FOXBORO — Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs kept a smile on his face during his media availability Tuesday through a series of tough questions about a viral boat incident from Memorial Day Weekend on the final day of spring practices, but he wouldn’t break.
Diggs was asked about the video, which saw him pass out a pink substance in a plastic bag to a group of women on a boat.
“Obviously I want to be as candid with you guys as possible,” Diggs said. “I kind of like have a thing where I don’t talk about my personal life with people I don’t know personally. Pretty sure everyone here — men and women — are great people. But kind of keep my personal life personal. I had a conversation with Vrabel, obviously, and I’m going to echo everything that he said. Hope everyone makes good decisions. I had some conversations with people in the building as well. So everything else is everything else and the particulars are all internal.”
Diggs would not reveal what substance was in the bag.
“Obviously it’s a conversation that’s happening internally,” Diggs said. “I can’t have too much of a conversation about it. But I’ve been in this league 10 years. You can format the question many different ways and I’m going to obviously answer it the same way.”
Diggs had a similar response when asked if he knew he was being recorded, if he regretted the incident and what he learned from the experience.
“Obviously I don’t want to be rude and I would hate to repeat myself for the fourth time,” Diggs said. “But again, I’ll repeat myself and say the same thing again. I’m trying to be as polite as possible.”
Diggs, 31, was the Patriots’ highest-profile offensive addition this offseason, signing a three-year, $63.5 million contract in late March. The four-time Pro Bowl selection is returning from a torn ACL, suffered in late October, and has been a limited participant in recent spring practices, including during mandatory minicamp on Monday and Tuesday.