Diggs didn’t leave Buffalo this past season on the best of terms, having had his least productive season since 2019 with the Minnesota Vikings.
He completed just 349 receiving yards on 63 targets in the team’s final eight regular-season games, missing a crucial ball in the postseason defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Given the roster’s prior experiences stemming from salary-cap concerns, there is now discussion over his future with the squad.
Contract for Stefon Diggs: $27.554 million in 2025, $27.354 million in 2024, $28.446 million in 2026, and $22.549 million in 2027
Notwithstanding the fact that Diggs is among the highest-paid NFL players, he can opt out of his deal before it expires in 2028 without suffering a severe cap penalty.
$18.5 million in cap savings would result from Buffalo designating Diggs as a post-June 1 trade or release candidate in 2025.
Crucially, the Bills would face a considerably higher financial hit in an offseason that has already seen them lose a substantial amount of quality if they were to trade or release Diggs after June 1st of this year.
The 30-year-old wide receiver, though, created a commotion on social media, stoking rumors that he wishes to leave Buffalo.
Diggs has a history of hinting that he wants out and has already forced one trade in his career. His latest post stoked rumors that the All-Pro wideout would be traded after a turbulent year.
Many in the league think Buffalo has already decided on Diggs’ position, despite the ongoing discussion.
ESPN NFL insider Dan Graziano stated during an appearance on SportsCenter that he thinks Diggs will be playing for the Bills in 2024, based on discussions with sources around the league.
When I asked around about this to others who were involved in the case, the most common response I received was, ‘This is Stefon Diggs; he does this frequently, and in the end, they’ve been able to patch it up with Buffalo,'” My current assumption is that he will play for the Bills this season.
Diggs’s unhappiness and social media conduct are inevitable when he is a member of a squad, as both Graziano and many others in the NFL understand.
There’s no need to trade Diggs at this time because the Bills understood what they were getting when they acquired him and because they want to be a Super Bowl contender in 2024.
