Bills trade star receiver Stefon Diggs to Texans for 2025 2nd-round pick

 

The Buffalo Bills traded star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans, the teams announced on Wednesday.

The Bills will receive a 2025 second-round pick (via the Minnesota Vikings) in exchange for Diggs, a 2024 sixth-round pick, and a 2025 fifth-round pick.

Diggs, a four-time Pro Bowler, had 107 receptions last season (the seventh-most in the NFL) for 1,183 yards and eight touchdowns.

ESPN was the first to report the news.

The 30-year-old is expected to provide a major boost for an already potent offense in Houston. The Texans ranked 12th in yards per game (342.4) and seventh in passing yards per game (245.5) thanks largely to NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year C.J. Stroud.

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The quarterback selected No. 2 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft, threw for 4,108 yards, 23 touchdowns, and only five interceptions while leading Houston to the postseason. Diggs will be complemented by rising star receivers Nico Collins and Tank Dell.

The Texans also added veteran running back Joe Mixon in a trade with the Cincinnati Bengals in March.

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The trade ends Diggs' sometimes rocky tenure in Buffalo, where he has earned Pro Bowl honors all four seasons. It also comes hours after a social media back-and-forth with Robert Griffin III, who asserted that Diggs was not essential to the success of Bills quarterback Josh Allen.

"You sure?" Diggs replied.

Buffalo entered the offseason $47 million over the salary cap and has lost multiple starters from the division championship roster.

Diggs turns 31 in November but has produced at a high level since the Bills acquired him from the Minnesota Vikings in 2020.

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Houston's financial commitment could be just one season because of the structure of guaranteed cash payouts. The Texans can part with Diggs after the 2024 season if desired without a cap hit because his $18 million salary for 2025, $19.1 million for 2026, and $14.5 million in 2027 isn't guaranteed.

Diggs and the Bills were at odds multiple times since he signed a four-year, $96 million contract with $70 million guaranteed in April 2022. Almost exactly two years later, Buffalo hit reset at the wide receiver position.

Khalil Shakir, a fifth-round pick in 2022, is the top returning wide receiver from the 2023 season with 39 receptions for 611 yards and two touchdowns. In addition to Diggs, No. 2 receiver Gabe Davis (45 receptions, seven TDs in 2023) signed with the Jaguars in free agency.

Buffalo has added two receivers -- Commanders free agent Curtis Samuel and former Falcons receiver Mack Hollins.

Samuel has four career 50-plus-catch seasons and had 126 total receptions the past two seasons. Diggs caught 215 passes for 3,613 yards and 19 touchdowns since he signed the new deal with the Bills on April 6, 2022.

Diggs has 810 career catches for 9,995 yards and 67 touchdowns in 136 games (128 starts) with the Minnesota Vikings (2015-19) and Bills.

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