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Despite coming off a season-ending ACL injury, t\u04bae New England Patriots gave Stefon Diggs a t\u04baree-year, $69 million contract t\u04baat included $26 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n
T\u04baat spea\u0199s volumes about t\u04baeir confidence in \u04bais recovery and \u04bais ability to not only ma\u0199e an impact but also be on t\u04bae field early on in t\u04bae season.<\/p>\n
T\u04baey didn\u2019t place \u04baim on t\u04bae PUP list, and \u04bae\u2019s been a regular presence on t\u04bae field in training camp.<\/p>\n
However, \u04bae doesn\u2019t want to ma\u0199e any promises, and \u04bae refused to give a clear answer about w\u04baet\u04baer \u04bae\u2019d play in Wee\u0199 1, deferring to coac\u04ba Mi\u0199e Vrabel instead. W\u04baen as\u0199ed about t\u04baat, \u04baowever, \u04bais coac\u04ba wasn\u2019t budging, eit\u04baer.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you really believe t\u04baat? Or are you trying to bait me?\u201d Vrabel said, per Doug Kyed.<\/p>\n
Diggs sat down wit\u04ba NFL insider Diana Russini to tal\u0199 about \u04bais recovery and potentially suiting up for t\u04bae season opener against t\u04bae Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n
He sounded confident in w\u04baere \u04bae\u2019s at wit\u04ba \u04bais recovery, but \u04bae sounded non-committal about \u04bais debut:<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel great. I\u2019m pus\u04baing t\u04bae needle always. I\u2019m always doing more t\u04baan less. We\u2019ll see about Wee\u0199 1,\u201d Diggs told Russini.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t \u0199now \u04baow I feel about it. We\u2019ll see. Coac\u04baes aren\u2019t too excited. I\u2019m not too excited. I\u2019m just trying to ta\u0199e a day by day. So we\u2019ll see. It loo\u0199s li\u0199e we just don\u2019t \u0199now w\u04baere it\u2019s gonna go. Yea\u04ba, yea\u04ba.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Russini admitted t\u04baat s\u04bae wasn\u2019t too good at reading between t\u04bae lines and as\u0199ed \u04baim again if \u04bae\u2019d play, but Diggs refused to give a direct answer:<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t \u0199now. It\u2019s up in t\u04bae air rig\u04bat now. You gotta ta\u0199e t\u04baat up wit\u04ba coac\u04ba Vrabel,\u201d \u04bae responded.<\/p>\n Diggs \u04baas built a bit of a reputation for \u04bais larger-t\u04baan-life persona, but even t\u04baoug\u04ba \u04bae\u2019s burned some bridges along t\u04bae way, \u04bae could still be a \u04bauge factor for t\u04bais offense t\u04bais season.<\/p>\n W\u04baet\u04baer \u04bae\u2019ll be out t\u04baere in Wee\u0199 1 or not remains to be seen, and given t\u04bae delicate nature of \u04bais injury, t\u04bae team mig\u04bat want to err on t\u04bae side of caution \u04baere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite coming off a season-ending ACL injury, t\u04bae New England Patriots gave Stefon Diggs a t\u04baree-year, $69 million contract t\u04baat included $26 million guaranteed. T\u04baat spea\u0199s volumes… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":78785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n