Stefon Diggs has become a leader on the New England Patriots

MEASURE HOW PEOPLE CAN COME BACK. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO SOME OFFENSE IN GAME ONE. >> STEFON DIGGS HAD 6 CATCHES FOR 57 YARDS LAST SUNDAY. 4 CATCHES FOR 3 YARDS TODAY. THE PATS WAS ASKED OF SORRY WE HAD MULTIPLE YARDS, NOT JUST 3 YARDS. HE WAS ASKED WHERE HE THINKS HE’S FINDING SUCCESS IN THE JOSH MCDANIELS OFFENSE. >> YEAH, SUPER EARLY. I MEAN, FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I TRY NOT TO NOT TO PAY TOO TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE CHATTER, BUT RIGHT NOW I’M AT HOME. JUST DOING WHAT I’M TOLD THEM TO DO IS ASKING. I WANT TO YOU KEEP KEEP ON IN THIS OFFENSE. AS FAR AS LIKE BEING PART OF THE SALE WITH THINGS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, SO WE GOT A YOUNG TEAM. WE ARE THERE FIGHTING OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET ON THE SAME PAGE. YOU SEE THINGS KIND OF CLICKING HERE AND THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF INTENSE I’M JUST TRYING TO DO MASK AND BE CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, HAVING A QUARTER BY TAKING BALL INSIDE, JUST TRYING TO BE THE RIGHT SPOT FOR MEANS AND GETTING THAT CONFIDENCE THROUGHOUT GAMES. I THINK IT’S GONNA PAY PAY DIVIDENDS FOR US AND IT’S GOING TO PAY OFF. SO JUST TRYING TO STAY CONSISTENT. >> AND MY LEGS AND UP 32 YARDS. AND WE HAD A CRITICAL FOURTH-DOWN CATCH. RIGHT? AND IT SEEMS ENGAGED. AND I THINK HE’S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE I GO BACK TO MINI CAMP IN JUNE. HE SIMPLY TAKING EACH AND EVERY STEP AND HE SEEMS LIKE HE’S FITTING IN NICELY. LET’S STEP BACK AFTER 2 GAMES STAND AND TAKE A TEMPERATURE CHECK. STEFON DIGGS COMES TO THE PATRIOTS AND YOU’RE THINKING TO YOURSELF. >> WHAT’S HE GOING TO BE LIKE IF HE’S NOT GETTING THE BALL ALL THE TIME? BECAUSE THINK BACK TO HIS TIME WITH THE VIKINGS TO HIS TIME WITH THE BILLS EVEN LAST YEAR WITH THE TEXANS BEFORE HE GOT HURT, HE WAS GETTING A LOT OF INC. HE SAID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. AND I THINK HE’S MATCHED HIS WORDS WITH HIS ACTIONS BECAUSE YOU TALK TO DRAKE MAYE, YOU TALK TO THE OTHER RECEIVERS. HE’S LEADING THEM LIKE HE’S SERVING AS A LEADER. AND THERE WAS ONE MOMENT, AT THE MAYOR OF PHOTOGRAPHER HERE AT THE Z CAUGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN RABLES CONGRATULATING THE PLAYERS AT THE LOCKER ROOM DOOR AFTER THE GAME DIGGS WAS ONE OF THE LAST PLAYERS IN AND THE MIKE VRABEL TALKED TO DIGGS, IT WAS LIKE HE WAS TALKING TO A CAPTAIN. HE SAID, I KNOW. I KNOW IT’S IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER. WE CAN BE SO MUCH BETTER. AND THE YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST LIKE A OF THE FOR VETERAN PLAN, I THINK IS A FEELING OUT PROCESS WITH ALL THESE PLAYERS AND THEIR COACHING STAFF AND EVERYTHING. >> GOT TO REMEMBER THAT, TOO. AND THROUGH 2 WEEKS GET MEMBER BILL BELICHECK. YOU’D BE 4 WEEKS TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF TEAM WE HAVE. YEAH. SO MAYBE THEY EVOLVE EVEN MORE WEEKS. 3, 4, THEY FIND STEFON DIGGS AND HERE WE GO. RENT AND I THINK THINKS ALSO MENTIONED IN LIKE HE STILL COMING BACK FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS SURGERY. >> THAT THERE’S A PROCESS FOR HIM. I DON’T KNOW IF HE’LL BE 100% OF THE SNAPS, BUT HE’S MIXING IN WITH MACK MACK HOLLINS WITH KAY SHAWN MOODY WITH POP DOUGLAS. AND I THINK THOSE TOP 4, I THINK THEY YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY’VE HAD SOME SOLID PRODUCTION. I THINK DIGS ROLE WILL CONTINUE THAT. YEAH

Stefon Diggs hasn’t caught a lot of passes over the first two weeks of the season, but he’s been a valuable leader among Patriots receivers and with quarterback Drake Maye. Dan Roche and Mike Reiss discuss Diggs’ impact in New England on Patriots 1st Down.

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