The Buffalo Bills are sending star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans in a blockbuster NFL trade, as first reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN.
In exchange, the Texans will send the Bills a 2025 second-round pick. Houston will also snag a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-rounder.
Blockbuster: Bills are finalizing a trade to send four-time Pro-Bowl WR Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans for draft-pick compensation, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/5tIJGkve6t
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 3, 2024
The deal comes just a few months after Diggs told reporters he was taking his NFL future "day-by-day," after the Bills again failed to reach the Super Bowl despite a strong regular season.
"I feel like I take it day by day," he said, according to ESPN. "Obviously, there's a lot of changes going on, a lot of things going on. I can't really put the carriage before the horse, you know what I'm saying? But I got a great offseason in front of me to put a lot of work in and kind of build around what we got and what we're doing."
Diggs was traded to the Bills from the Minnesota Vikings in 2020. The Vikings originally selected him in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
On the night before the trade to the Texans, Diggs responded to a fan's comment under a tweet from former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III, who asked if Diggs was "essential" to the success of Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
The fan said no.
"You sure?" Diggs responded to the fan.
Stefon Diggs last night: pic.twitter.com/R9Q4kEzj8b
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 3, 2024
Per the New York Post:
"Though Diggs enjoyed success in Buffalo, posting career-highs in receptions (127) and receiving yards (1,535) in his first year with the team, cracks in the union started to show in early 2023, when the Bills were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs by the Bengals.
"Cameras captured Diggs appearing to have an animated exchange on the sideline with Bills quarterback Josh Allen before the eventual 27-10 loss. He swiftly left the locker room after, per reports.
"Diggs, who agreed to a four-year, $96 million contract extension with the Bills in 2022, had 107 receptions last season for 1,183 yards and eight touchdowns."
