Recently found not guilty on assault and strangulation charges stemming from an alleged incident late last year, Stefon Diggs remains a free agent. A Friday development, however, figures to accelerate the Pro Bowl wide receiver’s market.
The NFL will not take action against Diggs under the personal conduct policy, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, due to “insufficient evidence.” This provides some clarity for the 32-year-old pass catcher, whom the Patriots released ahead of a salary guarantee in early March.
Despite leading the AFC champion Patriots in receiving last season, Diggs completed what looks like a second one-and-done stint with a team. After four successful seasons in Buffalo, Diggs ended up in Houston via trade. An ACL tear, after the Texans curiously removed three years from the WR’s Bills-built extension, led to a short stay in Texas.
The Patriots signed Diggs in 2025, and he worked as an important veteran presence to help Drake Maye to MVP runner-up status. But the Pats ended up with Romeo Doubs and A.J. Brown this offseason; they are not expected to circle back to Diggs.
Not long after the much-rumored Brown trade was finalized, Mike Vrabel said the team is not presently exploring a Diggs reunion — after that door seemed open for a bit. Brown being acquired — in a trade centered around a 2028 first-round pick — gives the Patriots a new No. 1 receiver, and Doubs’ skillset should allow him to operate in a Diggs-like capacity this season. Doubs, of course, has not shown what Diggs has; but he is entering an age-26 season. Diggs will turn 33 in November.
Diggs was tried on multiple charges in connection with an alleged 2025 encounter with a woman who had served as his personal chef. Mila Adams accused the Pro Bowl receiver of assaulting her and testified in a jury trial last month. Diggs was facing a charge of felony strangulation or suffocation as well as a charge of misdemeanor assault and battery.
In a police report, Adams alleged Diggs entered her unlocked bedroom and, as the dispute continued in-person, “smacked her across the face.” Adams then claimed Diggs “tried to choke her using the crook of his elbow around her neck” and that she feared she may pass out as a result. Diggs denied Adams’ claims, pleading not guilty in February, and prevailed in court. An NFL investigation unfolded, however, and player suspensions regularly occur without guilty verdicts. The NFL not proceeding with a ban will obviously help Diggs, who is coming off a 1,013-yard, four-touchdown season.
With Rashee Rice still serving a 30-day prison sentence for violating his probation — doing so shortly after he underwent knee surgery — the Chiefs have been connected to Diggs. Kansas City had been linked to pursuing wide receiver help before the news of Rice’s jail stint surfaced. Rice is expected to be ready for training camp despite the strange circumstance in which he is attempting to rehab from surgery in prison, but the Chiefs have been unable to count on him. They also lost Marquise Brown in free agency and did not draft a wideout until Round 6 (Cyrus Allen). They make sense as a Diggs suitor, though other veteran wideouts remain available.
Deebo Samuel, Keenan Allen, DeAndre Hopkins, Tyler Lockett and Tyreek Hill are unsigned 30-somethings at the position. This could reduce Diggs’ asking price, though he is coming off the best season (by far) among this group. Non-Chiefs suitors figure to emerge in the wake of the NFL ruling, and the former Vikings, Bills, Texans and Patriots target will be gunning for an eighth career 1,000-yard season. If/when Diggs signs elsewhere, it will be Year 12 for the former fifth-round pick in the NFL.
•Raiders ,commanders make most sense •
Could see Chiefs too. They need someone with normal receiver skills who can beat man coverage. Diggs isn’t what he used to be, but he’s still got those skills.
Mahomes and Diggs could make sense I feel like chiefs never make huge WR moves for some reason