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Texans WR Stefon Diggs (ACL) out for the season
Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs sustained a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the season, head coach DeMeco Ryans announced Tuesday.
Diggs, who was named to the Pro Bowl in each of the last four seasons, was injured on a non-contact play during Houston’s 23-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
“It really hurts our team to hear that news,” Ryans said. “He’s been such an important part to our team. Everything that he brought, not only on the field but off the field. The energy, the leader, like the way he worked every single day. He brought a lot to our team. … It’s definitely a blow to us.”
The previously receiver-deep Texans find themselves thinner at the position following injuries to both Diggs and Nico Collins. The latter, who leads the team in receiving yards (567), remains on injured reserve with an ailing right hamstring.
Diggs, 30, has totaled a team-leading 47 catches for 496 yards to go along with three touchdowns in eight games this season. He joined the Texans in an April trade with the Buffalo Bills.
The season-ending injury will snap a couple of streaks for Diggs, who caught at least 100 passes in each of the past four seasons and eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in each of the past six campaigns with the Bills (2020-23) and the Minnesota Vikings.
Tank Dell, Xavier Hutchinson, Robert Woods, John Metchie and Steven Sims will look to pick up the slack for the Texans (6-2), who visit the New York Jets (2-6) on Thursday night in East Rutherford, N.J.
–Field Level Media

Report: Texans WR Stefon Diggs’ contract only for one season
New Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs will be a free agent following the 2024 season after having the final three years of his contract “wiped out,” ESPN reported Thursday.
Diggs will make $22.52 million in guaranteed money in 2024 after the Texans moved the $3.5 million he’s owed in 2025 to this season, per the report.
The Bills traded the four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver on Wednesday in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Texans also get a 2024 sixth-round pick and 2025 fifth-round pick, per reports. The Bills’ second-rounder is via the Minnesota Vikings.
Diggs turns 31 in November but produced at a high level since the Bills acquired him from the Minnesota Vikings in 2020.
He and the Bills were at odds multiple times since he signed a four-year, $96 million contract with $70 million guaranteed in April 2022.
Diggs has 810 career catches for 9,995 yards and 67 touchdowns in 136 games (128 starts) with the Vikings (2015-19) and Bills.
Diggs joins an offense that now includes running back Joe Mixon, whom the Texans also traded for to bolster weapons for second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud. Tank Dell and tight end Dalton Schultz are also in place for 2024.
–Field Level Media

Reports: Bills trading WR Stefon Diggs to Texans
The Buffalo Bills are trading four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans for a second-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.
The Texans also get a 2024 sixth-round pick and 2025 fifth-round pick, per the reports. The Bills’ second-rounder is via the Minnesota Vikings.
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.
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.
Diggs joins an offense that also now includes running back Joe Mixon, whom the Texans also traded for to bolster weapons for second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud. Tank Dell and tight end Dalton Schultz are also in place for 2024.
–Field Level Media

