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Sorry to say... But Diggs is done.


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4 minutes ago, Peter said:

Diggs is a shadow of himself. 

 

He has been playing like a middling WR since about week 10. Unless he is hurt and that is the reason why he has been so poor, we are stuck with a horrible contract.

He is supposed to have hurt his foot. His problem tonight was his hands.  He dropped 2 big passes. He also fumbled one one of his few catches. 

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Diggs is an elusive route runner and very good at finding space in zones, but he doesn't really have the elite speed or physicality to get consistent separation against many of the top corners of opposing defenses when in man defense.  We need to find that #1 so Diggs can shift over to #2.

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I thought this was a bs post at first, but i was wrong. he really was poor today. big game players are supposed to show in big games and he didn't. 

 

we've had his family criticising the team mid season.

 

and, as someone said elsewhere, forcing the ball to him cost us easy games this year

 

yeah, i owe the OP an apology. he was right and i was wrong. diggs really hasn't delivered this season - not as a player nor as a captain 

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Loved his attitude and fire but you have to back it up on the field. He came up with his worst game in only the biggest game of the year.

 

In retrospect, he just looks like a loud mouthed idiot on the sidelines.

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I'm kind of hoping that we hear about some injury Diggs has been nursing since mid-season that he can recover from. Because otherwise he's cooked, and he has a huge cap hit that we can't get out of because it's already had salary converted to bonus to reduce cap a couple times.

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Just now, Saint Doug said:

Beane’s biggest mistakes have been his contract restructurings. He’s done it with Diggs and Miller and countless others. Now there’s no easy out from either one. 

Yes there is. Just cut them. Take the lumps/cap hits and move on. What’s the difference really. We’re not winning with them so the rationale is to just hold on to them for contractual reasons? 
 

Cut them and just put back ups or young rookies in. 

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33 minutes ago, BIGFOOTspaceman said:

Yes there is. Just cut them. Take the lumps/cap hits and move on. What’s the difference really. We’re not winning with them so the rationale is to just hold on to them for contractual reasons? 
 

Cut them and just put back ups or young rookies in. 


Because cutting them will mean we ultimately have to cut some other players we may not want to.

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2 minutes ago, BIGFOOTspaceman said:

Like who?  Who is that one guy we’d have to cut because of Diggs and Miller that we just can’t live without?


I don’t know but you do realize that there is a salary cap and cutting Diggs and Miller would mean a very large cap hit (not just their yearly salary) would have to be overcome. 

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45 minutes ago, Saint Doug said:

Beane’s biggest mistakes have been his contract restructurings. He’s done it with Diggs and Miller and countless others. Now there’s no easy out from either one. 

You do that when you believe that the window of opportunity is open right now. Sometimes you're the Rams and it works. Most of the time it doesn't. Now we're stuck with some bad contracts for guys who may still be productive (Diggs is, and I actually believe Miller will be next year) but are clearly in their decline phases.

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44 minutes ago, BIGFOOTspaceman said:

Yes there is. Just cut them. Take the lumps/cap hits and move on. What’s the difference really. We’re not winning with them so the rationale is to just hold on to them for contractual reasons? 
 

Cut them and just put back ups or young rookies in. 

You don't cut a player of value, and Diggs has value

 

I can see the argument that you take your medicine for a year and deal him and take the cap hit if it nets you something of real value back, but I'm not cutting our best WR by far for nothing except cap space the year after next.

 

That's insanely stupid

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Just can't have this from your #1 WR. And I'd like to say it is a new problem, but Diggs has disappeared in all of our playoff losses. Diggs has been a #1 until this year but he is not a true alpha physical #1 like Hill, Jefferson, Brown, etc. We need to strive for better.

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58 minutes ago, Murdox said:

Diggs is an elusive route runner and very good at finding space in zones, but he doesn't really have the elite speed or physicality to get consistent separation against many of the top corners of opposing defenses when in man defense.  We need to find that #1 so Diggs can shift over to #2.


Id love to move him inside, but $28M is a lot of cheese for that role. 

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3 minutes ago, BeastMaster said:

You don't cut a player of value, and Diggs has value

 

I can see the argument that you take your medicine for a year and deal him and take the cap hit if it nets you something of real value back, but I'm not cutting our best WR by far for nothing except cap space the year after next.

 

That's insanely stupid

Best receiver? Ain’t no one talking about cutting Shakir. 
 

Cut Diggs, trade Diggs….whatever. 
 

