FOXBORO — Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is ready to [be a full participant](https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/06/09/how-stefon-diggs-has-impressed-key-patriots-players-in-spring-practice/) in practice whenever the team will allow it.
Diggs, who tore his ACL in late October, has been limited in spring practices, participating in individual drills and the walk-through portion but sitting out of full-speed 11-on-11s.
“We’ll see how it goes,” Diggs said when asked if he’ll be ready for the Patriots’ Week 1 matchup against the Raiders on Sept. 7. “Obviously, I don’t make the rules. I’m grinding each and every day, though.
“I can’t do too much of the team stuff, but I’m eager to get out there, so whenever they do press the button, I’m going to be ready. I’m grinding, though, every day.”
Diggs might not be 100%, but he’s flashing speed and change-of-direction ability during the drills in which he’s allowed to participate.
He said his knee is feeling “pretty good.”
“It’s always been a process. I was seven months on Saturday,” Diggs said. “So it’s a nice seven-month reunion, and I feel great. Been out here grinding with the boys. Been definitely a process but it’s on the back end now. I wanted to mix it up a little bit but I don’t make the rules.”
Diggs, a four-time Pro Bowl selection with 10,491 career receiving yards, was asked if he could still be a “No. 1 guy.”
“For who? For myself?” Diggs asked.
For your team.
“100 percent,” Diggs answered.
That’s certainly what the Patriots were hoping when they signed him to a [three-year, $63.5 million contract](https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/03/25/source-patriots-signing-4-time-pro-bowl-wr-stefon-diggs-to-free-agent-deal/) this March. The guaranteed portions of Diggs’ contract, including his $12 million signing bonus, are dependent on him passing a physical.
Diggs was asked if that has occurred yet.
“I haven’t had it yet. We had something like it. Maybe I have passed it, but it’s kind of up to them,” Diggs said. “I’ve just been playing it by ear. … Oh, you’re saying, ‘Have I got the money yet?’ I got to check the account.”