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CBS Sports' Jordan Dajani named the Baltimore Ravens the top potential landing spot for wide receiver Stefon Diggs in NFL free agency.
Top personnel executive Eliot Wolf of the New England Patriots didn’t rule out wide receiver Stefon Diggs returning to the AFC champions next season. However, CBS Sports’ Jordan Dajani had other ideas.
On Saturday, Dajani named the Baltimore Ravens the top potential destination for Diggs in 2026.
“The New England Patriots released Diggs prior to free agency after he led the team with 1,013 yards receiving and four touchdowns on 85 catches on the way to a Super Bowl appearance. New England’s next leading wide receiver was Kayshon Boutte with 551 yards. It was an impressive season from Diggs, as he was coming off a torn ACL at 32 years old,” wrote Dajani.
“Diggs is a four-time Pro Bowl pass catcher, and led the NFL in both receptions and receiving yards in 2020. The ring-chasing Ravens make sense for Diggs. He was born in Gaithersburg, and went to high school at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney before starring at the University of Maryland. It would be fitting if he helped Baltimore’s NFL team get to the Super Bowl.”
After years of struggling to find a top wideout, the Ravens have developed one with Zay Flowers. But Baltimore’s WR2 still leaves something to be desired.
Flowers was the only Ravens wideout with more than 330 receiving yards last season.
Diggs, who has many ties to Maryland, has recorded seven 1,000-yard campaigns in his 11-year NFL career.
Why Ravens Could Pursue WR Stefon Diggs
Baltimore has been a home to many aging, veteran wideouts over the years. Because of that, it seems rather obvious they could pursue Diggs, especially when considering he’s a Maryland native and former Terrapins football star.
In 2025, 33-year-old DeAndre Hopkins finished second for the Ravens with 330 receiving yards. He averaged 15 yards per reception, but Hopkins only had 22 catches.
Former first-round pick Rashod Bateman is coming off a very disappointing campaign. Last year, Bateman had 19 receptions for 224 yards in 13 games.
Signed through 2029, Bateman will be back with the Ravens next season. However, Hopkins is an unrestricted free agent.
Baltimore could sign Diggs as a slightly younger and still far more productive veteran receiver than Hopkins.
Despite coming off a torn 2024 ACL, Diggs posted 85 catches for 1,013 receiving yards with four touchdowns in 2025. Diggs will celebrate his 33rd birthday in late November.
Could Diggs Return to Patriots?
The Patriots faced a difficult decision with Diggs this offseason. He was the team’s leading receiver during their 2025 Super Bowl run. It also wasn’t particularly close, as the team’s next top wideout had about half as many yards.
But Diggs was going to see his cap hit go from $10.5 million in 2025 to $26.5 million next season if he remained on the roster.
The Patriots elected for the cap space. His release appearing to be a financial decision, some pundits saw an opening for Diggs to return in New England on a lower cap number.
But Wolf also cited “ability” as a reason for Diggs’s release.
Diggs struggled during the team’s playoff run. Against the top defenses in the postseason, Diggs averaged 27.5 yards per game and 7.9 yards per reception.
It will be interesting to see if that comment has any impact on the receiver’s desire to return to New England. Then again, maybe that desire doesn’t exist to begin with this offseason.
The hope to return to Maryland and play for his hometown team, though, might very well exist. That would be far from ideal for New England.
While the Ravens weren’t a playoff team in 2025, with two-time MVP Lamar Jackson and Trey Hendrickson added to the defense, Baltimore is a threat to be an AFC contender this fall.