🚨 BILLS TRADE STEFON DIGGS TO TEXANS 🚨 Stephen A. Smith reacts! | First Take

all right we got breaking news right

here into First Take straight from Adam

shefer I'm going to read his tweet right

now the bills are finalizing a trade to

send four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver

Stefan digs to the Houston Texans for

draft pick compensation sources tell

ESPN we were just talking obviously

about Stefan digs moments ago Lewis rck

your response the Texans are not playing

around like this is between what they

have done in free agency look on the

defensive side of the football with the

additions of guys like Deno alri Aziz

alshire and then on offense now they get

Joe Mixon at running back they they um

resign Dalton Schultz they already have

tank Dell they already have Nico Collins

they all you have no Brown then you add

him into the mix here along with CJ who

has already taken over this organization

as the unquestioned but un you know

Bonafide Alpha along with demo kind of

like overseeing this entire thing and

drawing out of these guys the kind of

performance camaraderie leadership

accountability that he's drawing out of

him but you have to tip your cap right

now to Nick cerio in terms of what he is

getting done down there he has

catapulted them I believe now to the

very top of the South and they are

firmly in the mix now to be able to deal

with teams like Baltimore deal with

teams like Kansas City on a toe-to-toe

type basis now I know those are huge

leaps considering how Baltimore

dominated them last year in the playoffs

but this is how you make those steps you

go out and get these difference makers

look CJ Str

is going to be a top three four

quarterback this year M he'll be in that

mix where you're going to be sitting

there going okay well where does he

stack up with Josh where does he stack

up with Joe burrow where does he stack

up with Lamar and all he's going to be

right in there now he's going to be

right in there and as a team what they

are doing on both sides of the football

and who they have at the helm right now

in demo who was a who was going to

quickly solidify his place as a top four

or five coach in the

NFL this organization it is going

straight up it is going parabolic what

they're getting done down there

especially this off season and it all

started last year when quite honestly CJ

fell to them and fell right in their lap

and it was the best thing that ever

happened to them blame David terer for

that the owner of Carolina but uh you

are 1,00% right from a Houston

standpoint that team is a good team they

got good receivers they got a couple of

tight ends uh he's a good coach Stroud's

great Diggs will be into it warm weather

division's easy 100% 100% I'll take it

from the Buffalo angle and you're not

going to like it but I'm going to say it

I think Buffalo this is the right move

for the bills he had been here a long

time he gets annoyed if he doesn't get

the ball Stevie just gave you the

rundown as far as his second half for

the year is concerned he did not play

well in the playoff game against Kansas

City I think Buffalo was time for them

to move on now Houston does not have a

number one pick I Steve just looked at

it they don't have a number one pick

what they get FD just tweeted a little

bit ago about the conversation so

they're getting a 2025 second round pick

via Minnesota and Texans obviously

receive Stefan Diggs in a 2024 sixth

round pick in the 2025 fifth round pick

so they don't even get a pick this year

for him this is next year they get a

pick so wow look at that they didn't

even get a pick but I understand why

Buffalo did it yeah not a lot of help

for this year but I get why Buffalo did

it well they're they're gonna look this

is a wide receiver deep draft sure

they've got to get one I agree you got

to get you you've got to have more

Firepower especially in the AFC you look

Josh is great and we had that discussion

earlier about look at what Patrick has

done with less than any other

quarterback in the NFL in terms of

winning at the at the highest level I

don't know if Josh is ready for that

we're going to find out because it's

it's just perfect that this happened

considering what the last segment was

we're going to find out now we're going

to find out just how much Stevie set it

up how much yeah I mean I don't know if

you knew this was going down I didn't

know I didn't know this I didn't know

this de I didn't know this I'm not you

my brother I'm not I'm not that

I will tell I will tell you this um I've

been talking about it since the

summertime I said Stefon digs didn't

want to be there yeah um and this is

validation I understand that people want

to act like it's just a trade no the man

has wanted out right he lost belief in

the franchise he believed they missed

their window and he was wearing his

emotion on his sleeve all we have to do

is go to the videotape and you can see

that I came on the air and I reported it

in the summer mhm he went through this

season and I said you cannot come back

next season with him and he clearly

wanted out and so for me he should be

thankful because the Buffalo Bills sent

him to a really really good situation um

CJ strad is an absolute stud this

brother can ball he is something special

tank Dell n Nico Collins Dalton Schultz

these brothers can play now and so when

you look at it from that perspective you

talked about them bringing up Mixon I

will remind you we look at the blowout

law the lops side had lost rather that

Baltimore handed to them in the

divisional Playoff round let us not

forget what they did to Cleveland the

week before that okay Cleveland I

understand they had Joe flacko it wasn't

Deshawn Watson but Joe flacko had great

moments for Cleveland at some point in

time this year they got to the playoffs

their defense is real and a whole bit

and the Houston Texans gave it to them

and so when I look at it from that

standpoint I'm looking at the talent

