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Diggs\u2019 non-contact malady is a torn ACL, NFL.com\u2019s Tom Pelissero reports<\/a>. This is a crushing blow to a Texans team currently playing without Nico Collins<\/a>. While Collins is expected back, Houston has a major question to answer after seeing its high-end trade pickup go down.<\/p>\n Despite Collins breaking out last year and earning an extension this offseason, the Texans acquired Diggs to give C.J. Stroud<\/a> one of this era\u2019s best wide receivers to target. GM Nick Caserio acquired Diggs\u2019 Bills-constructed contract, pairing it with his quarterback\u2019s rookie deal in his busiest offseason in charge.<\/p>\n While Stroud has certainly missed Collins since the fourth-year standout sustained a hamstring injury to lead him to IR, Diggs had loomed as vital insurance. The plan will change again for the AFC South leaders, who now may be interested in adding a piece before next week\u2019s trade deadline.<\/p>\n The Texans acquired Diggs in a trade that sent a 2025 second-round pick to the Bills<\/a>. Diggs had thrived in Buffalo, being a central figure in Josh Allen<\/a>\u2018s ascent to superstardom. The Bills, however, had tired of the wideout\u2019s antics<\/a>. They were prepared to keep their longtime WR1 for at least one more season, holding onto him into April, but had discussed Diggs with the Texans at the Combine. The teams circled back to talks before the early-April trade, one that left the Bills with the most dead money in WR history and gave the Texans a perennial Pro Bowler. The Bills have since addressed the void Diggs created, trading for Amari Cooper<\/a>; will the Texans consider a move before the Nov. 5 trade endpoint?<\/p>\n Houston still has Tank Dell<\/a>, Robert Woods<\/a> and 2022 second-round pick John Metchie<\/a>. Xavier Hutchinson<\/a>, a 2023 sixth-rounder, joins Dalton Schultz<\/a> as parts of this Houston cadre. But Dell going from WR3 to Stroud\u2019s top target would wound the Texans, despite the 2023 third-rounder\u2019s early-career connection with Stroud. Collins cannot be activated until Week 10, and it is uncertain if the team\u2019s receiving leader will be ready to return when first eligible.<\/p>\n For Diggs, this is obviously a significant setback. The former Vikings fifth-round pick had avoided major injuries throughout his career, playing in all but one Bills game during his four-year run with the team. Diggs ripped off four straight 1,100-yard seasons in Buffalo. He made a comment this offseason that suggested he sought a way out of Buffalo<\/a>, reminding of his Minnesota exit, but the trade involved the strange step of the Texans removing the final three years of Diggs\u2019 contract<\/a>. This appeared to be at the request of Diggs\u2019 camp to finalize<\/a> a trade. As it stands, Diggs is soon to turn 31 and now headed toward free agency after this season-ending knee malady.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n