Eagan, Minnesota – After two days of joint practices with the Vikings of Minnesota, it is clear that the patriots have problems.
The offensive line – Will Campbell in particular – was taken to school by the Rusher of Vikings Edge Jonathan Greenard while the line as a whole continues to fight.
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Defense?
It certainly did not seem as well as announced with JJ McCarthy burning them in the lot on Thursday, but in particular in the red zone and a two -minute drill.
Then there is Stefon Diggs, the receiver which is supposed to bail out the infraction of the patriots.
He has had no impact on many practices recently, including those with the Vikings.
Of course, there have been raised eyebrows on Diggs suggesting that it might not be ready for the opening of the season on the Dianna Russini Podcast Scoop City this week.
Mike Truebel, meanwhile, did his best to crush this when he was asked about Digg’s comments during his media session on Thursday.
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He answered another question: “Do you really believe that?”
As in, you don’t know that the receiver was pulling everyone’s leg?
Even if this is the case, it is difficult to separate the fact of fiction with Diggs, which made a miraculous return of LCA October surgery just to participate in this stage.
Based on its ineffectiveness in recent outings, has a certain type of reverse? Is it dissatisfied with his touches?
It is difficult to know with certainty.
But there is little contestation because the star receiver, which was the best bigout of the team at the start of the camp, has disappeared from the offense in recent days.
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Although it has always been impressive in 1 against 1 and 7 against 7, it was a reflection afterwards during complete team exercises.
Thursday, he had no take during periods of 11 against 11.
This meant that he had not recorded a problem in 4 cases of last 5 cases where he was involved in team exercises. On Wednesday, he had three captures to partially break this sequence.
Last week, Diggs mysteriously appeared late to the joint training against Washington, and was selected from the game with the commanders.
TRABEL called him “coach decision”.
What does that mean? Does the knee act because the 4 times pro Bowl Wideout pushed too hard to come back?
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Truebel wants everyone to believe that there is nothing to do here, even if he has added fuel to the fire with his remark as a “coach decision”.
On Thursday, he praised Digg’s efforts.
“He went here almost every day. I am delighted with the place where he is and we will see when week 1 will arrive, but he will train today,” said Vrabel before the second training with the Vikings. “I hope he helps us in the red zone, but we cannot predict the future around week 1. I just know that he is going to be there today, and he works hard and he cares about it, which are two important things.”
He was there and had several receptions during exercises focused on the individual who would make people believe that he was fine. During a situation of 2 against 2 Thursday, he flew over his defender to divert in a Col de Drake Maye in the left corner of the bottom zone, which facilitates the difficult look.
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He caught another during the 5 against 5, turning the ball into the bottom area to celebrate another difficult TD taking.
And yet, when the 11 against 11 came, Diggs was hardly targeted, if not at all.
What to do with it?
In this case, Maye had little or no time to hit a lot of her receivers. Most of his completions were short passes to the runners, although his best uprising went to Kayshon Boutte for a touch in the two -minute offensive.
So Maye not having time was the probable explanation Thursday, but what about previous days?
Large receptor coach Todd Downing warned people last week not to confuse the results with the process, which means that, if there were days, Diggs did not have much production, which did not mean that the receiver does not open.
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Truebel has accepted.
“There are days when the ball does not find you. There is a football. There are five eligible receivers. The quarterrier decides where he wants to go with the ball,” said TRÉBEL on Thursday. “Not different from Kyle Williams. Kyle Williams works extremely hard. Ball did not really find it. It was opened. There was a separation.”
Trinel thinks that Diggs has played a factor in the opening of others. He thinks that there are other means for receptors to contribute.
Currently, Demario “Pop” Douglas is the best receiver in Drake Maye and the favorite Go-to-Guy. Maye also uses Boutte, Mack Hollins, and his tight hunter Henry and Austin Hooper as well as his back, Treveyon Henderson and Antonio Gibson.
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“There are other ways to succeed and do your job and help us win,” said Trinel. “This is the most important thing.”
Regarding the Diggs, the patriots – perhaps unfair – need him to be more.
They need him to be a reliable target for Maye. They need him to be good enough to attract the additional attention of opposing teams to help others open.
Thursday, most of the patriots’ receivers had trouble creating separation and finding an open space.
The garnish of this list was Diggs. It is therefore enough to add this to the pile of problems which currently afflicted the team before the opening of the regular season next month.
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