If Stefon Diggs becomes available, the Lions should be interested
We've reached the point of the offseason where players are skipping out on mandatory mini camp in hopes to get a new contract. We've already seen one move inside the NFC North with Vikings pass rusher Danielle Hunter skipping out on mini camp. Sometimes when these things happen, it opens up a window where teams decide […]
We've reached the point of the offseason where players are skipping out on mandatory mini camp in hopes to get a new contract. We've already seen one move inside the NFC North with Vikings pass rusher Danielle Hunter skipping out on mini camp. Sometimes when these things happen, it opens up a window where teams decide that they'd rather mutually part ways with the hold out instead of working with them towards a resolve.
The Lions may be able to take advantage of one of those situations after some big news broke today.
This isn't the first we've heard of Diggs possibly being upset this offseason. There's been rumblings of Diggs being flustered going back all the back to the Bills playoff exit in January.
Diggs could be seen looking visually upset at Josh Allen on the sideline at the end of the game. He then left the Bills locker room with all his stuff before the coaches even had a chance to make it there to address the team. He then tweeted "come and rescue me" in April. That last thing might not mean anything, but if it was a message for the Bills, it was a pretty loud one.
If the Bills do decide to move on from Diggs, the Lions are a great fit for him. Especially since there's so many questions in their receiver room right now and the Lions will be without their presumed number two receiver for the first six games of the season.
A move for Diggs would not be easy. There's some red tape to cut through here. This being a big part of that.
The Bills would wind up having to eat quite a bit of cash in a Diggs trade. That might prevent them from wanting to move on from him and might encourage them to figure out a way to patch things up.
If they do decide to move on from him, the Lions have the cap space to pull it off. They will have to take on quite the investment though. Diggs would have a cap hit of a little north of $27 million in 2024. There is a potential out after that season, but the Lions would have to eat some dead cap to make that happen. If everything went well, the Lions would have Diggs until 2027.
This one seems liek a longshot and I wouldn't blame the Lions if they decided to see how things go. With the Diggs large contract and only a few teams being able to take that one, the Lions might just be the best place for Diggs to go. Imagine seeing him return the NFC North to play against his old team in the Minnesota Vikings.
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