Making the case for Stefon Diggs to Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals have made some minor moves to address their wide receiver room this offseason. They tendered restricted free agent Greg Dortch, re-signed Zay Jones and added Simi Fehoko. But there are some well known, proven wide receivers who the Cardinals could add and really impact the offense.
Stefon Diggs would be a really good fit?
Why?
SI.com's Albert Breer got some intel on Diggs, who was a bit of a headache in Minnesota and Buffalo at least at the end of his tenure at both places.
He is rehabbing a torn ACL currently and might not be cleared until training camp, but his traits match what the Cardinals need, despite his being 31 years old.
Per Breer, both teammates and coaches where has played don't just like him. They love him. While he wants the ball, it comes from a place of competition.
Some of the quotes about Diggs:
- “Loves football, practices hard and with purpose, wants to be coached. Didn’t have any of the gameday stuff that people talked about. He’s a much warmer person than the stigma that follows him. I’ll be hopeful about where he lands.”
- “Super competitive. Great practice player.”
- “He’s one of the most competitive people you’ll ever meet. The guy is a warrior.”
Those are all traits that head coach Jonathan Gannon loves from his players.
And Breer noted something that is more of a positive that would fit with the Cardinals' receiver room.
Last year, a bit of a different Diggs emerged, in that he was willing to take on a lesser role in large part because he recognized the talent of young No. 1 target Nico Collins. As such, he was a good mentor to younger guys such as Collins and Tank Dell, and even took C.J. Stroud under his wing before he tore his ACL in late October. And because they had that level of talent around him, the Texans could carve out the type of role that may suit Diggs best at this stage of his career, using a complementary role out of the slot.
Diggs wants to win. A good fit for him would be a competitive team where he doesn't have to be "the guy." The Cardinals have Trey McBride and Marvin Harrison Jr.
Diggs would be perfect. He is a great receiver. He would be a monster out of the slot or on the outside. His competitive nature would fit with Kyler Murray and he is an upgrade over every other receiver in the room except maybe Harrison, and he would complete the offense.
The Cardinals still have between $40-45 million in cap space. They could pay him. If he was willing to take a two-year deal or even a three-year deal that the Cardinals could get out of after a year or two, he would make a fantastic addition.
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