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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Stefon Diggs’ knowledge of the Buffalo Bills was limited.
When he was traded to the organization in March 2020 for four draft picks, most of what Diggs knew about the Bills came from Buffalo’s 27-6 win over his former team, the Minnesota Vikings, in 2018.
Despite that, before even getting to Buffalo, Diggs knew that he wanted the Bills to be his last team. The final stop of his career. And he was confident it would work out.
“I wanted it to be my home, and I didn’t want to ever go anywhere,” Diggs said of his mindset.
Buffalo needed a veteran wideout to pair with Josh Allen, its emerging young quarterback, but whether the deal would be successful, with so much draft capital involved, was unknown.
“Obviously, time will tell if this move for Stefon was right,” general manager Brandon Beane said in 2020. “Sometimes the best-laid plans don’t always translate.”
Fast-forward just over two years, and Diggs entered a news conference room on Thursday decked from head to toe in Bills blue with his family by his side. It was minutes after he had officially signed a four-year, $104 million extension that links him to the team through the 2027 season with the idea of retiring in Buffalo.
The former fifth-round pick’s prediction that it would work out, in part because of his belief in Allen’s talent from the beginning, proved to be correct.
“When I was anticipating coming here [in 2020], I knew Josh Allen was a good quarterback,” Diggs said. “I watched him beat us … and he was just balling like crazy. So, I had confidence in Josh.”
In Buffalo, Diggs, 28, found a place he could be himself. Relationships like the one he has with Allen played a large part in his desire to stay for the long haul. In fact, the biggest thing that surprised Diggs about coming to Buffalo was how much it felt…
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