Insanely stupid? We are losing with your so called “best receiver” What’s the worst that can happen? We keep losing? Big whoopie doo. 

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Sign Higgins and draft a big fast WR in round 1.

 

Diggs, Higgins, Shakir, Kincaid, 1st round rookie, Cook... That's a nice offense.

 

Then sign Henry at RB as a compliment to Cook. Awesome 1 ,2 punch.

 

Gotta stock the talent at WR so teams need to respect the deep ball 

 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Punch said:

 


Yes, but he’s not free if we don’t move on. He costs $28M to keep him here. So it’s $3M more to move on that it is to keep him. This is a super important distinction.

 

Now, we are close against the cap, and that is a fair point. But his contract on its own is movable.  

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6 minutes ago, ProcessImproverMan said:

Diggs better keep his damn mouth shut this off-season. Bitched about not getting the ball and then routinely drops passes and screws up. Dude ate massive crow with his crap tonight 

 

Was a media distraction pre season and a distraction at times during the season, even yelling at josh on the sidelines. And tonight when josh and the bills needed him most, he dropped a perfect game winning pass. I didn't see josh throwing a fit at diggs for dropping and absolute dime with the game on the line.

 

Just off the top of my head I think that's the 4th game winning/tying deep bomb diggs has dropped for the bills. But I'm sure we will hear more chirping this off season 

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4 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

Sign Higgins and draft a big fast WR in round 1.

 

Diggs, Higgins, Shakir, Kincaid, 1st round rookie, Cook... That's a nice offense.

 

Then sign Henry at RB as a compliment to Cook. Awesome 1 ,2 punch.

 

Gotta stock the talent at WR so teams need to respect the deep ball 

 

 

 


Id actually prefer an aging  Evans if the cost is right. I don’t think it takes “much” to sign him short term compared to other WR numbers. 
 

That said, I’m irked Diggs didn’t meet with the media after a tough loss…again….

 

 

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Just now, Mango said:


Id actually prefer an aging  Evans if the cost is right. I don’t think it takes “much” to sign him short term compared to other WR numbers. 
 

That said, I’m irked Diggs didn’t meet with the media after a tough loss…again….

 

 

 

Evans would be amazing! Guy is a beast.

 

Diggs and Evans would be an insane combo, with the fastest rookie WR we can find 

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Just now, BillMafia716ix said:

Good riddance. High paid player who no shows in the playoffs. Trade em to the highest bidder


It really is crazy, his three playoff games against the Chiefs went for 77, 7, and 21 receiving yards. They are really physical with him.

 

A post 6/1 Trade may be possible as you would likely still get a good pick for him and free up space in 2024. Most likely he will be with us for one final year.

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2 minutes ago, Mango said:


Id actually prefer an aging  Evans if the cost is right. I don’t think it takes “much” to sign him short term compared to other WR numbers. 
 

That said, I’m irked Diggs didn’t meet with the media after a tough loss…again….

 

OK, I was asking about this because I didn’t have the stomach to Wade through all the post game stuff.  Did Diggs bail out of the locker room and refuse to make himself available to the press, again?

 

He doesn’t have to talk, but he’s supposed to be in the locker room during press availability.

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

It isn't even a difficult catch. I mean this is unbelievably bad.

 

Wow.  Had his man beat.  Catchable ball is right there.

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Yes Diggs had a bad drop. But also, Brady hasn’t been utilizing Diggs to his strength. No coincidence his play declined once Brady took over. It’s not a knock on Brady, I think he’s done a good job. Especially with the running game. 

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33 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

It isn't even a difficult catch. I mean this is unbelievably bad.

Really odd he tried to bring it into the body instead of going up with his hands. These types of catches used to be his bread and butter.

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47 minutes ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

Not a number one wideout. Period

 

This team is a mess going into next season 


This team is far from a mess heading into next season. They will be solid and with the right additions and players returning from injury we will be better.

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41 minutes ago, Mango said:


Id actually prefer an aging  Evans if the cost is right. I don’t think it takes “much” to sign him short term compared to other WR numbers. 
 

That said, I’m irked Diggs didn’t meet with the media after a tough loss…again….

 

 


 

He didn’t but they’re saying he declined to meet with them last week to.  

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42 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

I’m sorry for not wading through the postgame thread, but did Diggs actually “cowboy up” and stick around for post game press availability this time?

Or did he flounce out of the stadium like a petulant kid again?

No, he left early. Probably had to run off to call his brother and ask him to demand he be traded again.

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