Buffalo is trading the four-time Pro Bowl receiver to Houston after four years with the Bills.
Acquiring wide receiver Stefon Diggs from the Buffalo Bills is just the latest move by the Houston Texans to bolster a roster that lost in the divisional round of the playoffs last season.
The Texans acquired the four-time Pro Bowler for draft-pick compensation, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday, and it marks another move for the organization that has already spent the most guaranteed money this offseason.
Diggs‘ time in Buffalo comes to an end for a franchise that had Super Bowl aspirations but peaked in the AFC Championship Game. The Bills have had to make some tough decisions this offseason while trying to remain cap compliant. The exit of Diggs is the latest — marking the end of a fruitful, yet rocky relationship for him with quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills.
The Bills are retooling while trying to keep a championship window open with 27-year-old Allen leading the charge.
The Texans are surrounding reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year C.J. Stroud with playmakers, having also acquired running back Joe Mixon this offseason. The franchise, which entered the league in 2002, has never advanced past the divisional round of the playoffs.
So what does it all mean for the Texans and Bills? Our panel of reporters and analysts answers the biggest questions surrounding the trade:
The wide receiver room looks like it is lacking a No. 1 option. Of the five wide receivers who caught a pass for the Bills in 2023, only one remains: Khalil Shakir. Buffalo acquired Curtis Samuel in free agency this offseason, but there’s no doubt the room is lacking a No. 1 receiver and arguably a No. 2 — Davis signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency — with Samuel more of a versatile player who can be used all over the field.
Stefon Diggs led the NFL in receptions during his four seasons with the Bills.
There’s no doubt Diggs will go down as pivotal in Allen’s development, and the pairing brought tremendous success to the Bills. The rumors that Diggs could be a trade candidate have been around for some time and, although he remained committed to retiring as a Bill before the 2023 season and started the first six games on a historic pace, he turned in some of the lowest statistical games of his career from the middle to end of the year. This included the only seven-game stretch of his career with no touchdowns and a career-high seven drops. Diggs and coach Sean McDermott both insisted that Diggs was healthy and gave different reasons for the lack of production, including opposing teams focusing on locking him down. McDermott also said at the end of the year, „I can’t say in particular why specifically [Diggs‘ production dropped]. If I could, we would flip it back that way, right? To the way it started earlier in the year.“
Since the end of the year, the receiver, who is known for his vague tweets, seemed less sure of his future in Buffalo. Amid an offseason roster overhaul, the two sides apparently reached a breaking point. — Alaina Getzenberg
There’s no way around it, the Bills are resetting this offseason and entering a new era.
