Stefon Diggs and Justin Jefferson, the star receivers for the Bills and Vikings, will be forever linked by a trade that, almost three years later, is one both sides were glad they made.
Dueling one-handed catches electrify first matchup between Justin Jefferson and Stefon Diggs
Jefferson ended up the winner on the scoreboard and the stat sheet, but both star receivers got additions to their personal highlight reels.
November 14, 2022 at 12:23PM
They played against each other for the first time since the Vikings traded Diggs and drafted Jefferson in 2020 on Sunday and starred in what many are calling the best regular season football game of the year.
Jefferson ended up the winner on the scoreboard and the stat sheet, with 10 catches for a career-high 193 yards and a touchdown. Diggs had a game-high 12 catches for 128 yards.
Both had all-time highlight catches at critical moments in the game. On third-and-15 late in the third quarter, Diggs did this:
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Then Jefferson did this, on fourth-and-18 just after the two-minute warning with the Vikings needing a touchdown to stay in the game. Not a bad showcase for one of the most compelling trades in recent NFL history.
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
