Stefon Diggs ‘Believes’ in Texans, C.J. Stroud As Team Chases Super Bowl Ring…“I feel like I’ve been chasing the Super Bowl since I got in the league,”
The Texans and Diggs have both never played in a Super Bowl game.
The Houston Texans have never won a Super Bowl ring, or even appeared in the title game. New wide receiver Stefon Diggs is ready to help bring the team its first Super Bowl alongside quarterback C.J. Stroud.
Diggs himself has never won or played in a Super Bowl either, and he feels beyond prepared to do so, especially with the Texans.
“I feel like I’ve been chasing the Super Bowl since I got in the league,” Diggs said. “To say like you get to one specific place and say this is where I want to try to win it, but this is where I’m at right now. Obviously, I believe in this team and the quarterback. Those are unspoken things that we all can assume. … For me, chasing a ring, it isn’t like I came here to chase it. I came here to win and that starts with game one. Moving forward, of course, you want a ring. It sounds good to be like you won a Super Bowl, and you won a ring, but it takes a lot of effort and consistency. For me, I’m going to take it in one day at a time. “
After spending four years with the Buffalo Bills, Diggs was traded to the Texans on April 3. During his four seasons there, the Bills advanced to the postseason each time, although they never advanced past the conference final. Diggs spent the previous five seasons as a player for the Minnesota Vikings, where he took part in three postseason campaigns.
After falling to the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round last year, the Texans advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2019 campaign.
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Texans WR Stefon Diggs: Josh Allen was an ‘intricate piece’ of my career
Stefon Diggs is starting fresh as a member of the Houston Texans, but he still remembers those who led him to this point.
Diggs, one of the top receivers over his four seasons with the Buffalo Bills, relied on Josh Allen to find him open for a first down. Allen, one of the league’s top passers, trusted Diggs to bail him out of trouble.
The two needed each other to elevate one’s career. Diggs was a proven pass-catcher with the Vikings, but truly reached new levels as a member of the Bills.
He will always be thankful to have Allen as an “intricate piece” in his story.
“Josh is still my guy,” Diggs said Tuesday. “People don’t really understand what it’s like to be out there. He really embraced me, kind of had the Southern hospitality. So for me, he embraced me, spent a lot of time, and I probably wouldn’t be right here if it wasn’t for him. I got a lot of the love for that boy.”
Stefon Diggs on his time with Josh Allen & what he’s meant to his career #BillsMafia
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Traded for a 2015 first, fifth and sixth-round pick, Diggs served as a consistent playmaker for Case Keenum and later Kirk Cousins with the Vikings. His ‘Minneapolis Miracle’ in 2018 is still considered one of the greatest plays in franchise history.
But Diggs blossomed in Buffalo as Allen’s go-to receiver. In 2020, he led the NFL in receptions (127) and receiving yards (1,531). During his four seasons in Orchard Park, Diggs finished first among all receivers in receptions (445), fourth in touchdowns (37) and fourth in receiving yards (5,372).
Still, Diggs felt a change was inevitable entering the offseason after failing to make it past the AFC Divisional Round for the third time in four years.
There were signs throughout the season that Diggs could be on the move. He started hot, totaling 834 receiving yards (third in the NFL), 70 receptions (first) and seven touchdowns (second) in eight games. After Ken Dorsey was fired in Week 10 and the Bills turned to Joe Brady, Diggs’ numbers to a hit.
In the divisional round against Kansas City, he only managed to finish with three catches for 21 yards.
“Got a lot of horses in the stable. Let’em all loose, we’ll figure the rest out.” – Texans WR Stefon Diggs likes the firepower on offense. pic.twitter.com/5pTLDDCH4b
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“We some ups and downs, especially after the first eight,” Diggs said. “We had coaching shifting and different things going different ways, differences scheme-wise, schematic, and the ups and downs of it. But for me, you kind of feel it in the air a little bit, especially personal feelings.”
Diggs, who enters a contract year after the Texans voided the final three seasons of his four-year, $103 million extension, is at peace now in Houston. The Texans believe they’re getting a do-it-all weapon who’s looking to win.
Throughout his first few practices, he’s lived up to the billing.
“He’s fitting in great,” quarterback C.J. Stroud said. “He’s come in and been a leader which I’m proud of him for,” Stroud said. “And just really has been unselfish (and) nothing but just amazing so far. And I’m very excited to work with him.”
All-Pro WR Stefon Diggs on how he has accepted the family vibes in Houston, following in the footsteps of guys like Andre Johnson and being around the people that came before him. 🫡
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There’s a new version of Diggs residing in Houston, one that serves as the hopeful missing link toward a Super Bowl title. Even though he’s moving on, Diggs still will always respect Allen for changing his path.
The feeling is mutual back at Highmark Stadium.
“It’s definitely hard to part ways with a guy who has been very instrumental in our success here over the last four years,” Allen said following the trade earlier this offseason. “I can’t thank him enough for when he came in how hard he worked and what he taught me along the years.”
