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Mike Reiss
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 apply and waved to reporters, then stated, “Good to see you all.”
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Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was amongst those that welcomed seeing Diggs, who in response to 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 yr, we all know that,” McDaniels stated. “I do not know if now we have ever had good attendance at these items on the whole. As a coach, selfishly, you adore it after they’re all right here since you really feel like you’ve got all of them within the classroom and on the sphere and all the remainder of it. He is right here as we speak and we’re excited to have a possibility to work with the fellows which can be 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 season and the various days now we have 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 appeared fast and decisive altering course and opening up in a dash. He additionally caught passes from quarterback Drake Maye, working 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 onerous to choose up the crew’s system.
“So far as the conversations with Stef, I will hold the stuff we discuss between the 2 of us,” he stated. “I feel there’s some carryover from what he did in Buffalo with [Brian] Daboll again within the day, so there’s somewhat little bit of ‘identical as’ and somewhat little bit of refresher course.”
