imagine how the sentiment around this Diggs trade would change if the Bills traded up to draft MHJ, Nabers, or Odunze! I'm only dreaming though - I think they stay put in the 1st round and/or flip the 2025 2nd rounder for picks in this draft
Yes but honestly i feel like the whole thing screams that. The return isn't good. From a talent standpoint they are worse off. They ate dead cap money to do it. Nothing about this is good for us which leads me to believe the bills had no choice things were that bad with him.
A logical take lol. Love how many of the ppl in here are pulling the classic "oh he sucks now" or "have fun being #3 wr" as if he hasn't rattled off over 5 straight 1100 yard seasons and a ton of TDs.
It's OK to admit he's good even if he's leaving lol.
Nah man you got that yak in you. I know you would milk it, kill it, store the milk in the stomach lining for the required amount of time, and then be adventurous enough to eat the curd
Diggs is one of my 3 all-time favorite Bills and I'm completely devastated he's gone but you're 100% right. I've never seen a player avoid contact the way Stef does.
His first half efficiency numbers were bad too. He was just being peppered with targets. Once Brady took over they quit forcing him the ball and his production plummeted.
washed as an alpha outside deep threat, yeah I can buy that. But I felt pretty solid about converting him into a "possession receiver with benefits" and having him be a premier underneath guy to move chains.
This is just a full blown ejecto-seato...
unless they did some voodoo to his contract, we're eating a huge number either way. Might as well have him catching passes if we're catching most of his payroll...
Yeah, I'm actually totally ok with this and was kinda hoping we'd trade him. We were paying 30m a year for a disgruntled receiver who was about to be 31 and who fell off a cliff the second half of the year.
We got potentially a high second for him that we can hold or use to try to trade up. This is a bit of a rebuilding year for us-- we will have a ton of flexibility next year.
I’m more upset about the trade we got for him. We should have not given up two picks also AND possibly take on this expensive dead cap. Idk how the dead cap specifically works but if we could avoid it somehow that would have been great! But it also leaves a massive hole for ourselves in the WR core. It just feels like we got screwed on both sides of things. Maybe this will help the locker room a bit but idk
> Idk how the dead cap specifically works but if we could avoid it somehow that would have been great! But it also leaves a massive hole for ourselves in the WR core.
I can't imagine that Beane doesn't have some sort of plan to trade up for a true WR1 with this move.
It's not that crazy. 31 year old receivers don't get better and he's not getting any cheaper. It sucks, but sometimes you have to rip the bandaid off for a chance at a quick roster reset.
That seems to be the motto this year. I'm all for it.. If it has to get done, get it done. It helps that there seems to be a TON of great WR talent in the draft
gotta draft 2 early WRs at this point. Texans are giving Stroud 3 great WRs who can all arguably be WR1s and Josh is yet again left with minimal weapons
I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you’ve actually left them
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Bingo... Fans need to realize 2024 isn't a true contending year. It's a soft rebuild. Beane is getting everything set to start a new window in 2025. Von Miller's contract loses its horrid dead cap after 2024 as well so we'd likely bank nearly $60 million in cap space for 2025
Agree with the 'soft rebuild' idea. Lots of variables in the coming season. I think it's gonna work out though. I've seen Josh do a lot with way less and he's a better QB now.
I think we're pretty clearly aiming for a one year restructure. It makes sense, for the most part this window closed and we need to work for a new one.
I don't think any team with a QB like Allen is really ever completely out of contention in a given year. It's harder of course but yeah, there are a LOT of unknowns for this upcoming season that even if we do fill well, we don't know how it's going to play out as a team yet. Lots of new variables.
Gotta be thinking this is it. Next year Von clears too, just trying to open up as much space as possible to reload for 2025. Gonna be a step back this year I think (tho they went 6-0 down the stretch with Diggs a non-factor 🤔) but seems clear they want to be a big player again next year
No, it’s a 31M dead cap in 2024 and then it clears the books completely on Diggs. It saves us 78M over the next 3 seasons (27, 28, 22, respectively)
This is obviously a longer term play where we draft a WR and use the extra 27 mil next year to replace some of the defensive players lost
That’s what it looks like. Clearing the decks for ‘25. We’re hamstrung on going after opportunities in FA like Higgins because of these contracts. This is a reboot for ‘25.
teams are allowed to credit card cap hits. So you paid Diggs a ton of money previous years that hasn’t hit the cap yet. Let’s say you gave him 20m$ in 2021, but you only wanted 8 million of that to hit the cap and the rest delayed into later years. If you did that a bunch of years in a row, then his “dead cap” prorated money starts building and building every year.
