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Bills GM Talks Stefon Diggs Trade, Says He Didn't Want Contract to Be 'Albatross'

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Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane opened up about the front office's decision to trade star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans this offseason.

"A player of his caliber, you weigh a lot of things in those situations," Beane said during an appearance on The Athletic Football Show (h/t Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk). "But ultimately, we just talked about the cap. I don't need to go through all the reasons why we decided to go ahead and do that. I would say, from a cap standpoint, we decided just to go ahead and eat it now.