The secret sauce behind investing 22 years of your life in a sport is that it comes with its advantages. One among them just might be the ability to see the future. More precisely, understand the needs of the teams from the player and get the exact point where the team would forgo a player, something Tom Brady has cultivated quite well.
In a resurfaced video, the GOAT can be spotted predicting the latest trade in the NFL market that has made waves. The Buffalo Bills traded their star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to Houston Texans to get a 2025 second-round pick (via Minnesota) whereas the Texans received Diggs, a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick, as per the announcement made on Wednesday.
Tom Brady predicted Stefon Diggs would leave the #Bills 🤣
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— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) April 4, 2024
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In the video, Tom Brady is spotted talking to Josh Allen, while he reminisces about how some of the most popular QB-WR duos broke since the WRs left the team. “Don’t worry Josh, someone will leave you too,” Brady said cheekily, indirectly revealing the things brewing up behind the scenes. Did Brady already know about a veteran player like Diggs leaving the Bills, or the Bills’ decision to trade him this off-season? Only he can answer that. But what the fans knew was this.
The relationship between Steffon Diggs and the Buffalo Bills lately
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Josh Allen lost two of his best receiving options: Gabe Davis And Stefon Diggs. However, Allen was not as blindsided as the fans since Bills’ general manager Brandon Beane reported forewarning him. “I did alert him that there had been some inquiries and that it wasn’t 100 100% off the table,” Beane told reporters, per NFL Network’s Andrew Siciliano.
Throughout the 2023 season, Diggs showcased his talent like a tale of two halves. During the initial half of the season, Diggs dominated the field, whereas the second half witnessed a downfall in his performance. His on-field struggles tagged along with him in the post-season as well, to the point where the Bills started to question their future with the WR despite signing a fresh contract.
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Stefon Diggs was signed through the 2027 season. Hence, this trade would bring in a $31 million dead salary-cap charge for the next season. However, fans also speculated the reason behind Diggs’ performance decline was their new OC Joe Brady. Joe Brady joined the Bills in November, about the same time that Diggs’s performance started to decline. Was that the real reason behind Diggs’ performance decline? Now that the trade is done, will the Buffs face the aftermath of trading their WR in the regular season? Drop your thoughts down in the comments.