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“I anticipate being right here. I hope so. Love my guys. Hell of a yr enjoying with them.”
Stefon Diggs advised reporters that he plans to stay with the Patriots subsequent season, whereas additionally acknowledging that the choice isn’t utterly as much as him.
“[Expletive], except they decide out of the contract,” Diggs said. “I anticipate being right here. I hope so. Love my guys. Hell of a yr enjoying with them. We constructed some actual family-like bonds, so I hope so. I don’t management it.”
Diggs signed a three-year cope with the Patriots value as much as $69 million final offseason. He’s underneath contract via the 2027 season.
The 32-year-old receiver emerged as an emotional chief for the Patriots this yr, firing the staff up with pregame speeches. He popularized the phrase “all of us we obtained, all of us we want” throughout the Patriots locker room. Different groups had used it earlier than, however the Patriots took it an ran with it throughout this previous playoff run.
He performed in each single sport regardless of present process offseason ACL surgical procedure. He completed the regular-season with 85 catches for 1,013 yards and 4 touchdowns. He had 14 catches for 110 yards and one landing through the postseason.
He has a court docket date set for this Friday after he returns to Massachusetts. He’s going through prices of assault and strangulation over an alleged incident with a private chef. He has denied the allegations and the Patriots stated they help him.
Diggs had three catches for 37 yards within the loss on Sunday. The Patriots’ offense performed one among its worst video games of the season.
“We struggled. There’s at all times some performs you need to get again,” Diggs stated. “We didn’t play our greatest. My preliminary response is that we misplaced. Obtained to cope with it, take it on the chin.”
The Patriots completed their season on the Tremendous Bowl after going 4-13 the yr prior. Diggs stated being part of the large turnaround made him proud.
“I’m pleased with the blokes, pleased with my teammates,” Diggs stated. “I want issues might have went one other method, however can’t do nothing about it now. Hell of a season to our guys.”
New England is Diggs’s fourth cease within the NFL. He stated he’s having fun with his time with the Patriots.
“I deal with all of it the identical. My different stops, had a hell of a time in Minnesota, hell of a time in Buffalo, hell of a time in Houston,” Diggs stated. “I wouldn’t evaluate and distinction. Comparability is the thief of pleasure. I had fun in all these locations. Did it work out? No, however I’m pleased the place I’m at proper now and embracing what I’ve obtained happening right here so I’m simply tremendous grateful.”
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