‘Timing made sense’ | Bills GM Brandon Beane details decision to trade WR Stefon Diggs![Brandon Beane on trading Stefon Diggs: Value, timing made sense for us - NBC Sports](https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e7ddc38/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5551x3122+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc2%2Fce%2F21e56a644aa49303f2e495887409%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1964302465)
The Buffalo Bills finalized a trade Wednesday to send WR Stefon Diggs to the Texans in exchange for a 2025 second-round pick.
Bills GM Brandon Beane spoke to the media to break down the trade, why it can help Buffalo and where the team goes from here.
1— How the deal came together & why it makes sense for Buffalo
Beane shared that discussions with the Texans ramped up this week and that the value Houston was offering in return — a 2025 second-round pick — was a valuable piece moving forward for Buffalo.
“The last couple days the value seemed to make sense and the timing made sense for them and for us,” Beane said. “And we worked on the deal and got it finalized today.”
Throughout that process, Beane said he had several conversations “at the highest levels of our organization” on the pros and cons of a trade. When Buffalo and Houston finalized the terms of the agreement, Beane did so with the future of the Bills in mind.
“Anytime you make a move like this, as I said, very difficult, you’re trying to win,” he said. “And sometimes people may not see that. This is by no means the Bills giving up or trying to take a step back or anything like that. Everything we do, we’re trying to win.”
He added: “It was made in what we believe was the best interest of the Bills. We can go round and round — I don’t think I could frame it any better.”
During his press conference, Beane shared that earlier in the offseason he did give QB Josh Allen a heads up that teams were inquiring about Diggs’ availability.
“I did alert (Josh) that there had been some inquiries and it wasn’t 100% off the table,” Beane said.
The pair hadn’t spoken yet since the trade was finalized but Beane said they will touch base together soon.
“Josh and I have a pretty regular conversation on things and I think it’s important for me to make sure if I think something could happen to make sure he’s not blindsided,” he said.
Beane also broke down what the trade means for Buffalo’s salary cap going forward.
“We were roughly, before this move, seven and a half million or something like that on the cap. This is going to take off three (point) three (million), there’ll be a little offset which will get maybe closer to four by the time you add a player back on whenever that is. So it pulls us down into the threes of cap space. And so, we don’t have a lot of room… we’ll still have to save money for the draft picks, replacement costs, practice squad, guys like that. But, we’ll be creative. We’re still going to look. The cap flexibility is more next year which can help you even the following year depending on what you do, or you don’t do in 2025,” Beane said.
Buffalo’s GM also added the team will save money down the road from Tre’Davious White’s June 1 release.
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