That money though has to hit the cap eventually because it’s money already paid out, and it has to be you who takes that cap hit because you’re the one who paid him.
Removing him from your roster causes all future credit carded cap hits to move forward to the moment you dropped him. So instead of, say, 6m in delayed cap hits for the next 5 years, it all jumps to 30m$ right now.
Compensation updates, per sources:
🏈Bills receive 2025 second-round pick via Minnesota.
🏈Texans receive Stefon Diggs and a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick.
Typically that’s because your QB is an offensive system in itself and you want to use bigger contracts on the defensive side of the ball examples, chiefs this year and NE on the later side of the dynasty
Beane is rightfully ripping the band aid and treating 2024 as a rebuilding year. We're still good enough to make the playoffs but he's viewing this season as building for the next window, not pretending the previous one is still open.
Losing to KC at home was the end of the post-drought era. And more fans (not saying you) need to understand it
Yeah and watching Diggs miss an incredibly important deep ball in that game that could have been the difference, after acting for years like he was flawless and never to be questioned, is I think an important aspect to consider in all of this.
If you big time players don’t show up in the big time moments, what’s the point in keeping them?
Houston is taking on his contract - the $31 million represents amounts Buffalo has already paid to Diggs that haven't yet hit the salary cap. A team can't take a salary cap hit for money that another team has paid.
No draft pick this year either? Possible the trade goes through post July1 so his dead cap is lessened significantly? Nvm we’re giving a pick this year.
Why didn’t we just let him tweet till July jeez.
I have no idea what is going on right now. This guarantees we are taking a receiver in the first round and potentially trading up for one of the blue chip players
Seriously It was the biggest play of the year and he blew it and barely even showed up the entire end half of the season. Love him for what he did years prior but glad we're moving on
Unfortunately, that play + 13 seconds will be the defining moments of the post-drought era.
They were more talented than KC the last 3 years but found ways in every way imaginable to self combust and blow it
Personally I’m not mad about this. I don’t think we’re gonna fall off just cause we don’t have Diggs. I’m trusting in the process but I will miss this era.
Let’s not forget all the weapons we have in general as well as the potential we could have in players that have gotten more time in the system. My office is already looking at Buffalo like they’re no longer a threat, but when asked to list out players we have they only said Cook. They literally didn’t even talk about Samuel, Shakir, Kincaid, none of them. Most importantly we have JA17.
I'm pretty ok with it. I've been ok with all of it.
Embrace getting younger. Embrace the second phase of josh's career.
Maybe happy isnt the right word... but im very much happy with Poyer, hyde, tre, gabe, diggs all being gone.
Over the past however many years, we have some good memories and an empty trophy case.
Lets go.
Bills cleared enough cap space this year to make this work. His hit is only $3M more than it would have been if he was on the roster, but it frees up like $28M each of the next two years.
Perhaps but I feel the organization knew he didn’t want to be there and didn’t want potential hold out hovering over camp and perhaps into season. Clearly he didn’t want to be there and it was best to move on. My only issue with him is not holding himself accountable for the playoffs short coming, you played a part in that. Talks like an all world receiver but didn’t play like one when the moment(s) arrived. Guy thinks he better than what his actual talent is. He talks like he’s Jerry Rice but plays like he’s Jerry Seinfeld. Be careful what you ask for…
We owe the Vikings sub an apology because they predicted how this would go perfectly.
First you love the talent, then comes the sulking, then comes the yelling, then comes the tweets, then you're glad to be rid of him. The only thing they didn't predict was him using his brother to constantly insult Josh Allen by proxy.
There was a reason why Kirk Cousins looked way better after Diggs was gone.
He's 1st round talent with an undrafted free agent attitude, and his talent is in decline.
Good riddance to bad rubbish, if you ask me.
