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What to make of these Stefon Diggs-to-Patriots rumors

The NFL is a crazy business.

Only in professional football can you find a situation where a 26-year-old superstar wide receiver is entering the third year of a five-year, $72 million contract extension with a franchise that has made the playoffs in three consecutive seasons — and that players is the subject of major trade rumors.

Such is the case with Stefon Diggs of the Minnesota Vikings. Diggs reportedly deleted all of his Vikings-related social media content over the past couple days, setting off a firestorm on — where else? — social media regarding what it could possibly mean.