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Stefon Diggs tweeted earlier Monday afternoon that his exit from Minnesota was imminent. On Monday night, he learned his destination.

The Buffalo Bills acquired the Vikings receiver and a 2020 seventh-round pick in exchange for a 2020 first-round pick, a 2020 fifth-round pick, a 2020 sixth-round pick and a 2021 fourth-round pick.

Diggs was less than two years removed from signing a five-year extension to stay in Minnesota through the 2023 season. Now the receiver is primed to play the rest of that deal out in Buffalo, barring a contract restructure. Diggs is slated to make $11.5 million in 2020.

As Profootballtalk.com's Curtis Crabtree suggested, it’s a big move for a Buffalo team looking to take a big step forward in a division that may or may not have Tom Brady playing in it anymore. The Bills have made the postseason in two of the last three years but are still looking for their first playoff victory since 1995.

A fifth-round pick in 2015, Diggs quickly established himself alongside Adam Thielen as an undersized force to be reckoned with.

Over five seasons, he compiled 365 catches for 4,623 receiving yards and 30 scores. He was also the recipient of arguably the most memorable play in Vikings history, "the Minneapolis Miracle," a last-second game-winning TD catch-and-run to send the Vikes to a win over the Saints in the NFC Divisional Round and into the NFC Championship Game.

But, as NFL.com's Jeremy Bergman reminded readers, things soured between Diggs and Minnesota in the two years following, despite the receiver enjoying career-high production. Diggs was fined in October for missing Vikings meetings and practices, which preceded and inspired trade rumors that subsided but never really went away.

In Buffalo, Diggs joins a receiver room populated by fellow diminutive speedster John Brown, possession man Cole Beasley, Andre Roberts and Robert Foster.

It's fair to assume Diggs, who ranked second in terms of yards-per-catch average (17.9) among wideouts who caught at least 60 passes, will have Josh Allen's attention.

Expect him to remain in the WR2 range for fantasy owners this fall.