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Stefon Diggs says fans ‘could have been a little louder’ in Patriots’ playoff win
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The Patriots gave fans a lot to cheer for Sunday night during their wild card win over the Los Angeles Chargers . But Stefon Diggs thinks it could have been louder inside Gillette Stadium.
“They could have been a little louder,” the wide receiver said after New England ’s wild card win over the Chargers. “They got loud at times, but I think they might have taken a little nap in between there a little bit. We’ve got to give them a lot to cheer for, too, on the offensive side of the ball. But it was those spurts where you knew that they were present, and on defense they were present every time. I’m just talking from the offensive side of the ball. I appreciate the quietness a little bit, though. We’d be a little bit more efficient. But, if something exciting happens, don’t be scared to scream at the top of your lungs.”
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The Patriots offense didn’t explode in the first half as it had all season. They took a one-score lead into halftime before Drake Maye connected with Hunter Henry in the fourth quarter for the game’s first touchdown.
But the defense was the star of the show with six sacks of Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert and two forced fumbles. The defense also came up with big stops when it mattered, which fired up the crowd.
“That swing there where we had the turnover there and the stop just the crowd noise and the energy and the excitement — you want to give them reasons to cheer and to celebrate," the coach said on WEEI on Monday . “I think our football team, our players have done that and they’ve responded.”
The fans will have at least one more opportunity to get loud when the Patriots host the AFC Division Game next Sunday. They will face the winner of Monday’s Houston Texans-Pittsburgh Steelers game.
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