Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs became the subject of a social media whirlwind after a video of a yacht party on which a curious little bag of pink powder appeared along with sounds of tittering and, it must be said, an additional dose of Android silicon-level silence from everyone involved.
The clip, which doesn't have Cardi B, though she was known to be at the event, features Diggs posted up on a Miami boat with the women dancing and calling him "daddy." Yes, really. It's yacht party energy to 11. And in a moment no less chaotic-sounding, Diggs opens a metal container and produces what appears to be a plastic bag filled with pink powder.
Speculation took off like a party firecracker in July when Blackground tweeted and then deleted a photo of a metallic pink powder many amateur chemists decided looked like "Tusi," a.k.a. pink cocaine, a synthetic killer party compound of ketamine, MDMA, and meth, with a little bit of coke thrown in for good measure. It's not exactly what you would want to stumble into your off-season highlights reel.
And although Diggs and Cardi B, the latter of whom only confirmed she was doing anything with the former last month, have opted to keep those lips sealed, Bills head coach Mike Vrabel has also decided he's not going to say too much; at least as much as an NFL head coach can muster.
"Well, it's something that we're mindful of, and we want to do things that are great on the field, great off the field, but there's a law process that will go into this, but we'll monitor it and see how he does, see what the outcome is, and you know you guys can discuss and speculate on how things will go, and again you know, I'm under the blanket of the NFL." Vrabel speaking in a press availability. "The message will be consistent for all of our players that we're trying to make great decisions. And all conversations I have with Stefon and, actually with us, they are between us and Stefon and us and him and the club."
Vrabel watched the video, but they won't be the ones pouring fuel on the fire, either. The classic coach speaks, "It was slick, evasive , and likely vetted by three team lawyers even before the mic went hot."
So far, there has been no official word on whether the NFL intends to investigate and no suggestion that any rules were violated. This leaves fans, critics, and a bunch of online detectives with more questions than answers and a pink cloud of mystery hovering above what really ought to be a low-drama offseason.
Diggs can dominate a headline, even in a pair of flip-flops. Whether this is a good thing is a question that's yet to be answered. Until then, this moment of that boat party mystery remains internet infamy. And Coach Vrabel? Well, he wishes his star receiver kept his powder to himself, at least when he's pink powder or other powder on the field.
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