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Stefon Diggs is heading to the nation's capital. The two-time All-Pro wide receiver has agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Commanders worth up to twelve million dollars, giving Jayden Daniels a genuine weapon on the outside. Diggs spent last season in New England, hauling in eighty-five receptions and leading that Patriots offense almost entirely on his own.
That move ripples across the league, and nobody feels it more than the Indianapolis Colts. Washington's signing of Diggs, combined with San Francisco locking up Deebo Samuel, leaves the free agent receiver market looking pretty thin for Indianapolis. The Colts were clearly hoping to add at that position, and the options are quietly disappearing.
Meanwhile, in college football, Auburn linebacker Xavier Atkins is stepping into preseason camp with a target on his back and apparently zero concern about it. After leading the entire SEC in tackles for loss last season, Atkins has landed on nearly every major preseason watchlist heading into the two thousand twenty six campaign. He spoke to media this week and, by all accounts, the hype isn't rattling him one bit.
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