TAMPA, Fla. -- Veteran receiver Stefon Diggs ' motivational words to TreVeyon Henderson helped spark the rookie running back's breakout performance that included touchdown runs of 55 and 69 yards, as the visiting New England Patriots beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28-23 on Sunday.

"I'm definitely hard on TreVeyon because I see so much potential," Diggs said. "I've been around some great backs in my career and I was telling him, 'Those great backs don't get tackled, and I want to see you score.' So him coming out there and busting two of them, it's good to be hard on people, I guess."

Henderson responded to Diggs' halftime pep talk with his 55-yard scoring run at the start of the third quarter, then added the 69-yarder late in the fourth to help put away the game. He became the fir

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