FOXBOROUGH, Mass - There is one person in the New England Patriots locker room who has first-hand knowledge of what it's like to play with star receiver Stefon Diggs.
And that's former Vikings center Garrett Bradbury, who was drafted by Minnesota in 2019, which also happened to be Diggs final year with the team.
“I was fired up to see him,” Bradbury told reporters on Thursday when asked about reuniting with Diggs in New England. “I was a young guy, and he was obviously he was obviously a superstar receiver, so there were some things I can learn from him. And he wasn’t big-time, right? Coming to the NFL as a rookie, and you obviously know their names, and you don’t know if they’re going to care about you, talk to you, but he loved the o-line, and so had a good relationship with him.
“Played against him when he was in Buffalo, played against him when he was in Houston. So, when I saw him for the first time, I was pretty fired up to see him, and his talent town speaks for itself. So, it’s a good weapon to have.”
So, what can Patriots fans expect from him?
“How competitive he is. And when you have these superstar receivers, I mean, Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen, I played with some good ones, you want them to be like that, right?” Bradbury explained. “You want them to have belief in their talent. You want them to want the ball. And when he’s rolling, he’s hard to stop. And so, it’s ‘how can we all work together?’
“We need to get him involved. I know the coaches are going to do a good job of that. But you want competitive teammates. I see that in Drake (Maye). Diggs, I saw that firsthand.”
If Bradbury's analysis is correct, the combination of Maye and Diggs is going to be unstoppable.
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