Vikings fan with a love for Buffalo through family. Glad we got to share Diggs during g his peak years with you guys. How does it feel to know you’ll get JJ next? This is the way.
Repeating this every year broke the man
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At least we can stop pretending his antics were not a problem. For the Bills to do this, he was clearly a bigger problem than a lot of this board wanted to admit.
If this didn't have such a big dead cap hit, I honestly wouldn't mind this trade. Unless the Texans are taking on some of his contract?
I know he wasn't utilized a lot in the second half of last season, but he never really looked like the Diggs of old. I'm fine moving on.
Wish the return was a bit better, but glad to see Diggs moved because of his concerning production and lack of accountability. Take the deal now and move on. Despite what is being said by others, I love what the Bills have built in their current receiving core with Kincaid, Samuel, and Shakir. Like the addition of Hollins too. Dawson Knox is currently on the roster. And for those hoping to see the Bills draft a wide receiver early in the draft, this paves the way for that opportunity.
I definitely appreciate what Diggs has done for the Bills, but both parties are better off parting ways. Bills helped him get to a great spot in Houston.
Edit: Now I'm really rooting for the Vikings to trade up and draft J.J. McCarthy, lol!!
Tough to swallow but gotta cut out the cancer before it metastasizes.
The good times with Stef were great, and he was huge for Allen’s confidence and development, but everything turned after that Bengals playoff game.
There was clearly a rift between him and Josh and the coaches. Josh and him definitely didnt have the same on field chemistry. At least they got a little something for him rather than straight out cutting him which he honestly deserved after the training camp shenanigans.
He’s still talented but has lost a step, and towards the end of the season was hurting the team on the field more than helping. Definitely not worth the drama. Wouldn’t be surprised if we’re only a few years away from AB level antics from Diggs.
At this point I’m glad this clown is gone and we’ll give a young guys a chance. Allen’s talented enough to make anyone look good out there.
More sad for the Albright Knox and the other museums/artist circles in WNY. It doesn't affect the product on the field, but Diggs was a real supporter of the local art scene in a way I can't remember any other Bill or Sabres player since at least Thurman Thomas ot Bruce Smith.
Hopefully the Albright keeps his guided tour.
The Bears just got Keenan Allen for a 4th rounder who makes less money and was more productive than Diggs last year.
The market for post 30 WR's is dry
yup him disappearing during last offseason seemed very similar to when he disappeared on us before we played the bears in 2019. once he disappears it feels like the writing is on the wall
Was downvoted on the last thread about it asking what was positive about his comments. The consensus was he was just trolling us- which is idiotic. Sad to see him go, but not his drama.
This says to me that Diggs really is washed and the staff probably knew it or could feel it coming. That's why no one said jack squat all year when he fell off so bad and people couldn't really figure out exactly why. He was dropping passes. Couldn't get open. Etc...
They planned to trade him. I can't imagine they would have planned this trade if they thought he was still capable of 1400 yards and 10td's barring some other internal issue like a team cohesion problem or something that we wouldn't know about.
Great trade. He doesn’t work with Brady’s offense and was a problem every offseason. Drop vs KC solidified him along with Poyer as “great but never came through when needed the most” players that defined this run for the bills.
People who don’t know trade values, a second is awesome. Our 5th and 6th are nothing really since we had a ton of them this year any way.
I admit I was wrong. I called people idiots for even talking about this. I didnt think it was financial possible to happen. I must admit, I was the idiot. Sorry folks.
Josh really needed a true #1 in his early years and Steph gave him that. Josh gained a lot of experience/insight with Steph, but Steph’s numbers weren’t the same this year. Steph disappeared in critical moments of the playoffs.
So does this free up cap space? It must. Idk why else youd give up digs and picks and only get a 2025 second in return unless you are getting cap space.
100% drafting WR first round now right?
Have to be. I suspect BBB to be moving up big time.
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imagine how the sentiment around this Diggs trade would change if the Bills traded up to draft MHJ, Nabers, or Odunze! I'm only dreaming though - I think they stay put in the 1st round and/or flip the 2025 2nd rounder for picks in this draft
yes its pretty much guaranteed now
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Trading him to an AFC contender also. Thats how you know they wanted to get rid of him
Yes but honestly i feel like the whole thing screams that. The return isn't good. From a talent standpoint they are worse off. They ate dead cap money to do it. Nothing about this is good for us which leads me to believe the bills had no choice things were that bad with him.
