FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs was current for the crew’s voluntary organized crew exercise Monday after he was absent all final week and made headlines for a video on a ship that had head coach Mike Vrabel stressing the significance of excellent decision-making.
Diggs arrived on the sphere for Monday’s follow and waved to reporters, then mentioned, “Good to see you all.”
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Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was amongst those that welcomed seeing Diggs, who in line with teammates hasn’t been round a lot this spring since signing a three-year, $69 million contract.
“It is a voluntary a part of the 12 months, we all know that,” McDaniels mentioned. “I do not know if we’ve got ever had good attendance at this stuff basically. As a coach, selfishly, you like it after they’re all right here since you really feel like you might have all of them within the classroom and on the sphere and all the remainder of it. He is right here at present and we’re excited to have a chance to work with the blokes which are out right here and accessible to us.
“I do know he is staying up on the knowledge and materials and there is so many issues and alternatives for us to show all our guys going ahead — between the remainder of the practices within the spring and going into the summer time and the numerous days we’ve got earlier than we really kick the ball off in September. I am not involved about Stef in that regard.”
Diggs was the primary receiver to participate in drills and regarded fast and decisive altering course and opening up in a dash. He additionally caught passes from quarterback Drake Maye, operating a wide range of routes, in a lower-speed drill by which there was no protection.
As soon as the Patriots progressed into extra full-team drills, Diggs was a spectator, as he’s nonetheless recovering from a torn ACL sustained in Week 8 final season with the Houston Texans.
Vast receivers coach Todd Downing additionally famous Diggs’ return, whereas including that he has been working arduous to choose up the crew’s system.
“So far as the conversations with Stef, I will preserve the stuff we speak about between the 2 of us,” he mentioned. “I feel there’s some carryover from what he did in Buffalo with [Brian] Daboll again within the day, so there’s a little bit little bit of ‘similar as’ and a little bit little bit of refresher course.”