Report: Buffalo Bills Refused To Trade Stefon Diggs To Only One Team

The Buffalo Bills did not want their star receiver going to their playoff rival.

A dominant team always has a target on its back, especially from rival clubs.

In this case, the Buffalo Bills are the rival club in question. Buffalo put star receiver Stefon Diggs on the trade market this offseason, culminating in a trade to the Houston Texans earlier this week. Trading their star receiver was a difficult decision, but one they ultimately decided was necessary for their future.

No matter the circumstances, though, Buffalo was not going to trade Diggs to the NFL's newly-crowned dynasty. According to Chris Simms of Pro Football Talk, the Bills allowed Diggs to seek a trade with evrey NFL team except the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.

Jan 23, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) celebrates

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"From what I do know, he was allowed to seek a trade from anybody in the league, except the Kansas City Chiefs," Simms said Thursday. "That's what I've been told by multiple people. He was allowed to do that. The Chiefs were the only team they weren't going to trade [to]."

The Bills and Chiefs have developed a fierce rivalry over the past few years, but in the playoffs, that rivalry has resembled that of a nail and a hammer. The two AFC heavyweights have met three times in the last four postseasons, with Kansas City coming out on top each time. Among those showdowns were an overtime thriller in 2022, along with another heartbreaker for the Bills this past postseason.

Even though the Chiefs are the NFL's first back-to-back champions in nearly 20 years, their receiver room leaves something to be desired. Travis Kelce is the best tight end in the league, but aside from Rashee Rice, who is currently dealing with legal issues, the Chiefs don't have much receiver talent to speak of. They're hoping that the addition of Marquise "Hollywood" Brown will solve those issues, and Patrick Mahomes is good enough to make the offense work regardless, but it is still an issue.

Clearly, the Bills had no interest in helping out the team that's become the bane of their existence. Buffalo may have only gotten a second-round pick for Diggs (and two late-round picks), they may have taken on a $31 million dead cap hit and they may have traded him to an up-and-comer in the AFC, but they stuck to their guns no matter what.