Stefon Diggs is still unsigned. He is not still quiet.
The free-agent wide receiver used a video on his YouTube channel to make his case to all 32 teams: he is better than every No. 2 receiver in the NFL right now. According to ESPN, Diggs posted the video last week, just over two weeks before training camps open.
“My opinion, I can compete with anybody,” Diggs said. “But take those [top wide receivers] as your 1s, right? You can’t name a No. 2 better than me.”
He didn’t stop there. Per Bleacher Report, Diggs argues that only seven receivers in the league qualify as true No. 1 options. Follow that math and Diggs is putting himself at No. 8 overall — ahead of every other team’s second option, by his own ranking.
That argument lands differently depending on which locker room is listening. In Philadelphia, it lands right in the middle of an actual roster question.
Why the Eagles Are the Team to Watch Here
The Eagles traded A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots this offseason, a move confirmed by the team’s own site, which also confirms New England sent Brown to Foxborough as part of rebuilding around Diggs’ old spot after releasing Diggs in March. DeVonta Smith now walks into 2026 as Philadelphia’s clear No. 1 target, a status the team has backed publicly.
Behind him, the picture is murkier. The Eagles brought in Dontayvion Wicks via trade from Green Bay, signed Hollywood Brown and Elijah Moore in free agency, and used their first-round pick on USC’s Makai Lemon. Per SI’s Eagles coverage, Wicks entered minicamp as the leader for the WR2 job, partly because Lemon was sidelined with a hamstring injury this spring.
| Eagles WR | 2026 Path to Snaps | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DeVonta Smith | Unquestioned WR1 | Averaged 1,000+ yards each of the last four seasons |
| Dontayvion Wicks | WR2 front-runner | Reunited with OC Sean Mannion from his Packers days |
| Makai Lemon | Rookie slot option | First-round pick, dealing with a spring hamstring injury |
| Hollywood Brown / Elijah Moore | Rotational depth | Free-agent additions competing for the final spots |
None of that is a No. 1 receiver. It’s a group betting that competition and scheme fit produce a reliable second option, rather than paying for one.
The Case Diggs Is Actually Making
Diggs isn’t just talking trash. He’s coming off a real season. He caught 85 passes for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns in 2025, per ESPN, and added 14 catches for 110 yards and a touchdown across four playoff games as the Patriots reached the Super Bowl. It was his seventh career 1,000-yard season, and it came the year after a torn ACL ended his lone season in Houston.
New England released him in March anyway, in what ESPN described as a financially driven move tied to his $26.5 million cap number. The Patriots then traded for Brown and signed Romeo Doubs to rebuild the room Diggs left behind.
That’s the strange part of this story. A 32-year-old coming off a productive, Super Bowl-run season is still sitting in free agency two weeks before camp. Some of that is age. Some of it is money — Diggs isn’t likely to take a bargain deal. And for months, some of it was an off-field cloud: the NFL closed its personal conduct review of Diggs last month after finding insufficient evidence of a violation, according to ESPN, following his not-guilty verdict in May on charges stemming from a dispute with his private chef.
Whether that history plays into teams’ hesitation is speculation, not something either side has confirmed. What’s confirmed is the calendar: training camps open in roughly two weeks, and Diggs remains a free agent.
What It Means for Philadelphia
The Eagles haven’t been connected to Diggs, and nothing here suggests they’re pursuing him. They’ve spent the offseason building depth rather than chasing another proven name, and Smith’s emergence as a true No. 1 was the whole plan behind trading Brown in the first place.
But Diggs’ argument is really about roster construction, and it applies to Philadelphia whether he ends up there or not. Defenses that can double Smith without fear of what’s behind him make the Eagles’ passing game easier to defend. Whoever wins that WR2 job — Wicks, Lemon, Brown, or Moore — has to change that math in training camp.
Diggs, for his part, sounds like he still believes he could be the answer somewhere. “I brought myself here,” he said in the video, addressing the uncertainty around his situation. “Unfortunate at times, but I’m blessed. I’m going to be exactly where I’m supposed to be.”
