{"id":783939,"date":"2026-03-01T07:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/783939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:56:26","slug":"patriots-could-cut-stefon-diggs-over-contract-issue-after-reaching-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/783939\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots could cut Stefon Diggs over contract issue after reaching Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less than a month after reaching the Super Bowl together, the Patriots could cut Stefon Diggs if the veteran receiver does not agree to a restructured deal.<\/p>\n

If the 32-year-old Diggs hopes to return to New England, \u201che must restructure his contract to lower the cap hit\u201d from its present value of $26.5 million, a source told MassLive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Diggs led the Pats with 85 receptions and 1,013 receiving yards and scored four touchdowns in 17 games last season after signing a three-year deal worth $63.5 million last March via free agency.<\/p>\n

He is also facing legal issues<\/a> with a pretrial court date scheduled for April 1 after pleading not guilty to a felony charge of strangulation and a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery involving a woman.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs warms up before the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. AP<\/p>\n

The Patriots, who improved by 10 wins from 4-13 in 2024 to an AFC East-leading 14-3 last season under first-year coach Mike Vrabel, would save $16.8 million on the cap if they release Diggs and up to $20.8 million if they cut the 11-year NFL veteran with a post-June 1 designation.<\/p>\n

Diggs also has $6 million in guaranteed money due on March 13, and the team is \u201cworking toward a resolution\u201d and \u201cshould have this situation resolved in the coming weeks,\u201d MassLive reported.<\/p>\n

The report also cited a second source predicting that Diggs will be \u201cunwilling\u201d to rework his deal, and that the organization already is talking about replacing his production alongside quarterback Drake Maye.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs (8) looks on before Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks at Levi\u2019s Stadium. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

One potential name linked to the Pats is trade candidate A.J. Brown of the Eagles<\/a>, with Mass Live outlining the possibility of both veterans ending up on the 2026 roster if Diggs\u2019 deal gets reworked.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old Brown, who played for Vrabel with the Titans for three seasons from 2019-21, had 78 catches for 1,003 yards and seven TDs for Philadelphia last year. <\/p>\n

He is set to earn $29 million with a $23.4 million cap hit on the final season of a three-year deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than a month after reaching the Super Bowl together, the Patriots could cut Stefon Diggs if the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,9,531],"class_list":{"0":"post-783939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-patriots","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-stefon-diggs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116152854314357909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}