Diggs Ranks Himself NFL's Top No. 2 WR to Land a Deal
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- Stefon Diggs told viewers on his YouTube channel that no team can name a No. 2 receiver better than him, a rhetorical pivot after he went unsigned with training camps weeks away
- Diggs posted at least 1,000 receiving yards every season from 2018 through 2023, including a 2020 career year with the Buffalo Bills in which he led the NFL in catches and receiving yards; he played just eight games in an injury-plagued 2024 with the New England Patriots
- Diggs signed a three-year deal with the Patriots at $21.2 million average annual value that ranked him 22nd among wideouts last season per Spotrac, and accepting No. 2 money would push his next contract well below that figure
- Tee Higgins (Bengals), George Pickens (Cowboys, paired with CeeDee Lamb), and Davante Adams (Rams, paired with Puka Nacua) each outscored Diggs in touchdowns as their team's secondary option, with Pickens also beating him by more than 400 receiving yards
- More than two-thirds of NFL teams still carry at least $10 million in cap space per Over The Cap, putting a discounted Diggs in play for contenders like the Washington Commanders (plenty of cap room, thin group behind Terry McLaurin), New York Jets (Garrett Wilson needs a veteran partner), Indianapolis Colts (bare cupboard after the Alec Pierce extension and Michael Pittman Jr.'s exit), and Atlanta Falcons (potential pairing with Drake London)
Why it matters: By conceding he is not a No. 1, Diggs moves from a market of perhaps a handful of clubs that could afford lead-receiver money into a pool of more than two-thirds of the league still carrying at least $10 million in cap space — and most of those teams are already playoff contenders with an established alpha wideout who need exactly the No. 2 profile Diggs is now selling.
