UNDATED (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs has agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million.
Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season. The fifth-round draft pick blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
In other NFL news:
— A judge in Texas says Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson must say whether he had sex with 18 massage therapists who supported him last year following criminal complaints. USA Today reported that Watson has 30 days to comply.
— Outside linebacker 31-year-old Whitney Mercilus says he’s retiring, ending a 10-year career in which he made 58 sacks. Mercilus had all but one of his career sacks with the Texans. He had a career-high 12 sacks in 2015.
— The budget-conscious Atlanta Falcons signed former first-round picks linebacker Rashaan Evans and offensive lineman Germain Ifedi to one-year contracts. Evans was the 22nd overall pick in the 2018 draft from Alabama, Ifedi was No. 31 overall pick in 2016 by the Seattle Seahawks and spent the past two seasons with the Chicago Bears.
— The attorneys general of six states have written to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressing concern over the league’s treatment of female employees and admonishing him for a lack of improvement to the league’s workplace culture. Without improvement, the attorneys general warned of potential legal action. The letter comes as Congress investigates how the league has handled claims of sexual harassment in the front office of the Washington Commanders.
— In a bid to encourage the Washington Commanders to stay in Maryland, the Maryland House has approved a measure with a $400 million plan to develop the area around FedEx Field in the suburbs of the nation’s capital. The bill doesn’t include money for a new stadium for the NFL team. Money from the state lottery will be used to build infrastructure nearby.