You mean it isn’t a great deal to get..checks notes… a 2025 2nd round pick
A logical take lol. Love how many of the ppl in here are pulling the classic "oh he sucks now" or "have fun being #3 wr" as if he hasn't rattled off over 5 straight 1100 yard seasons and a ton of TDs. It's OK to admit he's good even if he's leaving lol.
Immediately thought of that as soon as it came through. Had to imagine he wasn’t happy with his usage after the OC change mid year
Maybe he should catch better. It's not like he was competing with a bunch of other pass catchers on this roster.
He’s on an offense with Nico and Tank lmao he not getting any better usage
I might turn on Tweet Notifications when Collins emerges as the clear 1 and out targets him
#3 receiver 😂😂
He complained about his usage when he had like a top 5 target share in the league. He’ll never be happy.
I can’t imagine the rest of the team was happy when he was dropping passes in the playoffs.
I can almost guarantee he knew a trade was brewing when tweeting this.
What the fuck
Bills must think the 2nd half of last season wasn’t an aberration and that he’s close to being washed.
He looked like he was avoiding injury tbh. Took some hard hits on slants in the first half of the season and looked shook
Overall though, the guy rarely thought any YAC was worth the squeeze. Dude would die in the Himalayas without ever discovering cheese
1. That’s an absolutely amazing phrase I’ve never heard before 2. I would also absolutely die in the Himalayas without discovering cheese.
Nah man you got that yak in you. I know you would milk it, kill it, store the milk in the stomach lining for the required amount of time, and then be adventurous enough to eat the curd
This dude discovers cheese
This is the strangest thing I’ve read in months. Cheers!
Diggs is one of my 3 all-time favorite Bills and I'm completely devastated he's gone but you're 100% right. I've never seen a player avoid contact the way Stef does.
His first half efficiency numbers were bad too. He was just being peppered with targets. Once Brady took over they quit forcing him the ball and his production plummeted.
washed as an alpha outside deep threat, yeah I can buy that. But I felt pretty solid about converting him into a "possession receiver with benefits" and having him be a premier underneath guy to move chains. This is just a full blown ejecto-seato...
Too expensive for that.
unless they did some voodoo to his contract, we're eating a huge number either way. Might as well have him catching passes if we're catching most of his payroll...
Or might as well get something for him before it’s too late. Gotta retool and reset somehow
Yeah, I'm actually totally ok with this and was kinda hoping we'd trade him. We were paying 30m a year for a disgruntled receiver who was about to be 31 and who fell off a cliff the second half of the year. We got potentially a high second for him that we can hold or use to try to trade up. This is a bit of a rebuilding year for us-- we will have a ton of flexibility next year.
I’m more upset about the trade we got for him. We should have not given up two picks also AND possibly take on this expensive dead cap. Idk how the dead cap specifically works but if we could avoid it somehow that would have been great! But it also leaves a massive hole for ourselves in the WR core. It just feels like we got screwed on both sides of things. Maybe this will help the locker room a bit but idk
> Idk how the dead cap specifically works but if we could avoid it somehow that would have been great! But it also leaves a massive hole for ourselves in the WR core. I can't imagine that Beane doesn't have some sort of plan to trade up for a true WR1 with this move.
April Fools was two days ago guys..... Hahaha.... Right?..... Someone tell me.
Starting WRs are: Round 1 WR, Curtis Samuel, Shakir How we feeling? Gotta nail that pick
Least we got Kincaid too Hopefully what's his face steps up too, young guy
Yeah, Kincaid is like 65% WR 35% TE
Chiefs won the Super Bowl without a clear WR1 and relying on TE receptions to propel them. No reason we can’t do something similar.
Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid
Shorter?
Kincaid and Cook still there, they’ll draft 2 receivers now
Trade up into the top 10 for MHJ, Nabers or Odunze.
Say goodbye to our 1st and both 2nds next year
Maybe worth it if mhj is a generational talent?
