NFC team needs to make push for Stefon Diggs
The Washington Commanders need another real wide receiver, someone with NFL experience, who can make a difference, and the best available answer is sitting there with a DMV connection, a 1,000-yard résumé, and no contract. That is why Washington should make a real push for Stefon Diggs. MORE: Jacoby Brissett’s holdout is a strongly miscalculated risk The Hometown Connection Makes Sense New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs (8) runs after a catch during the first quarter against the New York Giants at Gillette Stadium.
Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images Diggs became an unrestricted free agent after the Patriots released him this spring, and he has not signed with a new team yet. He is from Gaithersburg, Maryland, played high school football in the area, went to Maryland, and recently acknowledged the hometown angle when asked about the Commanders. He said he knows the city and the people, and that he might “go check them out for a little bit.
” That is an opening, and the Washington Football Team should walk through it. The Commanders need to receive help opposite Terry McLaurin, and the room needs more talent around Jayden Daniels. The draft helped, but relying on an R3 rookie to immediately solve WR2 is a terrible plan.
Diggs gives Daniels a professional route-winner, a boundary option, and a veteran who has seen every coverage trick in the books. Diggs had 1,013 receiving yards last year and has cleared 1,000 yards in seven of the last eight seasons. I’m not worried about him being washed.
At all. And that is useful, especially for a team trying to turn a promising offense into a playoff offense. Washington does not need Diggs to be a savior.