The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bills trade WR Diggs to Texans
Buffalo gets a 2025 second-round draft pick in package deal.
The Buffalo Bills are trading their top receiving threat, Stefon Diggs, to the Houston Texans in a deal that was agreed to Wednesday.
The Bills acquired the Texans’ second-round pick in the 2025 draft, a pick Houston acquired in a trade with Minnesota. Houston also acquired Buffalo’s sixthround pick in this year’s draft, and a fifth-rounder in 2025.
Diggs’ departure from Buffalo leaves quarterback Josh Allen without his favorite target, and it breaks up a tandem that has rewritten the team’s passing records since the receiver’s arrival in a trade with Minnesota in March 2020. Together they transformed a Bills offense into becoming one of the NFL’s most potent, while helping Buffalo win four straight AFC East titles.
For the Texans, Diggs gives the offense another playmaker to team with Nico Collins and Tank Dell. Collins led Houston with 80 receptions for 1,297 yards and eight touchdowns last season. The Texans went worst to first in the AFC South under firstyear coach DeMeco Ryans and AP Offensive Rookie of the Year C.J. Stroud.
Houston also has traded for running back Joe Mixon, along with a host of improvements on defense. After the deal, the Texans were 15-1 odds to win the Super Bowl next season on FanDuel Sportsbook.
Diggs, who is 30, has nine years of NFL experience and has topped 1,000 receiving yards in each of his past six seasons. In his first season in Buffalo, he became the Bills’ first player to lead the league in both yards receiving (1,535) and catches (127).
Diggs’ production began slipping in the second half of last season, which coincided with Buffalo firing offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and promoting Joe Brady, who placed a renewed emphasis on the running attack. Diggs finished the season with 107 catches and 1,183 yards — both lows during his tenure with the Bills — and eight touchdowns.
Diggs has four seasons left on his contract.
CHIEFS: Agreed to a oneyear deal with running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who has appeared in 48 games since he was a first-round draft pick in 2020, running for 1,845 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also caught 89 passes for 765 yards and seven TDs over four seasons.
Also, Chiefs WR Rashee Rice said Wednesday he was taking “full responsibility” for his part in a weekend wreck involving speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction, six-vehicle crash on a Dallas highway and resulted in minor injuries to four people. Rice was leasing a Lamborghini SUV that police said was speeding along with a Corvette on Saturday. Police said occupants of the Lamborghini and Corvette left the scene without providing information or determining whether anyone needed medical attention. “Today I met with Dallas PD investigators regarding Saturday’s accident. I take full responsibility for my part in this matter and will continue to cooperate with the necessary authorities,” Rice wrote on Instagram. “I sincerely apologize to everyone impacted.”