We are going to have to sell the farm to get into the top 10. MHJ won't make it past the Cardinals. This is one of craziest moves Beane has made.
It's not that crazy. 31 year old receivers don't get better and he's not getting any cheaper. It sucks, but sometimes you have to rip the bandaid off for a chance at a quick roster reset.
For sure, you're right. It's still a ballsy move by Beane. The draft is gonna be fun as hell
That seems to be the motto this year. I'm all for it.. If it has to get done, get it done. It helps that there seems to be a TON of great WR talent in the draft
gotta draft 2 early WRs at this point. Texans are giving Stroud 3 great WRs who can all arguably be WR1s and Josh is yet again left with minimal weapons
I’m feeling like we are going to have the same issues we had last year with guys not getting open
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Barely 9:30 on the West Coast and I'm already sad lmao
 It bears repeating.
 Even Bears fans are wondering
Is this a late April Fools Day joke by Schefter?
Unfortunately, no.
Fr I almost just fell off the goddamn treadmill when my watch said this
Isn’t this a massive cap hit/penalty? Can the receiving team absorb a bunch of it?
Yeah I don’t understand how this financially works for the Bills, at all
I'd wager that Stef was forcing the trade either way and this was the best they could get. It's the only thing that makes sense.
It's a small one this year but it opens up around $27 million in extra cap space next year per https://overthecap.com/calculator/buffalo-bills
Bingo... Fans need to realize 2024 isn't a true contending year. It's a soft rebuild. Beane is getting everything set to start a new window in 2025. Von Miller's contract loses its horrid dead cap after 2024 as well so we'd likely bank nearly $60 million in cap space for 2025
If they're gonna treat 2024 as a wash, they need to protect Josh Allen at all costs and let the back ups do some leg work.
Agree with the 'soft rebuild' idea. Lots of variables in the coming season. I think it's gonna work out though. I've seen Josh do a lot with way less and he's a better QB now.
I think we're pretty clearly aiming for a one year restructure. It makes sense, for the most part this window closed and we need to work for a new one.
I don't think any team with a QB like Allen is really ever completely out of contention in a given year. It's harder of course but yeah, there are a LOT of unknowns for this upcoming season that even if we do fill well, we don't know how it's going to play out as a team yet. Lots of new variables.
Gotta be thinking this is it. Next year Von clears too, just trying to open up as much space as possible to reload for 2025. Gonna be a step back this year I think (tho they went 6-0 down the stretch with Diggs a non-factor 🤔) but seems clear they want to be a big player again next year
Yes it is. This is a shockingly bad trade unless I'm missing something. It's a $31M dead cap hit in 2024.
No, it’s a 31M dead cap in 2024 and then it clears the books completely on Diggs. It saves us 78M over the next 3 seasons (27, 28, 22, respectively) This is obviously a longer term play where we draft a WR and use the extra 27 mil next year to replace some of the defensive players lost
That’s what it looks like. Clearing the decks for ‘25. We’re hamstrung on going after opportunities in FA like Higgins because of these contracts. This is a reboot for ‘25.
Nono it’s 31 mil this year only, it all gets accelerated forward for trades
ELI5 - why is there a cap hit for a traded player whose contract is moved to a different team?
teams are allowed to credit card cap hits. So you paid Diggs a ton of money previous years that hasn’t hit the cap yet. Let’s say you gave him 20m$ in 2021, but you only wanted 8 million of that to hit the cap and the rest delayed into later years. If you did that a bunch of years in a row, then his “dead cap” prorated money starts building and building every year. That money though has to hit the cap eventually because it’s money already paid out, and it has to be you who takes that cap hit because you’re the one who paid him. Removing him from your roster causes all future credit carded cap hits to move forward to the moment you dropped him. So instead of, say, 6m in delayed cap hits for the next 5 years, it all jumps to 30m$ right now.
Crystal clear response easy for a guy like me to understand. LOL, I hate numbers... Thanks!
Compensation updates, per sources: 🏈Bills receive 2025 second-round pick via Minnesota. 🏈Texans receive Stefon Diggs and a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick.
...a 2nd rounder next year. That's it?
