New England Patriots gamers are impressed by new ‘freak’ huge receiver Stefon Diggs’ offseason exercises in Foxborough coming off a torn ACL.
Diggs opted to affix forces with star quarterback Drake Maye in free company and turn out to be part of an thrilling mission led by new head coach and former participant Mike Vrabel.
In March, the 31-year-old signed a three-year, $69 million cope with the Patriots that features $26 million assured – almost 5 months after he was dominated out for the 2024 season in Week 8 with an ACL tear.
Diggs hasn’t been totally cleared for all soccer actions as he continues his restoration however teammate Austin Hooper described him as a ‘freak’ in offseason exercises to date.
“Power, man. You’ll be able to see he’s a freak. I do know he simply got here off what he got here off of, and you may see him already with the explosion, the change of path, the highest finish.
“It’s like, ‘Dang, dude, it should be good,’ what I imply? I’m actually excited to work with a confirmed veteran, good participant on this league.”
When struggling the unlucky damage towards towards the Indianapolis Colts on October 27, Diggs ranked seventh within the NFL in catches and tallied 496 receiving yards in eight video games.
Over a 17-game season at that tempo, he would’ve completed with a century of catches for 1,054 yards and 6 touchdowns.
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Diggs earned First-Staff and Second-Staff All-Professional honors in 2020 and 2022 with the Buffalo Payments in addition to 4 straight Professional Bowl appearances from 2020 to 2023.
He led the league in receptions and receiving yards in his debut season with the Payments, changing into the quickest wideout to surpass 100 catches along with his new group and broke Buffalo’s franchise report in receiving yards.
Diggs is one in every of 4 gamers in NFL historical past to report 4 consecutive seasons with 100 or extra receptions alongside Antonio Brown, Davante Adams and Marvin Harrison.
