Stefon Diggs Could 'Reasonably' Return in Week 4 of 2025, per The Athletic's Chad Graff

Diggs continues to recover this offseason from an ACL tear he suffered in Week 8 of the 2024 season, and as time goes on, a more specific timeline for his return to action is coming into view. While there’s still no guarantee that Diggs isn’t able to ultimately take the field with the rest of the team in Week 1, Graff has identified Week 4 as a more feasible target for the veteran to get back on the field. Given that timeline, it’s possible that Diggs could wind up on the early season PUP list that would make him inactive for the team’s first four games, though he has yet to be placed on it and there has been little mention of the team going that route at this still early point in the offseason. As long as Diggs is out to begin the year, though, the door to opportunity will be open for rookie second-round pick Kyle Williams. Williams has reportedly been impressing early on in camp, and with little target competition around him besides relics of the Jerod Mayo/Bill Belichick regime in Demario Douglas and co., he could play a significant role in New England’s passing game on day 1. Even with Williams impressing, though, Diggs profiles as the clear no. 1 receiver once he’s back on the field and should be treated as such in drafts. As always, monitor this injury situation in the coming weeks – it is an ACL injury Diggs is recovering from, after all.