Eagles looking for more from A.J. Brown in clash vs. Bills
Philadelphia’s A.J. Brown and Buffalo’s Stefon Diggs largely have been kept under wraps this month.
A bounce-back performance by one of these top receivers could determine what happens on Sunday when the Bills (6-5) visit the Eagles (9-1).
Brown was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month in October after catching 40 passes for 700 yards and five touchdowns in five games. He set an NFL record with six straight games of 125-plus yards from Weeks 3-8.
Through two games in November, Brown has eight receptions for 74 yards and one score — including just one catch for 8 yards in Monday night’s 21-17 win at Kansas City. Brown and quarterback Jalen Hurts had an animated chat on the sidelines after a botched play led to a Chiefs interception in the second quarter.
The ever-unflappable Hurts didn’t sound too concerned about it.
“Turnovers happen, the negative plays happen, sacks happen, giving up big plays defensively happens, but it’s about never getting too high or too low,” Hurts said.
Tight coverage by Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed had a lot to do with Brown’s low totals in the box score, but the Eagles outscored Kansas City 14-0 in the second half to extend their winning streak to four games. The defense recorded two takeaways in the red zone and held Patrick Mahomes to 177 yards and a 71.6 passer rating.
Philadelphia is 4-0 at home and 2-1 against the AFC East this season, with wins against the Patriots and Dolphins and its lone loss coming against the Jets in Week 6.
Buffalo is 1-3 away from home, including a London loss to Jacksonville. The Bills are 2-0 against the NFC East with wins over Washington and the New York Giants.
Diggs topped 100 receiving yards in five of Buffalo’s first six games this season and was targeted at least 10 times in six of the first eight contests. So far in November, the three-time Pro Bowler has only 13 catches for 147 yards and a touchdown.
Diggs followed up a season-low three receptions during a Week 10 loss to Denver with a season-worst 27 yards in a 32-6 win against the New York Jets last week. The Broncos’ Patrick Surtain II and the Jets’ Sauce Gardner had a lot to do with the limited production.
Diggs expects another tough battle in Philadelphia.
“Obviously a great defense. Well coached. Very skillful players, especially in the back end. And obviously their interior on the D-line speaks for itself,” Diggs said Wednesday.
Buffalo didn’t need a big game from Diggs to smother the Jets and snap a two-game losing streak. Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes, James Cook had 102 yards from scrimmage and a score, Tyler Bass booted four field goals and the defense limited New York to 155 total yards and zero conversions on 11 third downs.
The Eagles opened the 21-day practice window Wednesday for receiver Quez Watkins. Five players did not practice Wednesday: defensive end Derek Barnett (personal), defensive tackle Milton Williams (concussion), safety Justin Evans (knee) and tight ends Dallas Goedert (forearm) and Grant Calcaterra (ankle).
For the Bills, cornerbacks Dane Jackson and Taron Johnson did not practice Wednesday due to concussions. Taylor Rapp sat out with a neck injury and fellow safety Micah Hyde (neck/stinger) was limited. Quarterback Josh Allen (shoulder) was a full participant.
The Eagles are 8-6 all-time against the Bills. Philadelphia won the most recent meeting 31-13 on the road on Oct. 27, 2019.
–Field Level Media

Bills WR Stefon Diggs (back) limited in practice
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs was limited in Friday’s practice due to a back injury.
Diggs, 29, was not listed on the initial injury report Thursday for Monday’s game against the Denver Broncos.
The three-time Pro Bowl selection has an NFL-leading 70 receptions for 834 yards and seven touchdowns in nine games this season.
Cornerback Christian Benford (hamstring) and safety Micah Hyde (neck/stinger) did not practice for the second straight day Friday.
Safety Jordan Poyer (shin) and defensive end Leonard Floyd (illness) were full participants Friday after sitting out on Thursday.
Terrel Bernard (concussion) was limited for a second straight day, while fellow linebackers A.J. Klein (back) and Baylon Spector (hamstring) improved from limited to full participation.
The Bills (5-4) are 4-1 at home heading into Monday night’s date with the Broncos (3-5), who are 1-2 on the road.
–Field Level Media

Josh Allen says no hard feelings after intense Bills practice
After a fiery Buffalo Bills practice Tuesday that included multiple fights and one player swinging their helmet, quarterback Josh Allen characterized the intensity as an example of the team’s will to win.
Allen put himself in the fray at least once, to chastise linebacker Tyrel Dodson for swinging his helmet after an altercation with tackle Spencer Brown. Other skirmishes included wide receiver Stefon Diggs with cornerback Siran Neal and Diggs again with cornerback Taron Johnson.
“We’re just working to compete and get better and we want to be great,” Allen said afterward. “Sometimes you go through practices like that where both sides want it really badly. Both sides are storming to the ball, just trying to make plays and you need those practices. That makes your team better.”
After Diggs threw a block on Johnson at one point, Johnson made his displeasure known with his arms spread wide. But the two were seen settling their differences after practice. The day concluded with Diggs catching a touchdown pass from Allen.
Head coach Sean McDermott stopped practice on at least one occasion to deliver a stern address to the team.
“I think all of our practices have had their moments,” Allen said. “This one may be the most constant. Again, it’s expected (and) and it’s … deserved.”
Allen insists there is no lingering animosity.
“I think it’s well understood on this team that everything that happens between the white lines stays within the white lines,” Allen said. “We love each other. This is a team that gets along extremely well. Our locker room is fantastic and we spend a lot of time outside of the facility together.
“At the same time, we’re grown men and we want to win. We don’t want to give the defense anything and the defense doesn’t want to give us anything. I’d be worried if it was the opposite, to be honest.”
The Bills were 13-3 last season and finished as AFC East champions for the third consecutive year, but they failed to reach the AFC Championship Game after a 27-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Bills open their 2023 regular-season schedule Sept. 11 with a Monday night game on the road against the New York Jets.
–Field Level Media

