Translation: the Texans have essentially converted Diggs’ contract to a one-year deal that will afford him the opportunity to hit free agency in 2025. In this scenario, Houston is able to cover its ass in event the second-half slump Diggs got stuck in to close the 2023 season is actually more of a spiral downward than a rough patch, and Diggs will have a chance to play his way into another big-money extension. Whether or not that deal would be with the Texans will be entirely dependent on Diggs’ output in 2024, but it seems like the veteran receiver is happy to have found his way out of Buffalo after what felt likes years of rumors suggesting that a trade was imminent.
He’ll head up a receiving corps. that is lightyears ahead of nearly every other room in the league and provide an experienced weapon to the quickly-ascending C.J. Stroud. Regardless of how the 2024 season plays out for Diggs, the prospect of the 6x-1000 yard receiver hitting the open market at age 31 a year from now should have fantasy managers feeling slightly more intrigued by Diggs’ future than they were a short 24 hours ago.