{"id":825509,"date":"2026-07-26T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/825509\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:40:57","slug":"the-team-intriguing-stefon-diggs-ahead-of-nfl-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/825509\/","title":{"rendered":"The team ‘intriguing’ Stefon Diggs ahead of NFL training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Receivers coming off of 1,000-yard seasons don\u2019t grow on trees, but one is sitting on free agency as NFL training camps get underway.<\/p>\n

Stefon Diggs remains arguably the top available free agent \u2014 as he has been for weeks \u2014 and at least five receiver-needy teams have checked in on his market, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Diggs reportedly is \u201chighly motivated\u201d to join his fourth team in four years after he was cut by the Patriots. He was found not guilty<\/a> of felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault and battery charges earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n

\"StefonStefon Diggs during the Super Bowl with the Patriots on Feb. 8, 2026. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Coming off an 85-catch, 1,013-yard season that proved his recovery from a season-ending torn ACL in 2024, the 32-year-old Diggs sounds realistic about his role, claiming recently on YouTube that he would be the best No. 2 receiver in the NFL<\/a>. The Bengals\u2019 Tee Higgins or Rams\u2019 Davante Adams might object.<\/p>\n

But, in other words, he sounds willing to play second fiddle to a true No. 1 target rather than commanding that role himself as he did for many years with the Vikings and Bills and then in his one-year stops with the Texans and Patriots.<\/p>\n

So, who are the five mystery teams \u2014 if that\u2019s not just an inflated number?<\/p>\n

\"StefonStefon Diggs walks out of court in Dedham, Mass. after being cleared in his assault trial on May 5, 2026. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The most logical fit is the Commanders, who were thought to be in the sweepstakes to land disgruntled 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk. But then Aiyuk called out his former college teammate Jayden Daniels<\/a>, Washington\u2019s quarterback, on social media, and the 49ers don\u2019t seem to be in a hurry to move on from the idle Aiyuk.<\/p>\n

The Commanders \u201care intriguing\u201d to Diggs, ESPN reported, because of Daniels and the possibility to return to the Washington area. He was born in nearby Maryland and played high school and college football in the state.<\/p>\n

After Terry McLaurin, the Commanders\u2019 receiver depth chart includes Luke McCaffrey, Antonio Williams, Dyami Brown, Jaylin Lane, Treylon Burks and Van Jefferson. No solidified No. 2 in the bunch.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething should shake out for Diggs,\u201d Fowler said, \u201cbut, hey, look, these guys don\u2019t always want to go to training camp and be in the 90-degree heat. They can wait a week or two before they sign.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Receivers coming off of 1,000-yard seasons don\u2019t grow on trees, but one is sitting on free agency as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,258112,140918,85,15203,1272],"class_list":["post-825509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-sports","tag-stefon-diggs","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}