Stefon Diggs Throws Fuel on Fire of Trade Rumors at Return to Practice
By Parker White
There's been plenty of speculation that Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs wants out of Minnesota, which boiled over on Wednesday when he failed to show up at practice for unspecified reasons.
But after Diggs arrived and made a public appearance on Thursday, his flimsy excuse didn't do much to cover up the starkness of the rest of his statements.
After missing practice on Wednesday because he wasn't feeling well, Diggs spoke to the media and gave this juicy soundbite.
#Vikings WR Stefon Diggs is back at practice today. He says he missed Wednesday’s practice because he wasn’t feeling well. Diggs adds: “I can’t sit up here and act like everything is OK.”
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) October 3, 2019
On rumors that he wants to be traded: “There’s truth to all rumors. I won’t get into that.”
“I feel there’s truth to all rumors no matter how dress you it up,” Diggs said regarding the rumor that he could be traded, via Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “I won’t be saying nothing on it. I won’t be speaking on it at all. But there is truth to all rumors, I guess.”
So there's truth to the trade rumors? Well, okay. Diggs won't get into specifics, but he didn't shut them down, either.
It may take a minor miracle to get the man responsible for the Minneapolis Miracle to want to stay in Minnesota https://t.co/4jhX0D76lq
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) October 3, 2019
Minnesota has already come out and said that they won't be trading him, but if you have a disgruntled player like Diggs who isn't "all-in" about what's taking place and hasn't seen a deep ball in ages, how much longer can you keep him around?