Bills to trade top wide receiver Stefon Diggs to Texans in seismic offseason…….
After rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud guided the Houston Texans to their first playoff berth since 2019, the reigning AFC South champions aren’t resting easy. On Wednesday, the team reached an agreement with the Buffalo Bills to trade for four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs. The Bills will receive a 2025 second-round pick, acquired from the Minnesota Vikings in a March trade, while the Texans will receive a sixth-round pick this year and a fifth-round pick next year.
In one of the most momentous changes of the offseason, two potential contenders changed their short- and long-term outlooks.
The Texans now have a go-to receiver for Stroud, the reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year who became the youngest quarterback in postseason history this season when his team defeated the Cleveland Browns in the wild-card round. Diggs, 30, has had at least 100 receptions in five of the last six seasons, surpassing the 1,000-yard mark in each of them. With top target Nico Collins back and potential second-year pass catcher Tank Dell recovering from a fractured fibula, the Texans have transformed one of the league’s most dubious receiving corps from last season to one of its most talented.
Diggs is the latest high-profile move in a Texans offseason that has also included the signing of four-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Danielle Hunter and a trade for running back Joe Mixon.
In Buffalo, the move signifies yet another big offseason shuffle. This offseason, the Bills parted ways with numerous key players due to a salary-cap squeeze, and their receiving corps underwent a makeover, with Gabe Davis leaving and Curtis Samuel joining. However, the Bills appear to be in need of a replacement for Josh Allen as their No. 1 receiver. The Bills are scheduled to choose at No. 28 in the first round of the NFL draft, which includes a strong group of wide prospects.
Diggs told ESPN in his first comments after the Bills were eliminated from the playoffs in the divisional round for the third year in a row that he “can’t tell you what the future holds.” On Tuesday, he responded on social media to a user who claimed that the receiver wasn’t necessary for Allen’s success, saying, “You sure?
Allen and Diggs’ relationship again came under the microscope after the receiver dropped a long throw in the fourth quarter of the Bills’ 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, which ended Buffalo’s season. Diggs had just three catches for 21 yards in the contest, marking a stop to a season in which his output fell after Ken Dorsey was sacked as offensive coordinator in November and replaced by Joe Brady.
The move leaves the Bills with a dead cap charge of more than $39 million.
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