Patriots’ Stefon Diggs explains passionate pregame speech

FOXBORO — Earlier than the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday for his or her first playoff victory in seven years, Stefon Diggs gathered his teammates collectively to share a motivational message.

“Hey, be violent, man!” the veteran huge receiver mentioned, as captured by the Patriots’ in-house media crew. “Be good, however when unsure, crash the (expletive) out. It’s us vs. them, man. Ain’t no person like us. Ain’t no person imagine in us. I like us, man. Go lay in on the road to your brother, man.”

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— New England Patriots (@Patriots) January 12, 2026

Following New England’s 16-3 victory at Gillette Stadium, Diggs was requested why he feels that no person likes or believes within the Patriots. After asking for a reporter’s opinion on the matter throughout a prolonged back-and-forth, he defined his rationale.

“I believe from my vantage level, clearly, we’ve acquired a distinct scope of issues,” Diggs mentioned. “However y’all within the media, y’all see each day. I don’t assume no person actually preferred us. No one believed in us. We had been a younger crew, we’ve acquired a younger quarterback, and all through the season, we simply grew. We simply grew, and we type of grew collectively. And as we’ve had this success, everyone’s been humbled, everyone’s been unselfish, and everyone simply desires to win.

“So why I mentioned it’s as a result of it’s the reality. No one likes us however us — and I really like us. I like us loads. I inform them each time, as we proceed to develop and turn out to be that crew that we imagine — (expletive) they’ll begin liking us finally.”