Bills' GM Brandon Beane Explains Why They Decided To Trade Stefon Diggs to the Texans
Earlier this offseason, the Houston Texans improved their already lethal wide receiver group by trading for Stefon Diggs, a former Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills player. Buffalo sent Diggs along with a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick to Houston in exchange for a 2025 second-rounder.Diggs had become somewhat disgruntled towards the end of his time in Buffalo, so it made sense for the two sides to amicably part ways.
"A player of his caliber, you weigh a lot of things on those situations. I don't need to go through all those reasons why we decided to go ahead and do that. I would say from a cap standpoint, we decided to just go ahead and eat it now. "And we think that we can compete and do what we need to do by eating it now and then not walk into next year all right... because if we didn't if we tried to come up with some way and split it up too many different ways, then... now it's just like that albatross, just hanging on your neck all year, and you look at your cap and you're going, oh man look at how much money we still have dead.
Despite eating the cap now, it was the smarter move as they likely would have owed more had they retained his services in 2024, saving $19 million. Diggs is now set in place in Houston, but since his arrival, the sides have met on a restructured deal that will allow Diggs to become a free agent in 2025.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Brandon Beane: Buffalo Bills' Fifth-Round Edge Rusher Must 'Improve' in Key AreaThe Buffalo Bills drafted Troy's all-time Division I sacks leader in Round 5, but the pass rusher needs to improve another key skill according to GM Brandon Beane.
Read more »
Brandon Beane sounds off on Bills' dire salary cap situationAfter making multiple moves to fix the Buffalo Bills' salary cap problems, GM Brandon Beane provided a post-draft update on the team's spending ability moving forward.
Read more »
Bills GM likens WR group to Baskin-Robbins: 'We've got a lot of flavors'Buffalo Bills GM Brandon Beane had some icy comments on his new-look receiving corps.
Read more »
Nick Sorensen Explains Brandon Staley's Role in the 49ers DefenseNick Sorensen explains why the San Francisco 49ers hired Brandon Staley and how those two will work together.
Read more »
Brandon Staley Explains Why the 49ers Signed Leonard FloydThe main reason the 49ers signed Leonard Floyd is Brandon Staley. Staley is the 49ers' new assistant head coach. He worked with Leonard Floyd on the Bears and the Rams and was the main person who advocated for the 49ers to sign Floyd this offseason.
Read more »
Brandon Staley Explains How the 49ers Defense Could EvolveLast season, the 49ers had one of the most vanilla defenses in the NFL. Whatever coverage they showed pre-snap, that's why they played post-snap. And their pressure schemes were completely devoid of creativity. That's why the 49ers hired Brandon Staley.
Read more »