"I got a few in rotation. I'm not like the kid off of Charlie Brown like with one blanket [laughs]. I have a couple of blankets. I just like to be warm on the plane, you know the blankets that they have are usually kind of thin."
In-Flight Must-Haves
stefon diggs
Part of life in the NFL is finding a way to be comfortable on the road. Players spend at least 10 weeks (including preseason) away from home, and finding sustained success in the league requires being able to perform out of a suitcase and hotel as well as you do coming from your own home.
Stefon Diggs has found that in his eight-year career, cementing his place among the NFL’s elite wide receivers, topping 1,000 yards in five consecutive seasons, including the last three in Buffalo where he and Josh Allen have become one of the most consistent and dangerous passing combinations in the league.
For Diggs, it’s all about simplicity on the road and finding ways to enjoy himself wherever the Bills schedule takes him. Diggs isn’t a complicated man. He needs some pre-game pancakes, a blanket, and some fairly basic creature comforts.
We got to talk with Diggs about his travel essentials, from the plane to the hotel to gameday, to find out what one of the league’s best requires to be at his best when away from home. This is The Bag:
On The Bag
"I usually just bring a small toiletry bag and I'll have my sweatpants and stuff for after game but before the game is very simple. I maybe bring my Tums, because you know, obviously I told you I have a weak stomach and then I kind of keep it simple in my small bag."
On His Favorite Movies:
"A Few Good Men is definitely one of my favorites. You know, can never go wrong with "Scarface". I'll even go as far as watching a love story or two. So I don't have a favorite. I'm not a big favorites guy. I have a couple. I watch a very wide range. I go from a love story to Scarface and then you just never know where I could take it."
On His Gameday Music Essentials
"I listen to like a lot of R&B before the game. So until I go in between the lines is when I listen to stuff that I guess you'd say will turn me up. But I listen to a lot of old music. So, some Brent Faiyaz going in. And then we'll go to EST Gee and then that's when I step on the field."
On Repping
The Jordan Brand:
"I'm a Jordan athlete so I wear the Jordan cleats, I switch em up color wise but mine are the Jordan 7s, and then I customize em. That was the number that they picked for this year. And then I picked the Olympics [colorway] because it's so close to my uniform and I thought it would mesh well."
On Pre-Game Rituals:
"We got this thing called Breakfast Club with my team with the receivers. Like, if we have a late game, we'll all go to breakfast together. So I don't have any favorite spots. We like trying new places, as long as it's good, we'll go. I get the pancakes with the crispy edges if I can, if not I'll get a waffle, and then I like three eggs fried over hard, potatoes and maybe a little hit of ketchup."
On His Skincare And Grooming Routine:
"I'll bring my main stuff like just regular like soap and stuff to wash myself, cause you know the hotel has soap but it's usually not the best. And then I definitely have my toothpicks, and then like my face wash just before I go to bed. [I] Always pack lotion because, another thing, hotel lotion dries your skin out.
I usually have some cologne because I like smelling good. It's LOEWE. I use the women's bottles compared to the men’s because it smells better.
My barber flies in whenever he can, but I need to keep my facial hair clean and sharp."
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Photo by Darrell Ann
PRESENTS
The Bag
By Jason Tabrys
By Robby Kalland
Stefon's Pick: Hermès Throw Blanket
Stefon's Pick: Goyard Toiletry Bag
Stefon's Picks: A Few Good Men, Scarface
Stefon's Pick:
Beats Headphones
Stefon's Pick: Jordan 7 Cleats
Stefon's Pick's: Aveeno Face Wash, NIVEA Lotion,
LOEWE Pour Homme, and the King C. Gillette Trimmer
Stefon's Picks: Pancakes
On His Gameday Music Essentials
Writer – Robby Kalland
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Project Manager – Jason Tabrys
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