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After years of falling brief within the playoffs, the Payments determined to commerce their star No. 1 receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans, a transfer which signaled a turning of the web page for the group.
It leaves Buffalo with a obtrusive gap on the wideout place heading into subsequent week’s draft and quarterback Josh Allen devoid of offensive choices as they give the impression of being to recover from the hump and win their first ever Tremendous Bowl title.
Talking forward of what may very well be a vital week for the Payments, Allen spoke about dropping somebody he loves “like a brother” and the way robust workforce constructing within the NFL will be.
“[Diggs] meant loads. Take a look at the statistics. The numbers don’t lie,” Allen instructed reporters.
The 27-year-old continued: “It’s positively onerous to half methods with a man that’s been instrumental to our success right here.
“I want we might maintain all people. We misplaced loads of veteran management. It’s what it’s. I don’t receives a commission to make adjustments on the workforce.”
Diggs, 30, was traded to the Texans in alternate for a 2025 second-round draft choose. Houston additionally receives a 2024 sixth-round choose (No. 189 total) and a 2025 fifth-round choose.
In 4 seasons with the Payments after being traded there in 2020, he racked up 5,372 receiving yards and 37 touchdowns. Diggs led the NFL with 127 catches and 1,535 yards in his first 12 months in Buffalo.
Nonetheless, with constant playoff struggles and the workforce battling its wage cap, the choice to maneuver on from the veteran vast receiver was made.
Allen’s present receiving crew lacks the star energy related to a workforce vying for a Tremendous Bowl title, and the workforce is now predicted to focus on a move catcher within the first spherical of the draft in late April.
Fortunately for the Payments, this 12 months’s draft seems effectively stocked for vast receiver expertise, with NFL’s draft skilled Daniel Jeremiah rating 12 out of his prime 50 prospects as vast receivers, together with three of the highest 4.
Nonetheless, common supervisor Brandon Beane – the person who’s tasked with making personnel choices for the group – wouldn’t verify whether or not Buffalo will choose a move catcher with its first spherical choice.
“We’ve got not stuffed a No. 1 function,” Beane instructed reporters. “I might say we now have a bunch of fellows as we sit right here immediately who we imagine convey totally different ability units.
“We just like the group. Would we like so as to add to it sooner or later? Sure. However I’m not sitting right here considering we now have a obtrusive gap. However I get the query, and I get the notion.”
The Payments at the moment have the No. 28 choose within the 2024 NFL Draft, with the primary spherical happening on April 25 in Detroit.
