{"id":114034,"date":"2024-04-20T15:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=114034"},"modified":"2024-04-20T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:03:22","slug":"texans-added-incentive-to-stefon-diggs-8-figure-deal-sparks-backlash-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/texans-added-incentive-to-stefon-diggs-8-figure-deal-sparks-backlash-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans \u2018Added Incentive\u2019 to Stefon Diggs\u2019 8-Figure Deal Sparks Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u2018 decision to abruptly trade\u00a0Stefon Diggs\u00a0to the\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0left fans and analysts stunned.<\/p>\n

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The Bills ate over $31 million in dead money to part ways with the superstar wide receiver. To close the deal, Buffalo also sent Houston a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick. In exchange, the Bills received a 2025 second-rounder.<\/p>\n

The financial hit of the trade was a tough pill to swallow for Bills Mafia. Buffalo was lambasted for getting fleeced in the deal, while the Texans were applauded. However, after Houston took an axe to Diggs\u2019\u00a0$96 million\u00a0contract, basically making him a one-year rental, the tables turned.<\/p>\n

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ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter\u00a0posted on Thursday, April 4, \u201cAdded incentive for Stefon Diggs: As part of the Buffalo-Houston trade, the Texans wiped out the final three years on Diggs\u2019 contract, giving him the ability to become a free agent after this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Texans also took the $3.5 million guaranteed to Diggs next season and moved up into this season, giving him a raise and assuring him of $22.52 million in guaranteed money in 2024. But if Diggs plays the way he wants, and Houston hopes, he will hit the free-agent market next offseason with the ability to make it count. Houston now anticipates getting the best version of Stefon Diggs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An extra-motivated Diggs sounds great in theory. But was one guaranteed year of his services worth a second-round pick? There\u2019s also no chance of a receiving a compensatory pick if he walks.\u00a0Pro Football Focus\u2019 Brad Spielberger\u00a0wrote, \u201cDiggs will not be a compensatory free agent after 2024 because by shortening his contract, it did not reach the Maximum Possible Term.\u201d<\/p>\n

A\u00a0fan posted, \u201cAll of the praise I gave Houston Front Office yesterday is gone. What a horrific trade by Houston. Diggs will leave y\u2019all next season and you gave up a second-round pick.\u201d Other fans complained Diggs will look to bounce to join his brother,\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0star\u00a0Trevon Diggs, in 2025.<\/p>\n

Texans are \u2018Unlikely\u2019 to Franchise Tag Stefon Diggs in 2025<\/h2>\n

SI\u2019 Albert Breer pointed out another possible hiccup with Diggs\u2019 new one-year deal. \u201cIf it\u2019s done without dummy years on the back end, would also escalate Stefon Diggs\u2019 franchise number to a spot where Houston would be unlikely to tag him next March. If his cap number for Houston is $22.52 million, his tag would be over $27 million,\u201d\u00a0Breer posted.<\/p>\n

OvertheCapcom\u2019s Jason Fitzgerald\u00a0surmised, \u201cDiggs 2022 extension has now become a one year, $43.1 million contract extension, all of which was guaranteed. Just an absurd win for a player.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, not everyone hated the restructured contract due to the fact Diggs turns 31 in November.\u00a0Arrowhead Report\u2019s Connor Christopherson\u00a0wrote, \u201cTexans learned from the Von Miller disaster in Buffalo. In trading for an older player, without guarantees on their contract anymore, the player usually pushes for a new deal. Texans, instead, realized this is terrible business for an aging player and chose a different path.\u201d<\/p>\n

SB Nation\u2019s Nick Schwager\u00a0sees the deal is a win-win for Houston. \u201cIf he plays well, he likely won\u2019t make it to free agency anyway, would be in Houston long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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