Stefon Diggs is still a free agent and the suitors are lining up

It's the last week of July and Stefon Diggs still doesn't have a team. That's wild for a guy who was the Patriots' leading receiver a year ago, but here we are, and now the market is finally starting to move.

The details, per ESPN's Jordan Fowler: Diggs feels he can still be a really good WR2 for a contender, and Washington is the team he's reportedly intrigued by. That tracks. Diggs is a Gaithersburg, Maryland native who played his college ball at Maryland, so a homecoming to the Commanders has an obvious storyline built in.

Context matters here. Diggs has been a free agent since New England released him back in March, a move that saved the Patriots $16.8 million against the cap. That's a brutal business decision considering Diggs led the team in targets, catches and receiving yards in 2025 while the Patriots went 14-3 and made a Super Bowl run before losing to the Seahawks. The receiver production was real. The locker room noise apparently outweighed it.

Now at 32, Diggs isn't walking into a No. 1 role anywhere, and he seems to know it. Framing himself as a WR2 for a contender is a smart pitch — it signals he's not chasing targets, he's chasing a ring and a soft landing. Washington fits that profile: a young, ascending offense that could use a savvy veteran to complement its receiver room without needing him to be the whole show.

The fact that it's taken this long says something too. Five teams checking in during the same week that camps are about to open means this decision is close. Whoever signs Diggs gets a proven, if occasionally polarizing, target with real 2025 tape to back it up. Where he lands next should shake loose soon.