Stefon Diggs slams ESPN’s Bart Scott for joking about brother Trevon’s injury

Dec 26, 2021; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) prior to a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports

Stefon Diggs was not at all pleased about Bart Scott poking fun at his younger brother Trevon’s misfortune.

The ESPN host Scott received backlash on Friday for a joke in poor taste about the Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs, who just suffered a season-ending ACL tear in practice. Scott smirked about “something bad always happen[ing]” to the Cowboys and immediately got called out by his “First Take” co-hosts for doing so (see the video here).

The Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon also chimed in about Scott’s lousy joke in a post to X and did not hold back.

“Bart scott. Like what did you gain from that ?” Stefon wrote. “Other than looking like a [clown emoji].”

Bart scott. Like what did you gain from that ? Other than looking like a 🤡

— DIGGS (@stefondiggs) September 22, 2023

Stefon also posted another tweet in the same window that read, “Ol fake try to be funny a–” (profanity edited by LBS).

A retweet from Stefon of a post by Cowboys safety Jayson Kearse that read “Keep these cornballs from off the TV” later followed as well.

https://twitter.com/Jayronkearse8/status/1705282213762224540

Joking about serious injuries and other types of misfortune is generally off-limits, especially for those who have national media platforms. Scott clearly did not get the memo however and came away from that segment looking pretty buffoonish.

The multi-time All-Pro Stefon is famously close with his brother Trevon, so he definitely wasn’t about to let Scott’s low blow there slide.