Stefon Diggs got the moment he wanted Sunday - and then immediately gave it back.
In his first touchdown with the Washington Commanders, the former Buffalo Bills receiver caught a 10-yard scoring pass from Jayden Daniels in the fourth quarter of Washington’s 24-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Diggs worked the middle, secured the ball and came down expecting contact as he crossed into the end zone.
No one laid a hand on him.
So Diggs created his own finish. He dropped the ball, sprinted to the goalpost, jumped with his arms spread and wrapped himself around it before hanging there for a beat and falling backward. By then, the flag was already in the air.
The result was a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and it changed the math for Washington. The Commanders were down 17-15 after the touchdown with 9:59 left, and coach Dan Quinn said the plan was to go for two and try to tie it. Diggs’ penalty pushed them back 15 yards, and Washington settled for the extra point instead, leaving it 17-16.
Afterward, Diggs said he simply blanked on the rule.
"As soon as I wrapped my arms around it I like, 'Oh, I forgot,'" Diggs said. "Back in the day, I've been playing for a long time.
You used to be able to do that. Update on the rules.
That just tells me I've been in the game a long time. I've got to be better."
There’s just one issue: he wasn’t in the game that long. The NFL banned using the goalpost as a prop before the 2014 season, and Diggs entered the league in 2015.
There’s also the matter of history. This wasn’t his first time making that mistake. Diggs was previously penalized and fined for hugging a goalpost while with the Minnesota Vikings in 2017.
He owned the lapse after the game, saying the celebration came out of frustration as Washington struggled to get its offense moving.
"That was out of the frustration throughout the game," Diggs said. "I take full accountability. I want to win bad."
Diggs finished with four catches for 55 yards and the touchdown, but he also had two drops.
Daniels tried to share some of the blame, saying he should have reminded the huddle that Washington planned to go for two if it scored and couldn’t afford a penalty. Diggs didn’t want his quarterback carrying that burden.
He called Daniels taking the blame "quarterback s---" and said a veteran like him should have known better.
Washington did get one more shot. Daniels hit a touchdown pass with 1:01 remaining to trim Philadelphia’s lead to 24-22, but the Commanders failed on the next 2-point conversion and lost by two.
Diggs’ penalty didn’t directly decide the game. But it did wipe out Washington’s first chance to tie it, all because he hugged a goalpost he should have known was off limits.
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