The Buffalo Bills, if they can bear to watch, can only take in the AFC Championship Game from home.
Stefon Diggs, now with the New England Patriots, gets the last laugh. He’s playing in it.
The Pats take on the Denver Broncos on Sunday for a spot in the Super Bowl.
Diggs is the top receiver for the Patriots’ offense, led by quarterback Drake Maye.
In a season when Buffalo could’ve really used a true WR1, that’s what Diggs has been for New England.
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Why did the Bills get rid of Stefon Diggs?
Diggs wasn’t happy with his role in Buffalo, and the Bills had a lot of contract decisions coming up after the 2023 season.
The Bills clearly wanted to get rid of him. They took on the largest non-QB dead-money hit in NFL history to do it.
The Houston Texans traded for Diggs. They sent a 2025 second-round pick to Buffalo for Diggs, a 2024 sixth and a 2025 fifth.
Diggs only played eight games with the Texans before tearing his ACL and heading to free agency.
Before that, Diggs had come to the Bills for the 2020 season from the Minnesota Vikings.
In that first campaign, Diggs led the NFL with 127 catches for 1,535 yards.
The next season, he had 103 for 1,225. Then it was 108 for 1,429, and 107 for 1,183.
That didn’t stop Diggs from being shipped out after that final season in Buffalo.
And after one season in Houston, Diggs headed to free agency. The Patriots eventually signed him to a three-year, $69 million deal.
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Stefon Diggs stats
In the 2025 regular season with the Patriots, Diggs caught 85 passes for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns.
In the opening round of the playoffs, he had just two catches for 16 yards against the Chargers.
Then in the Divisional Round in the snow, he caught four passes for 40 yards and a score.
