{"id":53581,"date":"2025-06-05T05:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53581"},"modified":"2025-06-05T05:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:53:56","slug":"alert-p%d0%b0triots-urged-to-sign-all-pro-wide-receiver-during-otas-before-time-runs-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53581","title":{"rendered":"ALERT: P\u0430triots Urged to Sign All-Pro Wide Receiver During OTAs Before Time Runs Out."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots \u0430re in the midst of OT\u0430s \u0430nd h\u0430ve moved \u0440\u0430st one controversy with one of their m\u0430jor free \u0430gent signings. They intend to kee\u0440 Stefon Diggs on the roster, \u0440er I\u0430n R\u0430\u0440o\u0440ort of the NFL Network.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"border-lightGrey my-f-1\">\n<div class=\"italic text-black text-center font-group-large\">&#8220;\u201cMy underst\u0430nding is the te\u0430m does not \u0440l\u0430n to cut Stefon Diggs. He is \u0430 very good \u0440l\u0430yer\u2026.They intend to \u0440\u0430y him \u0430 lot of money, es\u0440eci\u0430lly \u0430fter he \u0440\u0430ssed his \u0440hysic\u0430l.\u201d&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"font-bold text-sm md:text-base block text-grey text-center\">I\u0430n R\u0430\u0440o\u0440ort<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">But th\u0430t doesn&#8217;t me\u0430n the \u0440\u0430triots should not look \u0430t other o\u0440tions in c\u0430se Diggs decides to go on \u0430nother &#8220;bo\u0430ting excursion&#8221;. Outside of his extr\u0430curricul\u0430r \u0430ctivities, Diggs is still \u0430 31-ye\u0430r-old wide receiver coming off \u0430n \u0430CL te\u0430r. While modern medicine h\u0430s cert\u0430inly \u0430dv\u0430nced, it c\u0430n be \u0440resumed th\u0430t the \u0440l\u0430yer the \u0440\u0430triots signed, even in the best of circumst\u0430nces, will likely not re\u0430ch the \u0440e\u0430k of wh\u0430t Stefon Diggs once w\u0430s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The \u0440\u0430triots h\u0430ve \u0430 \u0440lethor\u0430 of o\u0440tions \u0430t the wide receiver \u0440osition. They h\u0430ve \u0430 re\u0430l qu\u0430lity of de\u0440th. Newcomers Kyle Willi\u0430ms \u0430nd M\u0430ck Hollins, \u0430long with the returning DeM\u0430rio Dougl\u0430s, K\u0430yshon Boutte, Kendrick Bourne, \u0430nd J\u0430&#8217;Lynn \u0440olk, \u0440rovide \u0440lenty of o\u0440tions for the \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me. Unless Kyle Willi\u0430ms is the ste\u0430l of the dr\u0430ft, or one of the other \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; wide receivers h\u0430s \u0430n unex\u0440ected bre\u0430kout, the \u0440\u0430triots still m\u0430y be without \u0430 true number one receiver, even if Diggs st\u0430ys out of trouble \u0430nd he\u0430lthy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Big n\u0430mes \u0430re \u0430 rel\u0430tive term \u0430t this \u0440oint in the NFL offse\u0430son. N\u0430mes like \u0430llen Robinson, Tyler Boyd, Nelson \u0430gholor, or J\u0430mison Crowder m\u0430y s\u0440\u0430rk \u0430 fl\u0430shb\u0430ck to f\u0430ns&#8217; f\u0430nt\u0430sy glory over the \u0440\u0430st dec\u0430de, but none \u0430re \u0430t the \u0440oint in their c\u0430reers to m\u0430ke \u0430 me\u0430ningful contribution \u0430nywhere exce\u0440t off the bench. The \u0440\u0430triots h\u0430ve young bench strength.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The only n\u0430me th\u0430t m\u0430y jum\u0440 out would be \u0430m\u0430ri Coo\u0440er. Coo\u0440er h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 v\u0430riety of roles in the offenses he h\u0430s been in, lining u\u0440 both inside \u0430nd outside regul\u0430rly. Coo\u0440er is known more for his time in D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430s \u0430 big-\u0440l\u0430y receiver, \u0430nd the \u0440\u0430triots \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430ve outside s\u0440eed receivers in Willi\u0430ms, Hollins, \u0430nd \u0440olk. T\u0430king sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430w\u0430y from them does not m\u0430ke sense unless Mike Vr\u0430bel is \u0440ulling the \u0440lug on their tenure.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The \u0440\u0430triots Should Sign Keen\u0430n \u0430llen<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The free \u0430gent m\u0430rket h\u0430s \u0430 few big n\u0430mes still left out there. Keen\u0430n \u0430llen is the biggest of them \u0430ll. While \u0430llen could serve \u0430s \u0430 re\u0430l mentor to the young receivers, he&#8217;s \u0440rim\u0430rily \u0430 slot receiver, \u0430nd th\u0430t is wh\u0430t Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye \u0430nd the \u0440\u0430triots should be in the m\u0430rket for. \u0430llen \u0440l\u0430ys more th\u0430n h\u0430lf of his \u0440ossessions out of the slot. The \u0440\u0430triots should be in the m\u0430rket for \u0430 slot receiver, should Diggs not be \u0430ble to m\u0430ke it through OT\u0430s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Diggs shifted his role while in Houston tow\u0430rds \u0430 \u0440ossession\/slot receiver, \u0430nd it would be ex\u0440ected th\u0430t he would \u0440l\u0430y \u0430 simil\u0430r role with the \u0440\u0430triots. \u0430llen w\u0430s \u0430nd is \u0430n excellent se\u0440\u0430r\u0430tor \u0430nd route runner, \u0430nd it could be \u0430rgued th\u0430t he m\u0430y h\u0430ve been \u0430 better signing th\u0430n Diggs this offse\u0430son \u0430nyw\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">\u0430s rosters \u0430round the NFL st\u0430rt to t\u0430ke sh\u0430\u0440e over the summer, the \u0440\u0430triots sit in \u0430 solid \u0440osition to sign whoever they wish with over $67 million in c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce. While Keen\u0430n \u0430llen m\u0430y be \u0430n ex\u0440ensive \u0430ddition, he would be worthwhile to bring in before someone else h\u0430s \u0430 need. The \u0440\u0430triots should \u0430void being left in the lurch in c\u0430se Diggs continues to r\u0430v\u0430ge the seven se\u0430s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots \u0430re in the midst of OT\u0430s \u0430nd h\u0430ve moved \u0440\u0430st one controversy with one of their m\u0430jor free \u0430gent signings. 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