Stefon Diggs
Diggs is Washington's starting No. 2 receiver opposite Terry McLaurin, and he looked healthy again on Monday night after missing Week 5 with a hamstring injury.
Role
Rotowire's Sept. 3 note had him as a starter opposite McLaurin, with the depth behind him unclear. The Banner (Aug. 8) expected him to start in the slot. Before Monday he had 18 catches for 170 yards and 3 touchdowns on 31 targets in four games, per Rotowire's Oct. 19 note. Monday's wire line was 6 catches on 7 targets. Antonio Williams, Dyami Brown, Treylon Burks, Jaylin Lane and Luke McCaffrey also made the initial 53-man roster. Dan Quinn said in camp that playing time would take weeks to sort out, and I found no current snap-share figure I could read reliably.
He gets open in the short and middle areas for Jayden Daniels, and he no longer has to be the No. 1 option. He has scored in three of his first four games with the team, and Monday's six catches on seven targets suggest the hamstring is not limiting him. CBS and Rotowire expected about six targets per game.
McLaurin is still the top target-getter. Washington is under first-time playcaller David Blough, and his hamstring is a recurring risk. Preseason CBS coverage called him a bench receiver to start only a few times per year. His work is short and mid-range, so his yardage can be modest even with a high catch count. ClutchPoints (Oct. 18) called him a volatile option if he played at all.
Where analysts split
The split is whether Diggs is a steady second option with about six targets a game or a volatile piece. That depends on his hamstring and on how much of the slot work Williams and McCaffrey keep. I found no recent reporting that settles it.
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