Mike Vrabel addresses Stefon Diggs video, wants players to ‘make great decisions’
FOXBORO Before the Patriots took the field for their second open spring practice head coach Mike Vrabel was sought for his reaction to a viral video involving star wide receiver Stefon Diggs The video which surfaced on social media earlier in the week appeared to show Diggs sharing a clear plastic bag containing an unknown substance with several bikini-clad women on a boat It s something that we re aware of Vrabel noted Wednesday Obviously we want to make great decisions on and off the field We re hoping that with our time here on the field the present day that when we don t have a script and we re on the call periods that we re making great decisions The message will be the same for all our players that we re trying to make great decisions Any conversations that I ve had with Stefon will remain between him I and the club Related Articles Josh Kraft son of billionaire Patriots owner puts million of his own cash toward his bid for Boston mayor Patriots mailbag DeMario Douglas competing in crowded group of slot receivers Boston s White Stadium rehab won t be ready in time for NWSL group s inaugural season Patriots OTAs Day Drake Maye throws INTs Christian Gonzalez stars Patriots wideout loving different way of life under Mike Vrabel Sought whether he expected Diggs who is recovering from a torn ACL to practice Wednesday Vrabel replied Not if he s not here Pressed about whether the wideout was present Vrabel added You guys will find out in a minute But no Diggs also did not participate in the Patriots first organized company events practice that was open to reporters last Tuesday but he did take the field later last week according to photos shared by the crew All OTAs are voluntary for players Everything that we re going to do is we re going to coach the guys that show up at a m Vrabel disclosed The ones that say Hey I ve got a situation we ll be here at a m we ll coach those as well This is a voluntary part of our offseason scheme Every competitor that s not here which there aren t a multitude of have been in communication with me and their position coaches Requested whether he s spoken to Diggs since the video surfaced Vrabel disclosed he talks to his players every single day the ones that are here and the ones that aren t The timelines and the prognosis of Diggs recovery and everything we re working hard to get him back and to be ready to go Vrabel noted When he s here we ll coach him and we ll have him ready to go Diggs was the top offseason addition to a retooled New England receiving corps Before a knee injury cut short his lone season with the Houston Texans last October he recorded six consecutive -yard receiving campaigns for the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills making the Pro Bowl in four of those The -year-old caught passes on targets for yards and three touchdowns in eight games with Houston in He s going to bring that dawg third-year slot receiver DeMario Douglas mentioned last week He s likely the one who brings out that attitude in the receiver room We ve got a lot of quiet right now in the room but I feel like he s going to bring that dawg out