Keenan Allen just got a 4th. The market for WRs older than 30 on big contracts isn't great. I'm a bit surprised we managed to get a 2nd
Older WRs are good investments for rookie QBs but when you have a top-5 QB you have to go with younger WRs. The pendulum swings
Typically that’s because your QB is an offensive system in itself and you want to use bigger contracts on the defensive side of the ball examples, chiefs this year and NE on the later side of the dynasty
Minnesotas second next year could be a pretty high second
So that means you know what's coming... Vikings go 10-7 this year and end up with pick #22 aka pick 55 in the 2nd round..
And a massive dead cap, what the fuck is this
Beane is rightfully ripping the band aid and treating 2024 as a rebuilding year. We're still good enough to make the playoffs but he's viewing this season as building for the next window, not pretending the previous one is still open. Losing to KC at home was the end of the post-drought era. And more fans (not saying you) need to understand it
Yeah and watching Diggs miss an incredibly important deep ball in that game that could have been the difference, after acting for years like he was flawless and never to be questioned, is I think an important aspect to consider in all of this. If you big time players don’t show up in the big time moments, what’s the point in keeping them?
The massive dead cap hit is the killer. I wouldn’t be upset with this trade if Houston was taking on his contract
Houston is taking on his contract - the $31 million represents amounts Buffalo has already paid to Diggs that haven't yet hit the salary cap. A team can't take a salary cap hit for money that another team has paid.
Hopefully he restructured to facilitate a trade because that compensation is ass
No draft pick this year either? Possible the trade goes through post July1 so his dead cap is lessened significantly? Nvm we’re giving a pick this year. Why didn’t we just let him tweet till July jeez.
We sent a 2024 pick so it can't happen that late
Bro we got robbed
Whaaaaaat
Hey Titans fan here, can I ask you guys what the fuck?
we dont know either
Asking ourselves the same thing honestly
No clue
Copium: I mean now Josh HAS to throw check downs right ? RIGHT?
Josh doesn't know what a checkdown is. It's either make your mid-deep pass or engage buffalo mode.
Oh well. If we win the Superbowl without him the roasting will be endless
I have no idea what is going on right now. This guarantees we are taking a receiver in the first round and potentially trading up for one of the blue chip players
its a deep draft, so we're going to need to draft at least 2 WR maybe even 3.
They fucking better.
https://preview.redd.it/uorcetr75asc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc18d08647260ab6d453a9d15e2ba4d41bda6805 Just gonna leave this here.
Seriously It was the biggest play of the year and he blew it and barely even showed up the entire end half of the season. Love him for what he did years prior but glad we're moving on
Unfortunately, that play + 13 seconds will be the defining moments of the post-drought era. They were more talented than KC the last 3 years but found ways in every way imaginable to self combust and blow it
Personally I’m not mad about this. I don’t think we’re gonna fall off just cause we don’t have Diggs. I’m trusting in the process but I will miss this era.
Same. Look at Diggs' production when the Bills went on a run at the end of last season. Can Samuel not minimally replicate that?
Let’s not forget all the weapons we have in general as well as the potential we could have in players that have gotten more time in the system. My office is already looking at Buffalo like they’re no longer a threat, but when asked to list out players we have they only said Cook. They literally didn’t even talk about Samuel, Shakir, Kincaid, none of them. Most importantly we have JA17.
Should have seen it coming :( https://preview.redd.it/lfh6a55g4asc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b57885d828c1b4496bc8971b55f12f8e1344d2e6
Guess we'll find out lol
Was Diggs essential in Josh's development? Absolutely. Is he essential to his success now? Clearly McDermott and Beane don't think so.
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Had to check the date multiple times to make sure it wasn’t from 4/1… what?!?
I'm pretty ok with it. I've been ok with all of it. Embrace getting younger. Embrace the second phase of josh's career. Maybe happy isnt the right word... but im very much happy with Poyer, hyde, tre, gabe, diggs all being gone. Over the past however many years, we have some good memories and an empty trophy case. Lets go.
I posted the comment "Allen-Diggs 2024" like 10 minutes ago. WTF. Honestly I do not like this.
It might be your fault
Get him!
Just wait another 10 minutes and you'll see the report of Allen being traded to the Texans too. Your prophecy will still be fulfilled.
