The Seahawks moved fast after Terrion Arnold’s inevitable addition to the Commissioner’s Exempt List, and that urgency tells you plenty about why Trevon Diggs is now on the way in on a one-year deal. Seattle needed another veteran corner, and it needed one quickly.
That need is the clearest part of this whole move. The Seahawks had already been searching for help at corner for weeks, and Arnold was supposed to be the answer. Once that plan was wiped out in short order, the team was right back where it started: thin at a spot that can’t be left exposed for long.
Behind Devon Witherspoon and Josh Jobe, the options aren’t exactly comforting. Nehemiah Pritchett has had a solid camp, but he may not be the best match for this defense.
The other names in the mix are rookies. Andre Fuller and Michael Dansby were both seventh-round picks, and Julian Neal has missed most of training camp.
That’s not a group built to inspire a lot of confidence.
Diggs, of course, comes with his own baggage. He hasn’t looked like the same player since 2023, when he tore his left ACL in practice after two games.
In 2024, he played eleven forgettable games before that same leg was hurt again, and in the first half of 2025 he was mostly invisible before a concussion and his release. That’s why he was still available in mid-August.
Still, there’s a reason the Seahawks are willing to take the swing. From 2020 through 2022, Diggs piled up 17 interceptions and 49 pass breakups, putting him near the top of the league in both categories.
The Cowboys’ defense has been historically bad over the past two seasons, and that run lines up with Diggs’s decline. Maybe a different environment - better coaching, better help around him - can bring back some of that early-career playmaking.
And even if the fit is shaky or the ballhawking never fully returns, the financial side makes this an easy gamble. Diggs is still getting decent money from the Cowboys this season because of his old contract, and his new deal is likely to land at or around the veteran minimum.
That matters because Seattle is carrying a 91-man roster right now, which gives the team plenty of flexibility. If Diggs doesn’t work out, he can almost certainly be cut later with little to no financial damage.
The main cost is the practice reps he’ll take. In that sense, there’s not much downside here.
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