Stefon Diggs Paid A New Teammate An Absurd Amount For A Jersey Number He’s Never Even Worn In The NFL

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The Bills traded Stefon Diggs to the Texans earlier this week to give the wide receiver the change of scenery he wanted, and he wasted no time dropping a very hefty sum on a new jersey number that suggests he’s ready to get off to a fresh start.

There were plenty of signs that suggested Stefon Diggs had become increasingly frustrated with the state of the Buffalo Bills over the past couple of years, with the bulk of that growing discontent seemingly stemming from the team’s inability to get over the hump in the playoffs.

Based on the information that’s come to light since he was shipped off to the Houston Texans on Wednesday, the Bills ultimately agreed to field offers from any team that wasn’t the Kansas City Chiefs, and that ultimately led to Diggs finding a new home that only cost his new squad a handful of draft picks.

Professional athletes have to get plenty of things in order after being traded, which frequently includes deciding what to do when you’re shipped off to a new team where someone has already claimed the jersey number you rocked with your old one.

Diggs has worn No. 14 since he was drafted by the Vikings in 2015, and it’s safe to assume he wouldn’t have had much trouble acquiring it from Alex Bachman, a wide receiver who’s under contract with the team but hasn’t appeared in an NFL game since 2021 (when he was still a member of the Giants).

However, according to Aaron Wilson of KPRC, Diggs apparently decided there was no better excuse to go back to his roots and reclaim the No. 1 jersey he wore while playing at the University of Maryland. While that number previously belonged to safety Jimmie Ward, he was more than happy to part with it after being offered approximately $100,000 to hand it over before switching back to No. 20.

Smart man.