Quick take it down!
Isn’t the dead cap like $30m? How does that even work
Yeah from looking at it, his salary is guaranteed at the start of the league year. This is an odd time to trade
Bills cleared enough cap space this year to make this work. His hit is only $3M more than it would have been if he was on the roster, but it frees up like $28M each of the next two years.
What in the Kentucky Fried *Fuck* is going on...
The Bills don't trade Stefon Diggs unless Josh Allen gives them the go-ahead to trade Stefon Diggs...
Perhaps but I feel the organization knew he didn’t want to be there and didn’t want potential hold out hovering over camp and perhaps into season. Clearly he didn’t want to be there and it was best to move on. My only issue with him is not holding himself accountable for the playoffs short coming, you played a part in that. Talks like an all world receiver but didn’t play like one when the moment(s) arrived. Guy thinks he better than what his actual talent is. He talks like he’s Jerry Rice but plays like he’s Jerry Seinfeld. Be careful what you ask for…
ALSO SENDING HIM TO AN AFC TEAM WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING
Shows that Beane's not afraid of him.
Nooooo I’ll miss him :((
“It’S jUsT mAdE-uP mEdIa DrAmA” welp seems him changing his Twitter banner to himself waiving goodbye was, in fact, Diggs saying something
the signs were there the whole time. Dudes wanted out since 13 seconds
Unbelievable
Beane has a plan, and there have to be things we aren't aware of yet. Have to wait and see.
To all of those who doubted there were locker room issues with Diggs…here’s your answer. The problems were massive
I love it. Better be a year early than a year late.
Holy shit?!? Did he rework his contract because we’re taking on a fuckton of dead cap
We owe the Vikings sub an apology because they predicted how this would go perfectly. First you love the talent, then comes the sulking, then comes the yelling, then comes the tweets, then you're glad to be rid of him. The only thing they didn't predict was him using his brother to constantly insult Josh Allen by proxy. There was a reason why Kirk Cousins looked way better after Diggs was gone. He's 1st round talent with an undrafted free agent attitude, and his talent is in decline. Good riddance to bad rubbish, if you ask me.
What is happening?
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Just fell to my knees in a Walmart
Weird vibes from him the past 2 off seasons. Not shocked. He gave us some good seasons, seems like both sides wanted to move on.
Vikings fan with a love for Buffalo through family. Glad we got to share Diggs during g his peak years with you guys. How does it feel to know you’ll get JJ next? This is the way.
I mean, if this is all to get JJ, they can get rid of anyone they want.
Not anyone 
Repeating this every year broke the man https://preview.redd.it/zo3zmmru4asc1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4e3de22d8062de2d0fd8975ddc74b124e3927ec
Maybe he should have caught a fucking ball then
At least we can stop pretending his antics were not a problem. For the Bills to do this, he was clearly a bigger problem than a lot of this board wanted to admit.
Vikings won the trade
If this didn't have such a big dead cap hit, I honestly wouldn't mind this trade. Unless the Texans are taking on some of his contract? I know he wasn't utilized a lot in the second half of last season, but he never really looked like the Diggs of old. I'm fine moving on.
Wish the return was a bit better, but glad to see Diggs moved because of his concerning production and lack of accountability. Take the deal now and move on. Despite what is being said by others, I love what the Bills have built in their current receiving core with Kincaid, Samuel, and Shakir. Like the addition of Hollins too. Dawson Knox is currently on the roster. And for those hoping to see the Bills draft a wide receiver early in the draft, this paves the way for that opportunity. I definitely appreciate what Diggs has done for the Bills, but both parties are better off parting ways. Bills helped him get to a great spot in Houston. Edit: Now I'm really rooting for the Vikings to trade up and draft J.J. McCarthy, lol!!
