Houston Texans players fighting at training camp.Houston Texans players fight at practice. (Photo via @YouGewdBro/Twitter)
Things got feisty at the Houston Texans’ training camp session on Wednesday.

A scuffle began after new Houston Texans star wide receiver Stefon Diggs was hit hard by safety Jimmie Ward. Soon after, star cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. ran over to Dalton Schultz and leveled the veteran tight end with a crushing hit that sent him to the ground:

Most Texans players quickly rushed over to break up the scuffle before things escalated further. But yes, it certainly looks like the players have entered competitive mode and are more than ready for the regular season to begin.

Per John Harris of the team’s official website, running back Dare Ogunbowale emphasized that the scuffle was nothing serious and that “it’s all love at the end of the day.”

The Texans acquired Diggs in a blockbuster trade with the Buffalo Bills, who decided to move on following rumors that the Pro Bowl wideout was too much of an issue in their locker room.

 

Diggs joins a Houston offense that also traded for ex-Cincinnati Bengals star and four-time 1,000-yard rusher Joe Mixon. They arrive on a Houston offense that already has the aforementioned Schultz, a rising superstar at QB in CJ Stroud and two young stud receivers in Nico Collins and Tank Dell.

The Texans will begin their 2024 season with a road contest against the AFC South rival Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 8.

Houston Texans Look To Build Off Successful 2024 Season

The Texans were expected to be among football’s worst teams in 2023, winning only 11 total games over the 2020 to ’22 seasons. Growing pains felt inevitable for Stroud and rookie head coach DeMeco Ryans, given all of the question marks on this roster.

But it all came together quickly for Houston. Stroud had one of the greatest rookie QB seasons ever. Dell and Collins formed one of football’s best receiving duos, and the young defense led by Stingley Jr. and Will Anderson Jr. improved much sooner than expected.

With Diggs, Mixon and Danielle Hunter coming aboard, there’s no telling just how much better Houston could be in 2024.

Texans WR Stefon Diggs Makes Shocking Accusation Towards The Minnesota Vikings & Their Intentions When Trading Him To Buffalo

Stefon Diggs catches a ball during warmups.Stefon Diggs (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)
New Houston Texans star wide receiver suggested that the Minnesota Vikings did him dirty four years ago.

After five seasons in Minnesota, Stefon Diggs was traded to the Buffalo Bills in a 2020 offseason blockbuster trade. Minny received four draft picks in return, including the No. 22 pick that was used on future superstar wideout Justin Jefferson.

Following reports about Diggs’ relationship souring in the Buffalo organization, he was traded to Houston (along with two late-round picks) in exchange for a 2025 second-round pick.

Reflecting on the first trade of his career, the 30-year-old Stefon Diggs told Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer that he felt as though the Vikings traded him to the AFC East club without the best intentions:

“Because at that point when I left Minnesota, I was a good player, but I [wanted] more for myself, I felt like I was better than that, that I could be better than that. And up to a point I was like, Shoot, I’m gonna bet on myself. And they sent me to Buffalo. I don’t know if they sent me to Buffalo with the kindest intent, but all’s well that ends well. When I got to Buffalo, Josh was my guy. People really understand what it’s like to be out there. He really embraced me, kind of had that Southern hospitality.”

Diggs took his game to another level after joining the Bills in 2020. He exceeded 100 catches and 1,100 yards receiving in each of his four years there, leading the NFL in both receptions (127) and receiving yards (1,535) in 2020.

Buffalo won four straight AFC East division crowns with Stefon Diggs, but they only reached the AFC Championship Game once. After a third straight loss in the Divisional Round, the Bills began a massive roster retool highlighted by the Diggs trade.

Over his four seasons with the Bills, Diggs racked up 445 receptions for 5,372 yards and 37 touchdowns.

Stefon Diggs Faces Both His Former Teams This Season

Diggs will have the chance at oh-so-sweet revenge against both the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills this season.

The four-time Pro Bowler will make his return to Minnesota as an opponent for the first time in Week 3, when the Texans visit the Vikings on Sept. 3. Then two weeks later, the Texans will welcome Josh Allen’s Bills in a Week 5 afternoon contest.

Diggs will make his Texans debut on Sept. 8, when they travel to Indianapolis to take on the archrival Indianapolis Colts.