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Vikings GM Rick Spielman says 'there's no reason' to think Stefon Diggs won't stay with VikingsThe 26-year-old receiver has removed all pictures of himself in a Vikings uniform from his Instagram account.

By  Ben Goessling Star TribuneINDIANAPOLIS
– Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman did his best to quash speculation about Stefon Diggs’ future on Tuesday, saying at the NFL combine “there’s no reason to anticipate is not going to be a Minnesota Viking.”
Diggs caused a stir on social media earlier this month when he removed all pictures of himself in a Vikings uniform from his Instagram account, following a season where he incurred more than $200,000 in fines for skipping two days of meetings and practices following the team’s Week 4 loss to the Chicago Bears. His absence, sources told the Star Tribune at the time, stemmed from frustrations that had been building since the spring over the direction of the offense and his role in it.
The 26-year-old wide receiver gave an enigmatic news conference after his return, saying “there’s truth to all rumors” when asked about his unhappiness, but finished the year with a career-high 1,130 receiving yards while establishing himself as one of the NFL’s top deep threats in the Vikings’ play action offense. His recent social media actions caused a stir, even for a player given to maintaining a cryptic online presence.
Diggs’ five-year, $72 million contract runs through 2023.
“Stefon, last year, had probably his most productive year, and he’s a young receiver we just extended ,” Spielman said in his first public comments since November. “He’s not only a major part of our offense and a major part of our organization winning games, but he also does a lot of things for this organization off the field. There’s no reason — the rumors or whatever you’re talking about — to anticipate that Stefon Diggs is not going to be a Minnesota Viking. When you have some of the offensive talent that we have, with him and Thielen together, with and Irv Smith, with Dalvin Cook and Mattison, we have a pretty good support cast around our quarterback.”
When asked if Diggs wanted to be in Minnesota, Spielman said he had not spoken with Diggs’ agent since the end of the season. Such a meeting could occur this week at the combine; if it does, Spielman said, he will keep the contents to himself.
Spielman’s comments came just over seven years after the general manager famously said the Vikings “have no intent” to trade Percy Harvin, weeks before they dealt him to Seattle for three draft picks. On Tuesday, though, he cast questions about Diggs’ future in Minnesota as speculation.
“No disrespect to your profession, but there are a lot of things that get reported that get sensationalized that maybe shouldn’t be,” he said. “Regardless, we’re going to handle anything we have internally.”
The team has 17 unrestricted free agents, and Spielman said he would meet with “most” of the agents for those players.

“I’m not going to say who is or isn’t part of the future yet,” Spielman said. “I don’t know."

http://www.startribune.com/vikings-gm-rick-spielman-says-there-s-no-reason-to-think-stefon-diggs-won-t-stay-with-vikings/568176992/

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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@"BarrNone55" said:
The Patriots were another team that talked to the Vikings about Stefon Diggs on Monday. The Redskins had interest, too, but their draft pick situation (they weren't going to trade the second overall pick, and have no second-rounder) made it tough.

So Buffalo it is.



Did Buffalo do it to keep him away from the Pats?
Well done Rick.

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