Stefon Diggs isn’t guaranteed to wear a New England Patriots uniform next season, but one writer believes both sides should want to stay together.

The wide receiver has a $26.5 million cap hit in each of the next two seasons of a three-year contract signed last offseason. Only $1.7 million of his 2026 salary is guaranteed before $6 million more vests on March 13, so the Patriots could move on from Diggs despite him returning from an ACL tear to accrue 1,013 receiving yards on 85 catches.

CLNS Media’s Taylor Kyles made the case for Diggs and the Patriots agreeing to an adjusted contract on his “Patriots Daily” podcast.

“I would be surprised if Diggs is just completely against the contract restructure because again, I feel like this is probably the best situation for him,” Kyles said.

Although he flourished in the regular season, Kyles believes Diggs may realize his market value slid after settling for 110 yards in four postseason games.

“I think that a restructure makes sense for both sides,” Kyles continued. “‘Cause I think even Stefon can acknowledge that, yes, he had 1,000 yards, but where was he in the playoffs?”

While the Patriots could save money by cutting or trading Diggs, Kyles wondered who would fill the four-time Pro Bowler’s shoes as Drake Maye’s top target.

“I don’t know. Where are you replacing that production?” Kyles asked. “Maybe Kyle Williams steps up, but you can’t really depend on that. So keeping Diggs, the more I thought about it, makes sense. He’s harder to replace than Mack Hollins.”

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