Houston Texans star large receiver Stefon Diggs raised some eyebrows when he revealed in a recent interview that he “was within the worst psychological area I have been in since I entered the league” throughout his ultimate season with the Buffalo Payments.
Diggs indicated whereas talking about Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud on Thursday that he is in a a lot better place forward of Houston’s Week 1 recreation on the Indianapolis Colts this coming Sunday.
“It has been a pleasant street,” Diggs mentioned about becoming a member of the Texans by way of an offseason trade, as ESPN’s DJ Bien-Aime shared. “I take a look at [Stroud] as household, not simply my quarterback. I am rocking with him via thick and skinny. I at all times inform him I’m with you whenever you’re proper, I am with you whenever you’re improper.”
Diggs’ relationship with Payments star signal-caller Josh Allen first got here into question after the 30-year-old appeared to confront Allen throughout a playoff loss in January 2023. Whereas the 2 figured issues out sufficient for the 2023 Payments to go 11-6 earlier than they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in a wild-card postseason matchup, Diggs then dedicated a costly fourth-quarter drop within the divisional-round defeat in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs this previous January.
That second proved to be the start of the top of Diggs’ tenure with Buffalo.
“I believe me and him already had a pure connection on the sphere and we simply constructed it and constructed it and constructed it,” Stroud mentioned about his working relationship with Diggs. “I believe you could have seen it on the sphere, simply rep, after rep after rep. Simply me and him having a dialog, simply me and him speaking about issues we like, issues we do not like and simply being clear. It’ll proceed to develop, and it’ll be a particular connection.”
Including Diggs to a roster able to incomes at the least one postseason win is why DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Texans fifth among the many betting favorites at +850 odds to characterize the AFC in Tremendous Bowl LIX as of Friday morning. At that very same time, DraftKings Sportsbook had Houston as a three-point favourite over Indianapolis.
Diggs and Stroud are able to placed on a present at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday afternoon.