Stefon Diggs' time with the Buffalo Bills ended in disappointing fashion, but he was one of the best wide receivers in franchise history before that.
It's worth revisiting it all on Sunday, because the Bills are welcoming Diggs' New England Patriots for a Sunday Night Football clash in Buffalo.
Diggs came 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 last year there was incredibly strong despite an apparent decline in Diggs' performance as the season went along.
And by the end of that year, Diggs was on his way out.
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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.
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.
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How did the Patriots get Stefon Diggs?
Diggs went to free agency after his lone season with the Texans.
He stayed available for a while as nobody jumped right onto the veteran.
Eventually, the Patriots signed him to a three-year, $69 million deal.
The Pats decided they wanted a true No. 1 wide receiver for second-year QB Drake Maye.
Diggs has been a bit slow out of the gates as he comes back from his knee injury, but he's getting rolling just in time to take on his former team.
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