The Buffalo Bills, whose passing attack ranked just 26th in the NFL last season, added a receiving threat on Monday.
Buffalo acquired wide receiver Stefon Diggs in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings, Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer reported.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter subsequently tweeted additional details of the deal: The Vikings are getting three picks in the 2020 draft — first, fifth and sixth rounds — plus a 2021 fourth-rounder in exchange for Diggs and a 2020 seventh-rounder.
The move came 7 1/2 hours after Diggs posted a cryptic, six-word tweet, “it’s time for a new beginning” before adding, “Somethings going to happen.”
Diggs, 26, set a career high last season with 1,130 receiving yards. He had 63 catches, six of them for touchdowns, while playing in 15 games, all of them starts. Diggs added four receptions for 76 yards and a score in two playoff games.
In 2018, Diggs made a career-best 102 catches for 1,021 yards and a personal-high nine touchdowns.
In five NFL seasons, he has 365 receptions for 4,623 yards and 30 TDs.
In July 2018, Diggs signed a five-year extension worth $72 million ($40 million guaranteed). He is under contract for the next four seasons with a salary-cap hit of $11.5 million this year, then $12 million annually in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The Vikings selected Diggs in the fifth round of the 2015 draft out of Maryland.
