Looming Stefon Diggs Contract situation - What do you do?

[Alphadawg7]

53 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

Ha! I tried to name my dog Diggs but my family vetoed me. That is a great name. Well done.

 

Ha, it was the strategic work of my fiance lol.  We "fostered" in September, but I knew and she knew she was gonna fall in love and want to adopt him.  But our "plan" was to wait to adopt a pup until after the wedding this June.  We had a Hawaii wedding to attend in February, a few other trips between now and June, then we are gone almost all of June for wedding then headed to Italy for honeymoon.  So it just was gonna be easier to wait.

 

Her SECRET plan...name the foster pup after something I love to break me down and want to keep the pup haha.  She knew that I had said my next dog I wanted to name Diggs, such a good name for a dog too.  So of course first thing she did was suggest we name it Diggs, which is a great name for him.  She's a huge Niners fan, could have easily named him Deebo, but she went with Diggs so I would cave...and it worked lmao.  

 

Now of course she wants a second dog as a playmate for Diggs, which she is gonna probably push for when we get back from our honeymoon...and if its a boy, she wants to name that one Deebo lol.  

[CountDorkula]

2 minutes ago, Rochesterfan said:

 

You keep talking with him.  I have seen nothing that suggests Diggs wouldn’t be willing to work with the Bills to stay put.

 

He has been a great team mate and has not complained publicly about his contract at all.  
 

My guess is both your options are wrong.  They work out a nice deal to make him happy, but maintain flexibility.

 

Beane seems to be very open and talks to the guys and has a plan - not worried - go win a SB and then deal with things.

 

 

Diggs wants to be paid, he may not openly admit it but he sees these salaries and uses eye ball emojis.

 

Then he kind of posts a subtle question emoji when Beane says "Diggs contract is not a priority"

 

Its great to think he will take a discount, but rarely does that happen. Diggs will command 22+ mil a year. 

[Gugny]

25 minutes ago, wnyguy said:

So is quoting his stats from the KC game. 

 

22 minutes ago, dbfla10 said:

The chiefs gameplan was to take away Diggs and force the Bills to beat them with anyone BUT Diggs. Thats exactly what the Bills did. Without Diggs the Bills arent in that game

 

Just one more thing ... in two playoff games last season, Diggs had 6 receptions for 67 yards with zero TDs.  The Bills scored a total of 83 points in those games.

 

[damj]

SHOW HIM THE MONEY!!! 

[wnyguy]

21 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

 

So you want a $30 million/year decoy.  Good plan.

No, I want to win. Diggs helps us achieve that.

[John from Riverside]

I am shocked at the responses that want to trade him

 

He has been a model cit here

One of the best WR's in the league

Drafts are crapshoots

[Gugny]

1 minute ago, wnyguy said:

No, I want to win. Diggs helps us achieve that.

 

I want to win, too.  But if we're paying over $20 million/year to a player whose postseason contributions are limited, I'm thinking that the money could be better spent elsewhere.  

[JerseyBills]

I think he's too important to Allen beyond the football field.  These two truly seem to have a true friendship for life.

I always said, Diggs brought a certain intensity to our offense and we should have at least made back to back AFC title games with him. He also made it to a title game in the NFC.  He's a winner and a phenomenal talent, loves the Bills. Pay the man and let's win multiple championships

4 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

I want to win, too.  But if we're paying over $20 million/year to a player whose postseason contributions are limited, I'm thinking that the money could be better spent elsewhere.  

How do you think Gabe Davis went off? Not everything shows up on the stat sheet. 

[wnyguy]

1 minute ago, Gugny said:

 

I want to win, too.  But if we're paying over $20 million/year to a player whose postseason contributions are limited, I'm thinking that the money could be better spent elsewhere.  

Ok say Diggs did not play in the KC game, does Davis have the same stats as he did in that game? I think not. Also how many times was Diggs targeted in the post season? If he is drawing coverage and Allen sees that it only makes sense to throw to the open receiver.

[Rockinon]

Ask Josh if he is willing to contribute to keeping his friend on the team.

[SCBills]

12 minutes ago, CountDorkula said:

Diggs wants to be paid, he may not openly admit it but he sees these salaries and uses eye ball emojis.

 

Then he kind of posts a subtle question emoji when Beane says "Diggs contract is not a priority"

 

Its great to think he will take a discount, but rarely does that happen. Diggs will command 22+ mil a year. 

 

22M, we may do, but much higher and its basically - ok - Cash in and catch balls from Jared Goff or Jalen Hurts etc. 

[dbfla10]

6 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

I want to win, too.  But if we're paying over $20 million/year to a player whose postseason contributions are limited, I'm thinking that the money could be better spent elsewhere.  

devante adams had 1 catch for 9yds in their playoff game. Is he no good too?

[HOUSE]

Don't answer the poll, you will be sorry

 

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[Back2Buff]

He ain't that good.

 

Riddle me this, does he look overpaid if he got traded to the Jets instead of the Bills the last two years?

[SCBills]

2 minutes ago, wnyguy said:

Ok say Diggs did not play in the KC game, does Davis have the same stats as he did in that game? I think not. Also how many times was Diggs targeted in the post season? If he is drawing coverage and Allen sees that it only makes sense to throw to the open receiver.

 

It's not like we'd replace Diggs with Jimmy Football Fan....

 

Draft Jameson/Olave/Dotson at 25.   Target another WR high next year with a pick Diggs would bring back in a trade.  Keep loading up on WR talent.  

 

 

[Gugny]

5 minutes ago, dbfla10 said:

devante adams had 1 catch for 9yds in their playoff game. Is he no good too?

 

He actually had 9 catches for 90 yards in that game.

[Magox]

2 hours ago, NewEra said:

Play this season out.  Win a super bowl.  Trade him.  

I’m afraid I would have to agree with this.

 

The WR market has reset and truth be told it’s at a ridiculous valuation that makes it untenable for the Bills or any other $40m+ QB.

 

You just can’t pay $27m to the WR, $40m to the QB and $35m to the top 2 defensive players.   That’s over $100m, which would eat up around 40% of the cap on 4 players.

 

The WR market is overinflated and it doesn’t make sense to pay that sort of money.

21 minutes ago, CountDorkula said:

Diggs wants to be paid, he may not openly admit it but he sees these salaries and uses eye ball emojis.

 

Then he kind of posts a subtle question emoji when Beane says "Diggs contract is not a priority"

 

Its great to think he will take a discount, but rarely does that happen. Diggs will command 22+ mil a year. 

No way, more like $25 -$26m

[NewEra]

1 hour ago, SCBills said:

 

Packers were ready to pay that to Adams though.. Adams just wanted to leave at that point.  

 

Chiefs, while losing 1/3 of what made them all-time special, likely did make the smart move.  They had a price point for Hill.  Didn't exceed it.   Traded him for picks.  Hill is 29 and his game is predicated upon legendary speed/athleticism.   

Agreed about jones.  I’ve retracted that statement. 
 

I think the chiefs did the right thing too…..yesterday.  But they made a MAJOR blunder by drafting Clyde rd 1.  That move could potentially keep them from other titles.  They should’ve went WR or corner. 

[Beerball]

2 hours ago, CountDorkula said:

With seeing these escalating WR salaries and Diggs looking to be paid as a top WR. What do you do?

At this point you do nothing outside of a conversation with the player where you lay out your plan for him.

[Gugny]

1 minute ago, Beerball said:

At this point you do nothing outside of a conversation with the player where you lay out your plan for him.

 

Why you goin' all Bill Parcells on his ass?