Report: Bills’ Stefon Diggs upset with lack of voice in offense
It took a week to find out what was eating Buffalo wideout Stefon Diggs last week, when he blew off Day 1 of the Bills’ mandatory minicamp.
Diggs apparently is frustrated with his role and lack of voice in the play-calling of the Buffalo offense, according to a report published Sunday by The Boston Globe.
Last week’s hullabaloo apparently was a carryover from the Bills’ playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals last season, when Diggs was clearly frustrated with what was happening — or not happening — on the field, per the report.
Diggs had four catches for 35 yards on 10 targets in that 27-10 divisional loss to the Bengals on Jan. 22.
Diggs stormed out of the locker room after the loss, not to be seen at all during the voluntary offseason program. He was M.I.A. for the first day of camp last Tuesday but returned for Day 2, when Bills coach Sean McDermott said the 29-year-old had been excused from the first practice. McDermott was “very concerned” with Diggs’ absence just the day before.
“I feel like we’re in a real good spot so the rest of it though, the details I want to respectfully keep those conversations in house,” McDermott told reporters Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Bills quarterback Josh Allen told reporters that he and Diggs were “working on some things” that were “not football-related.”
Diggs caught 108 passes for 1,429 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2022. His catches ranked fourth in the NFL, his yards fifth and his TD receptions were tied for third.
Diggs signed a four-year, $96 million extension in April 2022 and is set to make $24.415 million in 2023. That puts him fifth among all wide receivers for the 2023 season, per Spotrac.
–Field Level Media

Bills WR Stefon Diggs back with team at minicamp
Buffalo Bills star wide receiver Stefon Diggs was back with the team for Day 2 of minicamp on Wednesday.
In fact, the Bills put out a 20-second video — replete with music — on Twitter showing Diggs, in uniform, practicing with his teammates. The title was, “He’s back.”
His attendance followed a day of drama in which Diggs was a no-show for the opening day of mandatory camp, despite having been in the building both Monday and Tuesday morning, only to leave before practice started.
His absence spurred a day’s worth of speculation as to what was eating the 29-year-old Pro Bowl wideout. The speculation evolved into potential trading partners for Diggs, who carries a dead cap hit of $45.5 million this season, making him practically untradeable.
For his part, Diggs’ only communication came on Instagram on Tuesday night.
“I just be letting people cap. If them lies help you sleep better tell em big dawg,” read the first post.
“My phone been silent for like 6 years. Ion play all them sounds and s–t,” Diggs wrote in a follow-up.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen shed some light Tuesday afternoon on what might be happening, saying he and Diggs were “working on some things,” adding the issues were “not football-related.”
“There’s things I could do better to help out with this process and try to get him back here and be the Buffalo Bill that he’s meant to be. … There are some things that could have gone better last year and didn’t,” Allen said Tuesday. “I think, as an organization, maybe not communicating the right way with everything. Just trying to talk and listen at the same time, hear him out and just try to move this forward as quickly and respectfully as possible.”
Diggs skipped the team’s entire offseason program, but those sessions were all voluntary until Day 1 of minicamp on Tuesday. Missing one mandatory workout will cost a player $16,459.
Diggs caught 108 passes for 1,429 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2022. His catches ranked fourth in the NFL, his yards fifth and his TD receptions were tied for third.
Diggs signed a four-year, $96 million extension in April 2022. He’s set to make $24.415 million in 2023. That puts him fifth among all wide receivers for the 2023 season, per Spotrac.
–Field Level Media

Bills ‘very concerned’ with Stefon Diggs’ no-show for camp
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott is “very concerned” by the no-show of star wideout Stefon Diggs for the team’s mandatory minicamp.
Diggs skipped the team’s entire offseason program, but those sessions were all voluntary until Monday.
McDermott didn’t disclose if the team is aware of why Diggs isn’t there or if they’re in contact with him.
Whatever the reason for his absence, it likely isn’t financial; Diggs just signed a four-year, $96 million extension in April 2022. He’s set to make $24.415 million in 2023, including a $22.74 million signing bonus after a contract restructuring in March. That puts him tied for No. 5 among all WRs for the 2023 season.
Diggs carries a dead cap hit of $45.5 million this season, making him untradeable.
Diggs, 29, caught 108 passes for 1,429 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2022. His catches ranked fourth in the NFL, his yards fifth and his TD receptions tied for third.
He made the Pro Bowl all three seasons in Buffalo after a March 2020 trade from Minnesota. He has 703 catches for 8,812 yards and 59 TDs in 119 career games (111 starts) for the Vikings and Bills. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2015 draft by the Vikes.
–Field Level Media