The Seattle Seahawks have already reached the same conclusion the Dallas Cowboys came to a while back: Trevon Diggs is a long way from the player he used to be.
Diggs was released from Seattle’s 53-man roster, though Jordan Schultz reported that the Seahawks signed him to the practice squad. That’s still a place to land, but it also says plenty about where his career sits right now. For Cowboys fans, it hardly came as a shock.
Seattle at least got one final preseason flash to work with. Diggs picked off a pass in the preseason finale, which gives the Seahawks something to monitor if their secondary gets stretched thin. If that happens, his number could be called again.
But the picture around him in Seattle is crowded. The Seahawks are the defending champs and have a defense built to keep moving without much trouble.
Devon Witherspoon signed a four-year, $132 million contract extension. Josh Jobe and Nick Emmanwori are there, too.
Terrion Arnold is also on the roster, though the source material notes the question of whether he’s even eligible to play football again.
For Diggs, the challenge is much bigger than fighting for one more opportunity. His decline has been building for a while.
After the Cowboys released him, he spent time with the Packers during an injury-filled season and didn’t make much of an impact. His stay there was brief, with just two total tackles and one snap in the playoff game against the Bears.
That’s a steep fall from his 2021 All-Pro peak, when he grabbed 11 interceptions and scored two pick-sixes. Dallas has already moved on from that version of him.
DaRon Bland gave them a pick-six machine in 2023, and the team now has Cobie Durant and Shavon Revel in the mix. Revel, according to the source, looks like a future CB1, though there’s still work to do.
Diggs’ Cowboys exit wasn’t just about the move away from Dallas. The Micah Parsons trade may have hit him harder than expected, but he also had one of his worst seasons in a Cowboys uniform.
He finished with a 59.8 PFF grade, which ranked 68th out of 114. A concussion at home cost him two months, and when he returned, there wasn’t much left to salvage.
So while Diggs is technically still attached to a defending Super Bowl champion, the reality is less glamorous. The Cowboys don’t appear to miss him, and Seattle’s move only reinforces what Dallas has known for some time. This looks like the start of the end for him as an NFL cornerback.
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