Where Stefon Diggs could draw free agency interest after Patriots split
Could Stefon Diggs be catching passes from one of the league’s emerging stars next year?With the Patriots expected to release Diggs at the start of the new league year next week after just one season with the team, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler highlighted potential free agency options for the Pro Bowler in the Giants and Titans, serving as a veteran target for a rising star, a la his run with quarterback Drake Maye.“At age 32, Diggs will not be a top-of-market receiving option and might need to wait for the second wave of free agency,” Fowler reported Wednesday.“But his game held up well as a 1,000-yard receiver in 2025.
He has played well with young quarterbacks in back-to-back years in Houston and New England, so perhaps joining the New York Giants with Jaxson Dart or the Tennessee Titans with Cam Ward would make sense.”Diggs, who spent the 2024 season in Houston before going down with a torn ACL, agreed to a three-year deal with the Patriots last March with a max value of $69 million.Appearing in all 17 regular-season games, he tallied 85 receptions for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns as Maye, the Patriots’ third overall pick in 2024, played his way into the MVP conversation and a Super Bowl berth.New England’s offense was stymied in February’s big game against Seattle, with Diggs posting three receptions for 37 yards in the 29-13 loss.Although the Giants have a true No.1 receiver in Malik Nabers, currently recovering from a torn ACL, speculation has swirled about what the Titans will do about veteran wideout Calvin Ridley, who is entering the third year of a four-year, $92 million deal signed in 2024.The 31-year-old appeared in just seven games after sustaining a broken fibula in November.Ridley carries a $26.4 million cap hit in 2026, according to Spotrac, and would be a $13 million dead cap hit if cut.The Titans enter the offseason with $93.8 million in team cap space, while the Giants have $9.7 million, per Over the Cap.
New York is expect...