The Seattle Seahawks’ secondary already had questions hanging over it, and Trevon Diggs has quickly become one of the more intriguing names in the mix.
Seattle brought in the veteran corner only a couple of days before its final preseason game, then released him with the plan to bring him back on the practice squad. He can be elevated up to three times before the team would need to add him to the active roster, and there’s a chance his first game action could come in Week 1.
For a player whose recent run has been interrupted by injuries, the big question is simple: can he still help? Defensive coordinator Aden Durde didn’t sound worried on Sunday.
“He's still got it.”
Durde is in a good spot to judge. Before Seattle hired him ahead of the 2024 season, he coached on the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive staff, overlapping with Diggs during the cornerback’s time there. He wasn’t Diggs’ position coach, but he saw enough to know what the veteran looks like when he’s right, and what the road back from injury can look like too.
Durde explained, “He just hadn't played football in a long time. It's a process of just getting everything back underneath you.
Having the daily routine of getting your body right and practice. He's doing that.”
Diggs has already taken some preseason reps, including against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3. That night had both sides of his game on display: he missed badly on a tackle attempt against Travis Kelce, then later came up with an interception to end a Chiefs drive. The pick came against Kansas City’s third-string quarterback, but it still counted as a positive sign for a player trying to rebuild momentum after so much lost time.
If he stays healthy, Diggs could carve out a useful role in Seattle, possibly as CB3 behind Josh Jobe and Devon Witherspoon. Unlike Witherspoon, Diggs is a pure outside corner, and he’s also got the résumé to match the reputation: First-Team All-Pro in 2021.
He’ll also be working with defensive backs coach Karl Scott, who recruited him to Alabama. Scott didn’t coach Diggs there, but he knew enough about him from the recruiting process to understand what he can bring.
No other team was willing to take a shot on Diggs this offseason, which is why he didn’t land until late in the preseason. He may have been in shape when he arrived, but he clearly wasn’t in football shape yet.
Based on Durde’s comments, though, Seattle likes where he is headed. And if that progress keeps moving the right way, the Seahawks may end up with a much more useful piece than anyone expected this late in the summer.
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