Hour 2: Commanders Land Stephon Diggs & Craig Responds to Recovery Critics

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
Yeah, yeah, Carton Show Big Mac. By the way, the Washington Commandos have announced that they've signed Stephon Diggs.
Stephon Diggs, who had a great year last year for the Patriots, who was great with the Texans before he got hurt there, and has been great his entire career, now creates a little problem.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:21)
A little problem, Jane Daniels.

**Craig Carton** (0:23)
Now is another weapon.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:25)
I wonder, should the Giants have considered that?
We just talked about there. You say no.

**Craig Carton** (0:30)
No.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:31)
Considering they don't have a second best wide receiver right now, your words, that's literally...

**Craig Carton** (0:35)
I didn't see what his contract was.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:37)
Yeah, we got to see what the contract is. I got to see if they're paying him. But here's my only question to that, right? Because I know there's an issue, and I don't know if...
I'd have to go and read his situation. Is he have a law situation in pending?

**Craig Carton** (0:48)
No.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:49)
He won his case. He won his case, right? So he's got nothing to worry about as far as that.

**Craig Carton** (0:52)
I mean, my goodness, that's Stephon Diggs. Oh, he has something...

**SPEAKER_2** (0:55)
He always has something to worry about?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:56)
And it could be around the next corner. There's no doubt about it.

**Craig Carton** (0:58)
So it's a $12 million deal. It's one year deal up to $12 million.
That's what his deal is in Washington.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:04)
I just want to say one thing about it because this is how I feel. When you have a culture building coach, I don't think the point is then avoid anyone who could be a problem to that. No, I agree. I think it's the opposite.

**Craig Carton** (1:19)
Can he play?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:20)
I think it's can he play? And I trust my culture building head coach to fit him into the culture.

**Brett** (1:26)
Yeah, I mean, that's why Odell Beckham is here, right?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:28)
Well, a little bit, yeah. I mean, he's at the tail end of his career. I think he's theoretically more mature. And you're not so worried because he's trying to just hang on to a job. Like off of last year, Diggs probably still thinks himself a top- par receiver. And Diggs is making 12 million.

**Craig Carton** (1:41)
Odell Beckham is making minimum.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:42)
Yeah, exactly right. It's a different situation. My point is, because I remember this with Glenn and all the stuff surrounding Roger.

**Craig Carton** (1:48)
I'd rather the Giants have signed him than a competitor gets him.
Yeah. Stephon Diggs is a problem. Stephon Diggs can still play at a very high level. I agree. He was great for Drake May last year. So I kind of flippantly said no, because I think he's always a problem waiting to happen.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:05)
Right.

**Craig Carton** (2:06)
He was in Minnesota, he was in Buffalo, he was in Houston. That was more injury-based to be fair.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:10)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (2:11)
And obviously had a great year in New England, and then all of a sudden, you're accused of beating up your chef and having 19 kids all over the country, et cetera, which is not in and of itself a problem, obviously. But I think when you're building a culture with a second year quarterback that already likes fame and the limelight, maybe a guy like Stephon Diggs is not the right guy to have around him.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:33)
That's pretty much my question. My question is, would you run from situations like that, or do you embrace them if it brings talent to the team?

**Craig Carton** (2:41)
Depends on the player.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:42)
Okay.

**Craig Carton** (2:42)
Like, Stephon Diggs can still play, but he's also at the last stage of his career.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:48)
This was my point about the Jets when they hired Glenn and Aaron Rodgers, because everyone's like, oh, get him out of here. He would be a problem. And Glenn would be talking to the front of the room, and we'd be worried about what Aaron Rodgers would say in the back of the room and all that crap. And I'm like, well, I thought he was coming here to be a culture building head coach. So to me, I don't run from that. I take on the talented players. What did we say for a generation of every player who had a problem?
He's going to end up with New England.

**Craig Carton** (3:17)
Correct.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:17)
And Belichick is going to figure him out and get them.