BREAKING: Vikings, Diggs agree on contract extension deal

@"kmillard" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Diggs is only 24 years old. His body has filled out and he's stronger. Nice speed and great big hands. Route runner extraordinaire. Hard worker. Talented. Not sure what else we could want.

Durability and at least a thousand yard season.

Great news for the Vikes, and of course, Diggs.  I'm just not so sure the highest paid WR is the best one.  AT runs as good or even better routes and arguably has better hands.  Although Diggs has better moves and is most likely a bit faster.  The Vikings did well financially signing AT to an extension before the '17 season.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"kmillard" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Diggs is only 24 years old. His body has filled out and he's stronger. Nice speed and great big hands. Route runner extraordinaire. Hard worker. Talented. Not sure what else we could want.

Durability and at least a thousand yard season.

I would have preferred to see some sort of protections or incentives built into his contract,  but I am sure some team would be more than happy to pay him more with less restrictions if they were to push the issue.

@"kmillard" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Diggs is only 24 years old. His body has filled out and he's stronger. Nice speed and great big hands. Route runner extraordinaire. Hard worker. Talented. Not sure what else we could want.

Durability and at least a thousand yard season.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000943201/article/vikings-wr-stefon-diggs-agrees-to-fiveyear-extension

Gotta love the last two lines of the article:
Diggs deal now gives the Vikings a core of talented players all under contract for the next several years. Diggs, Thielen, Hunter, Kendricks, Rhodes, Kirk Cousins, Everson Griffen, Linval Joseph, Riley Reiff, Harrison Smith and Dalvin Cook are all signed at least through the 2020 season.
The Vikings are stacked for the long-haul, friends. Get used to a lot of Purple parties the next several years.
:) 

I'm calculating an average of $16/year and not $14.. $81ish for 5 years. Am I looking at this wrong?

@"SkolVikings44" said: I'm calculating an average of $16/year and not $14.. $81ish for 5 years. Am I looking at this wrong?

Well, good thing Thielen has the small town MN mentality and outwardly will be happy for Diggs.  Still, gotta think he can't be thrilled inside with the disparity between their contracts.

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"SkolVikings44" said: I'm calculating an average of $16/year and not $14.. $81ish for 5 years. Am I looking at this wrong?

$81M would include all UTBE incentives. 

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

$81M would include all UTBE incentives. 

Great news  great work by  Spelman  brew and Diggs agent  be nice  to  keep bar and Richardson  with hill and hugs impressing  poor tre could be odd man out

The only things keeping Diggs from being among the absolute top-tier of NFL WRs are consistency and staying healthy.  IMO he has too many games where he has around 30 yards or less receiving (or isn't on the field at all).  The tools are all there, hopefully he can put them to use a little more consistently this year.

Or a complete  16 game season.  Badda Boom

Awesome! He's a great WR. Nicely done Vikings

@"kmillard" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Diggs is only 24 years old. His body has filled out and he's stronger. Nice speed and great big hands. Route runner extraordinaire. Hard worker. Talented. Not sure what else we could want.

Durability and at least a thousand yard season.

@"HappyViking" said: Great news for the Vikes, and of course, Diggs.  I'm just not so sure the highest paid WR is the best one.  AT runs as good or even better routes and arguably has better hands.  Although Diggs has better moves and is most likely a bit faster.  The Vikings did well financially signing AT to an extension before the '17 season.

I think AT played above his ability this past year, I think he's still a good player and him and Diggs together are definitely a top 5 duo, but ATs numbers will dip a bit.

The money did make me blink, but I'm so glad we've got him locked up.  Yes he's gotten dinged, but man does he show up for the bright lights (USB opener vs GB, 2017 home opener vs. NO, Minneapolis Miracle) 

As for the Barr or Waynes question posed earlier in the thread, Waynes' 5th year option keeps him here through '19 while Barr could be gone after this season.  If the team wants Barr back, he'll be next.  

I loved listening to him talk about what it means to him. He got emotional when he talked about his mom and dad. I am happy for him.

Diggs is such a well rounded receiver. Speed, routes, hands, contested catches, deep tracking, RAC...he's got it all. Then you consider that he's also a good kid. Works his ass off. Everyone on the team seems to love him. No off field issues. Sure, never went over 1,000 but let's not forget that in his 3 seasons he's had 5 different QBs. His upside not just as a player but as a local celebrity and ticket seller is ENORMOUS.