Stefon Diggs shares thoughts on playing with Drake Maye for the Patriots and weighs in on the QB’s comparison to Josh Allen
FOXBOROUGH, Mass – Drake Maye has a very good reason to be excited after the New England Patriots signed Stefon Diggs to a three-year deal. And during his introductory press conference, Diggs proved that he's also looking forward to playing with the promising second-year quarterback. Specifically, he brought up the popular comparison been Maye and […]
FOXBOROUGH, Mass – Drake Maye has a very good reason to be excited after the New England Patriots signed Stefon Diggs to a three-year deal.
And during his introductory press conference, Diggs proved that he's also looking forward to playing with the promising second-year quarterback. Specifically, he brought up the popular comparison been Maye and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
"I'm excited. I really look forward to it," Diggs said when asked about working with Maye. "It's crazy because when you ask around, he has a lot of similarities — well, people say through the grapevine that he acts a lot like Josh. That was my guy, so I look forward to meeting him and connecting with him."
Diggs and Allen were an incredible duo, with the receiver finishing with 5,372 yards over his four seasons with the Bills. And not to mention, he also made it to the Pro Bowl all four years.
So, if he can bring that level of production to New England, Diggs and Maye could have that same success.
"I've been doing this 10 and a half years," Diggs explained. "I've played with a lot of quarterbacks, I've been around a lot of quarterbacks. So, learning the quarterback, getting to know him, spending more time with him — once you know somebody on a more personal level, I feel like there's a lot of carryover to the field, whether that's risk-takers, like to play aggressive, like to play smart, and just honing in on what he's good at."
And while he hasn't gotten the opportunity to properly meet the Patriots quarterback, he did compete against Maye last season while he was with the Texans.
"We played him last year. He showed a lot of fight," Diggs said of Maye. "He's got that fiery quarterback, 'I want to win' mindset, so that's something I get excited about and love to be around."
This excitement is the perfect first step, but the next part is it it showing on the field.