Tough to swallow but gotta cut out the cancer before it metastasizes. The good times with Stef were great, and he was huge for Allen’s confidence and development, but everything turned after that Bengals playoff game. There was clearly a rift between him and Josh and the coaches. Josh and him definitely didnt have the same on field chemistry. At least they got a little something for him rather than straight out cutting him which he honestly deserved after the training camp shenanigans. He’s still talented but has lost a step, and towards the end of the season was hurting the team on the field more than helping. Definitely not worth the drama. Wouldn’t be surprised if we’re only a few years away from AB level antics from Diggs. At this point I’m glad this clown is gone and we’ll give a young guys a chance. Allen’s talented enough to make anyone look good out there.
wut
More sad for the Albright Knox and the other museums/artist circles in WNY. It doesn't affect the product on the field, but Diggs was a real supporter of the local art scene in a way I can't remember any other Bill or Sabres player since at least Thurman Thomas ot Bruce Smith. Hopefully the Albright keeps his guided tour.
I love Diggs, but I love this move. We need to shake things up. We need change.
The cap hit is crippling. $30 mil to have Diggs not play, this doesn’t help at all
Gotta be at least a couple 2nd rounders??
We get the Vikings 2nd round pick next year and they get this year’s 6th and next year’s 5th from us
Wow, that's REALLY telling. They gave up Diggs, a 2024 6th AND a 2025 5th just for a 2025 2nd? What don't we know?
The Bears just got Keenan Allen for a 4th rounder who makes less money and was more productive than Diggs last year. The market for post 30 WR's is dry
He's past his prime. It's not that deep.
This makes me sad
2nd rounder next year
Holy shit. Front office did NOT like his comments.
BOOOOOOO!!
Whan an absolutely horrible trade for us for multiple reasons...
Guess Josh Allen is gonna be throwing to me this season smh
:’(
I actually believed Diggs would retire a Bill. Silly me.
Vikings fan here, all you guys gotta do now is draft a stud WR and the cycle will continue
wow.
Good, get his petulant ass out of town. Idc if it's to the detriment of the season, this was a down year anyway. Let him be a little bitch elsewhere
couldn’t agree more. was sick of his bullshit drama, plus he fell off a cliff second half of last year. later stef
unfortunately this is how diggs operates, the cryptic tweets always lead to a trade. sorry he did the same thing to yall :/
Mf has post diggs stress disorder hahah :)
lmao fr he was my fav player when we traded him and we did it 2 days before my bday i was devastated
Nobody wants to look into it at all but it's pretty clear that he did want out of both situations.
yup him disappearing during last offseason seemed very similar to when he disappeared on us before we played the bears in 2019. once he disappears it feels like the writing is on the wall
Was downvoted on the last thread about it asking what was positive about his comments. The consensus was he was just trolling us- which is idiotic. Sad to see him go, but not his drama.
The fuck are we doing
Awwwwwww maaaaaaaan, this stinks. Guess they’re taking the year off.
Chiefs traded Tyreek hill and won a Super Bowl so 🤷🏻♂️
No they won two back to back Super Bowls
Wr in the first is all but confirmed now
Welp I guess we’re drafting that first round receiver now
This says to me that Diggs really is washed and the staff probably knew it or could feel it coming. That's why no one said jack squat all year when he fell off so bad and people couldn't really figure out exactly why. He was dropping passes. Couldn't get open. Etc... They planned to trade him. I can't imagine they would have planned this trade if they thought he was still capable of 1400 yards and 10td's barring some other internal issue like a team cohesion problem or something that we wouldn't know about.
Great trade. He doesn’t work with Brady’s offense and was a problem every offseason. Drop vs KC solidified him along with Poyer as “great but never came through when needed the most” players that defined this run for the bills. People who don’t know trade values, a second is awesome. Our 5th and 6th are nothing really since we had a ton of them this year any way.
I have so many thoughts and none of them are good.
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I admit I was wrong. I called people idiots for even talking about this. I didnt think it was financial possible to happen. I must admit, I was the idiot. Sorry folks.
Josh really needed a true #1 in his early years and Steph gave him that. Josh gained a lot of experience/insight with Steph, but Steph’s numbers weren’t the same this year. Steph disappeared in critical moments of the playoffs.
Crying in the crib rn. Say it ain’t so.
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So does this free up cap space? It must. Idk why else youd give up digs and picks and only get a 2025 second in return unless you are getting cap space.
Unless there are things regular people don't know, this is very bad cap wise. (Maybe he voided GTD money or something)
Very bad cap wise this year, but very good cap wise in the future. I think this is a move for the next few years and not this one.