Mackey and Judd with Ramie, a show on the radio station SKOR North, suggested a Stefon Diggs trade where the Vikings wide receiver landed on the Patriots.
In the trade, the Patriots would give up a first round pick, a third round pick and Mohamed Sanu in exchange for Diggs.
Given the Vikings current cap situation, this trade would be hard to sort out. I also think if you’re the Vikings, you ask for a better talent than Sanu. As the Athletic’s Chad Graff said on Twitter, “the Vikings would *add* $1M to their cap for a worse/older WR when they already have no cap space.” That just seems too tough to manage.
Sanu has had a great career, don’t get me wrong, but the 30-year old is coming off a season in which he had just 520 receiving yards. That’s a pretty big statistical drop off from Diggs, who finished with 1,130 yards last season.
I think the reason Diggs-related trades are so hard to determine is because a case could be made that both teams might enter into a situation where they’re at a disadvantage in the trade market.
In the Vikings’ case, Stefon Diggs has been acting suspicious on social media. He could just go to them one day and demand a trade.
The Vikings would likely be looking for a price that would blow them away, considering the need for a wide receiver that some teams have and Diggs’ resume.
Also, Diggs was at least frustrated with the team last year and still put together a very good season, so the Vikings could wait to deal Diggs and see how this year plays out, giving them more leverage than if they knew he wouldn’t play well for them in 2020-21.
In the Patriots’ case, Tom Brady may just go to them and say he needs more weapons on offense. If that happened, they would likely be pressed to find a trade that might hurt them longterm, but puts them in a win-now state of mind. That’s why I think that if a trade were to happen, Diggs’ return haul would be really good.
As Judd Zulgad put it, on the Minnesota sports radio show, talking about the trade involving Sanu and Diggs: “It would have to be a situation where I didn’t think Stefon Diggs would play for me.”
Sure, maybe other teams say no to a colossal deal for Diggs, but I just don’t see it happening otherwise with all the factors in play.
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