Free agent wide receiver Stefon Diggs is drawing interest from the Commanders, and the pull is personal. According to reports, Diggs is “intrigued” by the idea of landing in Washington because he’s a native of Maryland.
That hometown connection has been part of the conversation for a while. Diggs spent time last month talking about the possibility of signing with the Commanders, but he still hasn’t found a new team.
Back in May, SI.com’s Albert Breer said he believed Diggs would end up on a one-year, $10 million deal and pointed to the Chiefs, Commanders, Falcons, and Rams as the most logical fits.
Diggs, 32, entered the league as a fifth-round pick by the Vikings in 2015. He was in the final year of his rookie deal when Minnesota gave him a five-year extension worth $72 million in 2018.
The Vikings later traded him to the Bills in 2020 for a draft-pick package that included a first-round selection. Buffalo then locked him in with a four-year, $104 million extension after Diggs had been set to earn base salaries of $11.775 million and $11.85 million in the final two years of his previous deal in 2022 and 2023.
His next stop was Houston, where the Bills sent him to the Texans for a 2025 second-round pick. At that point, Diggs was due base salaries of $18.5 million and $18 million over the next two seasons, but Houston reworked the contract, gave him a raise, and made him an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
Diggs played out that deal and then signed a three-year, $60 million contract with the Patriots in 2025. New England moved on after one season.
In 2025, Diggs played all 17 games for the Patriots and finished with 85 catches on 102 targets for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns.
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