that the Houston Texans have on this

squad again cill is C those guys I'm I'm

I'm of the mindset I I'll give credit

what credit do I am no fan of the Texans

as an organization with McNair and them

and I don't like what they was doing

with black coaches hiring them and

getting rid of them kill Curry they let

him they fir him one I was disgusted

with all of that but there is no denying

that the m is a sensational young coach

um he was my coach of the year when I

look at him and what he brings to the

table and what CJ stra brings to the

table and the Personnel they have this

offense is going to be even more

prolific and as a result look out for

the Houston Texas this is a big time

pickup and also last thing about Diggs I

understand he can come across is a bit

petulant at times he was in Minnesota he

was clearly the best receiver they tried

to give more love to Adam thielen you

understand he wanted out of Minnesota

like you pointed out Josh Allen elevated

once Stefon Diggs arrived the brother is

is a differ making the game changer not

withstanding the postseason performance

against Kansas City just now and now

he's going going to Houston wherever he

goes the quarterbacks look better and CJ

stad was looking big time without him

yeah so imagine what CJ strad is gonna

look like now look out for the Houston

you think that Harbaugh poses a threat

to the Chiefs in the AFC West yeah he

does because I mean that press

conference which is wild man me he he's

a wild but see what what hey Dave

Campbell was wild too true he is a good

I remember talking to John Harbaugh this

year before we did the week 18 game with

between Baltimore and Pittsburgh and I

was giving John his props about just how

good of a football operations Builder he

is bringing in coaches changing coaches

around putting them in good positions

how they really then affected the

performance of the players on the field

getting a lot out of so and he had a

bunch of guys leave this year right who

wound up getting coordinator jobs and he

said you think I'm good at this my

brother is the best that there is at

that at building organizations building

coaching staffs building up players

teaching players how to win that's

something that's desperately been

because every year we talk about the

Chargers and we talk about the fact that

this is one of the most talented teams

in the NFL that were being underutilized

underdeveloped that really weren't

spreading their wings so to speak to the

degree that they should he'll get that

out of them he'll get that out of Justin

he'll get that out of this offensive

line once he fixed the right side of it

he'll get it out of Gus Edwards He's

going to be a battering ram for them as

a running back and on the defensive side

I promise you this as long long as Joey

Bosa can stay healthy and khil Macker

healthy these two guys will terrorize

they will terrorize and Derwin James the

same well number one eventually he'll

get to momes he's not getting into this

year yeah it's going to take a while

they have no receivers Eckler leaves and

you know I know you know a lot more

about football than me when I see Bosa

and Mack for this franchise make a big

play in a big game on defense call me

I'm with call me I'm with you there call

me there this guay on the field listen

that you got Herbert he's a very he's

won in the NFL eventually they're going

to be a good team I'm not quite ready to

say they're going to challenge the

Chiefs in 20024 well I'm not trying I'm

listen I think that on its face I can't

argue with you about that what I would

tell you is this do I get to look at a

resume do I get to look at you in four

years as a coach in San Francisco as an

NFL coach you went to three NFC

championship games when nobody saw it

coming I think I get to do that do I get

to do it when we didn't hear about Colin

Kaepernick until till you put them in

the starting lineup I get to do that do

I get do I get to do I get to look at

you restoring Michigan the national

prominence even though that's on a

Collegiate level and what have you in

terms of all the years you were

struggling against Ohio State and then

all of a sudden you red that ship and

you went to backtack postseason

appearances and you won a national

championship before walking away I get

to look at all of that and then I got to

look at you and your reputation and

Player Development and how you big up

dudes and you find you you find dudes

that nobody was anticipating nobody was

thinking about I'm also looking at Mike

Williams and Keenan Allen I know these

brothers can play but the reality is is

that you had two20 million a year wide

receivers that were missing the playoffs

with Justin Herbert as your quarterback

injuries had obviously a lot to do with

that but nevertheless that's your

reality and so I'm looking at the Jim

Harbaugh coming up in there and I'm

saying he's seeing all of this plus he

knows how to evaluate talent and maybe

he's finding diamonds in a rough I'm

looking at a Quinton Johnson a Joshua

Palmer a Darius Davis these are wide

receivers that you got never really paid

anyone attention to them maybe he

believes in them maybe he's looking at

them and saying we need to get a bit

more Rough House offensively that's why

we went out and got Gus Edwards to run

the football he's more of a Bell cow

coming out of the running back spot than

an Austin ecka would be even though I

love me some Austin Eckler okay and then

you look at what you want to do

defensively because they had some

problems last year as well and we know

he's not going to tolerate that all I'm

saying is when I look at Jim harbar he

gives me cause to pause and makes me say

there's a reasonable believe if anybody

can disrupt the dominance of a Kansas

City particularly in the AFC West

Division I think he's somebody that

figures out look I think he's the kind

of guy that's looking at this is who's

standing in our way this is

the

that's all

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