Stefon Diggs has been a free agent since his release from the Patriots on March 4 and hasn’t generated much buzz on the market, in large part as teams waited to see the outcome of his off-field legal case surrounding domestic violence allegations. As of Tuesday, May 5, the trial has concluded with a “not guilty” verdict.

With the off-field issue in the rearview mirror and fresh off a bounce-back 1,000-yard season, what does the future look like for the former Pro Bowler? Let’s dive into a trio of potential Stefon Diggs landing spots and what they’d mean for fantasy football.

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Three Potential Stefon Diggs Landing Spots For Fantasy Football

Las Vegas Raiders

• Current Wide Receiver Room
  • Tre Tucker (WR73 in our half-PPR fantasy football rankings)
  • Jalen Nailor (WR74)
  • Jack Bech (WR106)
• Projected Team Pass Attempts: 554

There are several teams in desperate need of reinforcements in their wide receiver rooms, but the Raiders are close to the top of that list after failing to draft a wide receiver until Round 6 of the draft (Malik Benson).

As things stand, not a single wideout on the Raiders projects for more than 75 targets in our fantasy football projections, with the WR room carrying a total target projection of 239 targets across five receivers and tight end Brock Bowers leading the team with a 124-target projection.

That simply will not cut it if you want to set your No. 1 pick up for success. While Fernando Mendoza may not start the season as QB1 (projected for 13 starts), he’ll certainly finish the season as such. In the interim, the fact that Kirk Cousins is slated to serve as the bridge QB sets up well for Diggs, as the two played together in Minnesota from 2018-19, when Diggs posted back-to-back seasons of 1,000-plus yards, an average of 121.5 targets and 15 total touchdowns.

Diggs would immediately step into a WR1 role with a quarterback he has familiarity with, which could provide him with WR3 value in fantasy football and potential sell-high upside if he starts hot.

Washington Commanders

• Current Wide Receiver Room
  • Terry McLaurin (WR27)
  • Antonio Williams (WR71)
  • Dyami Brown (WR99)
• Projected Team Pass Attempts: 507

While Diggs wouldn’t necessarily step into as voluminous a potential role as he would in Vegas, the Commanders are in desperate need of a proven WR2 behind Terry McLaurin.

Outside of McLaurin’s 113 projected targets, no receiver on the team projects for more than 61 (Antonio Williams), so there would still be ample volume available for Diggs in Washington, which has shown interest in adding to the wide receiver room (Van Jefferson, Treylon Burks, Deebo Samuel) over the last year, but has come away with lackluster results.

If the Commanders want to set up Jayden Daniels for a bounce-back season in his third campaign, adding a proven 1,000-yard receiver as your WR2 is a great way to do so, and he would profile as a serviceable flex play more weeks than not in fantasy football.

Los Angeles Rams

• Current Wide Receiver Room
  • Puka Nacua (WR2)
  • Davante Adams (WR19)
  • Jordan Whittington (NR)
• Projected Team Pass Attempts: 575

While the Rams project for more total pass attempts than both the Raiders and Commanders, the available opportunity is far less than those two teams, seeing that the Rams WR1/2 combination may be the deadliest in the NFL.

A landing spot with the Rams would make much more sense from a real-life standpoint than it would for fantasy football. The Rams are in win-now mode with Matthew Stafford nearing the end of his career and an aging WR2 in Davante Adams, who’s entering his age-33 season. After it was widely believed that the Rams would be a landing spot for a first-round WR in the draft, they opted not to draft a wideout until Round 6 (CJ Daniels). Adding Diggs as a solidified WR3/insurance policy for the top two WRs would give them even more depth at a position of strength and strain opposing secondaries more than they already do on a weekly basis.

That said, sitting behind two wideouts that currently project for over 120 targets each (Nacua 155, Adams 129) would severely cap his ceiling in fantasy football, rendering him as nothing more than a potential depth piece or bye-week fill-in.

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