You can make the case that the exit of Stefon Diggs and the addition of A.J. Brown are a wash for the New England Patriots.

The 2025 numbers – Diggs with 85 catches for 1,014 yards and four touchdowns vs. Brown with 78 catches, 1,003 yards and seven TDs – state that case as well as any that could be made.

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