Mike Brable on this show earlier this morning on Steph Dix.

And so nothing to see here when it comes to the player being a troublemaker late for practice or whatever the issue is.

You buy that when it comes to or is that?

I buy it.

You buy it.

Yeah, he said he's been awesome.

And he's ready to go week one. Ready to go week one. I think he, I think Brabel just said, I know what you could do. You're a guy who's been in the league a long time. I'm not going to play you in the preseason. You get it. He said he got enough reps, whether that through joint practices or in regular practices

where they've seen enough of Steph Diggs.

He hasn't spoken to the media in weeks.

I don't know.

Is that just him?

Is that the, that's the way he is?

Steph Diggs is a pain in the butt, I am sure.

But he is incredibly talented at the place they need the most

talent, that an offensive line.

And what Brable's banking on is that Diggs needs a big year to get one last big contract,

and the organization needs a guy to make Drake May better.

But to say that it's been all great and that this is all the media creation

is somewhat laughable, considering Karen Geregian, who is as close to Brable as any media member is,

was pointing out how he had disappeared for weeks. So it's, you know, we can all say it's fine.

Like if Diggs is there week one, who cares how he got there? But it is a tenuous situation.

I think the Diana Rusini interview was overblown, the more that I hear from Brable. Like the fact that Steph Dig said, you know, oh, I don't know, coaches were not going to get too high, you know, for week one. I think we all took that and ran with it when it was, oh, he's not going to be ready for week one. What do you mean? He was being, I think, funny with it. People took it seriously. And then

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