Stefon Diggs trade raises concerning question that must be answered about state of the Bills
In a shocking turn of events only under a month away from the 2024 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills traded Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans. In the process, the Bills raised a concerning question about the current state of the team in what continues to be a painful offseason in which the franchise is […]
In a shocking turn of events only under a month away from the 2024 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills traded Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans.
In the process, the Bills raised a concerning question about the current state of the team in what continues to be a painful offseason in which the franchise is losing talent left and right: What exactly went wrong between Diggs and the team, and most importantly how could they let it get to this point?
For a long time, the Bills star wide receiver was constantly making headlines with cryptic tweets and viral sideline exchanges, leading to a lot of speculation about potential trades given his perceived mood around the team.
For the most part, notions about a trade were consistently shut down as fans and media chalked it up to competitiveness of a player in a team that's fallen short of the Super Bowl expectations that come with having an elite quarterback like Josh Allen. Additionally, the financials around a potential trade were always seen as a roadblock in a potential move of the superstar.
But Wednesday's blockbuster news change everything: considering the low compensation the Bills are getting for Diggs (a 2025 second rounder while sending back a 2025 fifth and 2024 sixth in addition to the wide receiver), all of the drama surrounding the superstar was true all along.
Diggs wasn't happy in Buffalo and the team clearly felt the same in order to reach this point.
The question now becomes, what went wrong? Often times, players with strong personalities are assigned most of the blame by fans but the reality is part of building a championship-caliber team is being able to manage such players and keep egos in check.
Hopefully, this proves to be an individual case and not something indicative of a divide within the Bills.
What is true is that Bills GM Brandon Beane is about to be put under the spotlight. He's been driving this train that is now looking like a rebuild and he'll have to find a way to fix an offense with a void at WR1 that also happened to have serious WR2 concerns.
As for Josh Allen, it's the quarterback's time to prove Diggs wrong and show he can be an elite QB without No. 14.
Bills’ Stefon Diggs is up to his usual antics on social media with a potential dig at Josh Allen
This could certainly be taken the wrong way.
