On Wednesday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills decided to trade star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans. But the Bills did not get much in return for Diggs. In fact, parting ways with him is actually a pretty expensive move.
As Jason Fitzgerald of Over The Cap pointed out on social media, the Buffalo Bills now face a dead cap hit of $31.1 million after parting ways with Stefon Diggs, and they only received a 2025 second-round pick in return.
“The #Bills will carry about $31.1 million in dead money for Diggs. Pretty much a disaster extension for them. Wound up paying an extra $20.9M in 2022 and 2023 to come away with a net of less than a 2nd rounder next year,” Fitzgerald said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
The #Bills will carry about $31.1 million in dead money for Diggs. Pretty much a disaster extension for them. Wound up paying an extra $20.9M in 2022 and 2023 to come away with a net of less than a 2nd rounder next year.
— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) April 3, 2024
Obviously, this is a pretty horrible situation for the Buffalo Bills as the massive dead cap hit will make it very difficult to bring in any other receivers to replace Diggs, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media.
So many horrible NFL extensions of late. The price to pay with contracts ballooning as they have. https://t.co/II8XbfUfdw
— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) April 3, 2024
THIRTY ONE MILLION IN DEAD CAP.
Have we seen a worse offseason than the Bills in 2024? https://t.co/0cO5gTEgCw
— Ghost of Adam Gase (@GhostOfAdamGase) April 3, 2024
Bro, this is brutal 😭 https://t.co/HZ1SZAhZWB
— Sam Hays (@WichitaChiefSam) April 3, 2024
Ok so Diggs is basically unbearable to have around https://t.co/WKJ3Ht7yYK
— KJSegall (not a parody) (@KJSegall) April 3, 2024
$31,000,000 to NOT play for the Bills.
What a DISASTER for them. https://t.co/xt88KrT7jv
— Drink More Water | Get More Sleep 🐬 (@hughart_michael) April 3, 2024
31 million in dead cap? the bills are not trading for aiyuk or higgins even if they wanted to https://t.co/iygZFyexeH
— jets west (#1 ashtyn davis fan) (@jetstothewest) April 3, 2024
Given everything that the Bills were willing to give up to trade away Diggs, it’s pretty clear that the team just wanted to get rid of him however they could.
