{"id":808967,"date":"2026-03-12T22:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/808967\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:45:27","slug":"eliot-wolf-details-stefon-diggs-release-leaves-door-open-for-possible-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/808967\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliot Wolf details Stefon Diggs release, leaves door open for possible reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of their first big decisions of the offseason, the New England Patriots released wide receiver Stefon Diggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Diggs was a key part of New England\u2019s run to Super Bowl LX last season. In his first season with the team, he became the first Patriots receiver to eclipse the 1,000-yard since 2019 while also emerging as a leading voice in the locker room.<\/p>\n

The receiver had a lackluster playoff run, however, and will turn 33 next season as his cap hit was set to spike to $26.5 million. Those factors led to the decision to part ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a variety of factors,\u201d executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf said Thursday. \u201cLooking at financials, ability, a lot of things go into this, and we have nothing but respect for Stefon. He was an absolute warrior for us, as I said to him multiple times after games, and just really appreciate all his contributions to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Releasing Diggs with two years remaining on his original three-year, $69 million contract freed up roughly $16 million in cap space for the Patriots \u2014 in addition to $22.5 million in cash. Wolf was asked whether restructuring the veteran\u2019s contract was originally a possibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about a variety of options,\u201d he said. \u201cUltimately, we decided to move froward and we wish him nothing but the best. As we told him when we spoke to him, he was super classy. As we told him, any way we can help out we will.\u201d<\/p>\n

With those available resources, the Patriots signed wide receiver Romeo Doubs to a four-year, $68 million contract<\/a> in free agency. That will not stop the team from continuing to look for upgrades at the wide receiver position. While they have been heavily linked to Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown in trade speculation, the team isn\u2019t completely ruling out a reunion with Diggs down the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say the door\u2019s closed,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cI mean, again, we\u2019re gonna look through every way we possibly can to help improve the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Doubs will be apart of the group expected to help replace Diggs\u2019 production, according to Wolf. That group also includes current wide receivers on the roster doing more, such as Kayshon Boutte, Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams and DeMario Douglas. 2025 UDFA Efton Chism III also remains on the roster.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s potential could allow it to outperform last year\u2019s unit, which would be good enough for the Patriots to continue winning games even without a traditional \u201cWR1\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s important to add good players to the team. You know, we were going through this the other day, the whole idea of a number one receiver, like how many of them are there in the NFL? Maybe half the teams have one,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cSo, I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a prerequisite for being a good football team. In my experience, it hasn\u2019t been. I think as long as you have a lot of good players and diverse skill sets like we have, then that stuff kind of takes care of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of their first big decisions of the offseason, the New England Patriots released wide receiver Stefon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,52113,57412,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-808967","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-new-england-patriots-first-read","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-free-agency","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116218634196450467","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808967","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=808967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}