With Stefon Diggs just 10 months removed from his ACL injury, it was not really a surprise the 31-year-old receiver didn't play for the Patriots in the team's preseason opener Friday night. But an extremely cryptic answer from head coach Mike Vrabel suggests Diggs' absence against the Washington Commanders was not only a health-related decision.

First-year New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel could have put to rest any controversy surrounding Stefon Diggs' absence from the team's first preseason game against the Commanders. But the coach chose not to -- instead,