{"id":688297,"date":"2026-01-19T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/688297\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:55:17","slug":"stefon-diggs-calls-out-patriots-critics-after-win-over-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/688297\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefon Diggs Calls Out Patriots&#8217; Critics After Win Over Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Betting against the New England Patriots this season hasn\u2019t paid off for many people, and it definitely didn\u2019t work out on Sunday against the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots entered the contest as favorites, but many NFL analysts picked Houston to win due to its strong defense and challenging schedule. In contrast, New England faced one of the easier schedules, leading to differing opinions on the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>However, Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs <a target=\"_blank\" https:=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent a message<\/a> to everyone who doubted New England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re one of those teams that play better with a chip on our shoulder,\u201d Diggs said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs is likely referencing the \u201cNFL Live\u201d panel from Friday, where everyone predicted the Texans would pull off an upset against the Patriots, even though Houston\u2019s star receiver, Nico Collins had already been ruled out due to a concussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots didn\u2019t just edge out the Texans; they secured a solid 12-point victory, forcing Houston\u2019s quarterback, C.J. Stroud, to throw four interceptions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say many media figures will likely pick the Patriots in the AFC Championship matchup against the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betting against the New England Patriots this season hasn\u2019t paid off for many people, and it definitely didn\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,531],"class_list":{"0":"post-688297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-patriots","15":"tag-stefon-diggs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115920930616735743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}