New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is hard at work studying the new playbook under offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, as he prepares for his first season with the organization.
Diggs was a limited participant at mandatory minicamp. He is still rehabbing from the ACL injury he suffered with the Houston Texans last year. So that has limited his physical work ahead of the season.
However, he is doing everything he can to ensure that he's on top of the playbook in hopes of making his transition in New England easier when he's finally ready to step back on the field.
“I'm studying, but it's really the route concepts, like basically, if you hear a word, you need to be able to know the word immediately, know the concept," Diggs said in his
latest YouTube video upload. "...I don’t need to know exactly just what I got, I need to know what somebody to the right or to the left of me got—so what everybody got around me, how I'm going to get open or how I'm going to get somebody else open.”
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Diggs is expected to be the No. 1 wide receiver for a young Patriots receiving corps with unproven talent. Rookie third-round draft pick Kyle Williams and third-year wide receivers Demario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte are expected to play major roles on the roster.
It puts Diggs in a role where he'll be needed to contribute and serve as a locker room leader for his younger teammates. So far, so good for the former four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver.