fuck if I’m by myself or with a million. I’m never the bigger person. I ain’t letting shit go,” Diggs said postgame, via DJ Bien-Aime of ESPN. “They picked it up or whatever. But I ain’t with the football tough guy shit.”
Texans coach DeMeco Ryans wasn’t happy with Diggs’ involvement in the pregame antics, saying, “We can’t be about chirping.”
“Things like that happen,” Ryans said. “Those guys have a history. They’ve been going at it before. We don’t want to encourage that. We just want to go play ball the right way and make sure it’s settled on the field.”
The Texans had 55 net passing yards, with C.J. Stroud throwing for a career-low 86 yards. Diggs had five catches for 23 yards, and Next Gen Stats, shows that Alexander matched up on Diggs only six times with no targets for Diggs on those six plays.
Alexander and Diggs first had a pregame disagreement in Week 8 of 2022 when both players ran out of the tunnel at the same time when Diggs was with the Bills. Alexander called Diggs a “little boy” after that game.
