During the legal tampering period’s first day, the Patriots were one of the teams to express interest in Vikings wideout Stefon Diggs. The Pats discussed Diggs with the Vikings last Monday, Albert Breer of SI.com notes.
Diggs’ tweet about a change of scenery being on the horizon indeed sparked discussions between the Vikings and Bills, per Breer, but the Pats were involved as well. Their interest, however, cooled because of their decision to use their franchise tag on Joe Thuney, Breer adds, noting that Tom Brady‘s increasingly likely departure made the need for a veteran wideout of Diggs’ caliber make less sense.
New England was doing work on potential wide receiver or tight end trades in the days between the Combine and free agency, but nothing materialized. They have since seen Brady depart for Tampa and Brian Hoyer re-sign. Thuney has signed his tender, dropping the Pats’ cap space below $5MM. The Seahawks were on the Diggs radar as well, but the Vikings opted for the Bills’ offer of first-, fifth- and sixth-round 2020 picks and a 2021 fourth.
The Patriots went through some high-profile receivers in 2019, but both Josh Gordon and Antonio Brown barely contributed to the cause last season. New England has Julian Edelman, going into his age-34 season, and N’Keal Harry as its top 2020 wideouts. Mohamed Sanu and former Panther and Cardinal Damiere Byrd factor in as well.
The Bills should P/U Cam. I’m not sold on their QB and he should be pushed.
The Patriots look like trash without Brady. I’m legit interested to see how good a coach BB is this year.
there will be no football this season so we will have to wait another year for that.
yeah ok
Ah, so countires that had it worse can recover in 2 months but the US will still be having trouble with this for over half a year. When did we become a 3rd world country?
Well Norway thinks we are third world, or that is at least what they told their study abroad students…but yeah, we will have football. This isn’t gonna last that long
Patriots should trade for David Njoku. He can’t block and he can barely catch, but if Njoku has any skills at all, they will be able to get it out of him.