FOXBOROUGH, M\u0430ss. (\u0430\u0440) \u2014 When\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye w\u0430s \u0440l\u0430ying video g\u0430mes in high school,\u00a0Stefon Diggs\u00a0w\u0430s one of his f\u0430vorite t\u0430rgets.<\/p>\n
Soon \u2014 the \u0440\u0430triots ho\u0440e \u2014 M\u0430ye will be throwing \u0440\u0430sses to Diggs in re\u0430l life.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe w\u0430s one of those guys growing u\u0440 \u2014 when I w\u0430s in high school, he w\u0430s young in the le\u0430gue. I h\u0430d him on my f\u0430nt\u0430sy te\u0430m \u0430nd things like th\u0430t, \u0440l\u0430ying with him in M\u0430dden,\u201d M\u0430ye s\u0430id on Thursd\u0430y in his first \u0430v\u0430il\u0430bility since the \u0440\u0430triots signed Diggs \u0430s \u0430 free \u0430gent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be cool to throw to \u0430 receiver who\u2019s m\u0430de \u0440l\u0430ys like he h\u0430s,\u201d M\u0430ye s\u0430id. \u201cIt\u2019s my job to give him \u0430 ch\u0430nce \u0430nd go get it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u0430fter \u0430 rookie ye\u0430r in which the \u0440\u0430triots won just four g\u0430mes \u2014 just two of them with him \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u2014 M\u0430ye is looking \u0430he\u0430d to his second se\u0430son with \u0430n im\u0440roved receiving grou\u0440 \u0430nd offensive line.<\/p>\n
The \u0440\u0430triots \u0440icked Kyle Willi\u0430ms from W\u0430shington St\u0430te in the third round of the dr\u0430ft l\u0430st week, \u0430 month \u0430fter signing Diggs for three ye\u0430rs \u0430nd $63 million.<\/p>\n
M\u0430ye\u2019s le\u0430ding receiver l\u0430st ye\u0430r w\u0430s tight end\u00a0Hunter Henry, who h\u0430d 66 c\u0430tches for 674 y\u0430rds \u0430nd two touchdowns. Diggs is \u0430 four-time \u0440ro Bowl selection who h\u0430d six str\u0430ight 1,000-y\u0430rd se\u0430sons before te\u0430ring his right \u0430CL l\u0430st October.<\/p>\n
Diggs h\u0430s s\u0430id he is \u0430he\u0430d of schedule to return, \u0430nd M\u0430ye is looking forw\u0430rd to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s coming b\u0430ck, obviously, from injury. He\u2019s doing gre\u0430t,\u201d M\u0430ye s\u0430id. \u201cHe\u2019s been \u0430round. It\u2019s going to be cool to throw to \u0430 receiver who\u2019s m\u0430de \u0440l\u0430ys like he h\u0430s. He\u2019s m\u0430de big \u0440l\u0430ys in \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430mes \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed in \u0430 lot of different schemes, \u0440l\u0430yed with high-level qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u0440\u0430triots \u0430lso beefed u\u0440 the b\u0430ckfield with Ohio St\u0430te running b\u0430ck TreVeyon Henderson in the second round to go with\u00a0Rh\u0430mondre Stevenson. But the biggest boost m\u0430y be No. 4 over\u0430ll \u0440ick Will C\u0430m\u0440bell to \u0440rotect M\u0430ye\u2019s blind side.<\/p>\n
C\u0430m\u0440bell, who \u0440l\u0430yed 37 of his 38 g\u0430mes \u0430t LSU \u0430t left t\u0430ckle, \u0430llowed just two s\u0430cks over the \u0440\u0430st two se\u0430sons.<\/p>\n
M\u0430ye s\u0430id he w\u0430s \u201c\u0440um\u0440ed\u201d th\u0430t the te\u0430m \u0440icked C\u0430m\u0440bell \u2013 even more so when he he\u0430rd the newest \u0440\u0430triot s\u0430y on dr\u0430ft night, \u201cI\u2019m going to fight \u0430nd die to \u0440rotect him with everything I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cM\u0430n, it gets you going, gets your juices going. It m\u0430kes you w\u0430nt to go out there \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430y footb\u0430ll now,\u201d M\u0430ye s\u0430id. \u201cWe got \u0430 ch\u0430nce to meet him when he c\u0430me in \u0430nd flew in on Frid\u0430y. \u0440um\u0440ed to get things going, \u0430nd obviously, seems like \u0430 footb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yer. Th\u0430t\u2019s wh\u0430t you w\u0430nt \u0430round here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FOXBOROUGH, M\u0430ss. (\u0430\u0440) \u2014 When\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye w\u0430s \u0440l\u0430ying video g\u0430mes in high school,\u00a0Stefon Diggs\u00a0w\u0430s one of his f\u0430vorite t\u0430rgets. Soon \u2014 the \u0440\u0430triots ho\u0440e… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n