The Washington Commanders have made their answer on Trevon Diggs pretty clear.
For weeks, the idea of a reunion between Diggs and Dan Quinn kept floating around, mostly on fumes and speculation after the cornerback left the Dallas Cowboys late last season. But Washington’s move to sign Rasul Douglas has effectively shut that conversation down.
General manager Adam Peters knew the cornerback room needed help, and he used the early offseason program to get a better read on the group before acting. The result was a one-year deal for Douglas worth up to $3.8 million, a move that has generally been viewed as a smart one.
Douglas brings size, length and the kind of flexibility teams value because he can line up on the boundary or inside. He also arrives after a productive season with the Miami Dolphins, which makes him a much cleaner bet than Diggs at this point.
That’s the key difference. Diggs was once an All-Pro, but his game has gone in the wrong direction since Quinn moved on to Washington.
Dallas cut him loose, and he didn’t do much to revive his stock with the Green Bay Packers. At 27, he’s still young enough to matter, but the fact that he’s still sitting there without a clear landing spot says plenty.
Washington, meanwhile, chose a different path. The cornerback group now includes Mike Sainristil, Trey Amos, Amik Robertson and Douglas. There are still questions in that room, but the Commanders believe it can be a workable unit if Washington’s second-round duo takes the next step under new coordinator Daronte Jones.
The interest in a Washington return wasn’t coming from nowhere. Diggs and his brother, wide receiver Stefon Diggs, were said to be interested in the possibility of a homecoming. But that interest never turned into anything mutual.
Some around the league thought Quinn might be the one coach who could help Diggs get his career moving again, especially in an environment where he already trusted the voice in charge. The Commanders didn’t buy into that idea, and Peters didn’t either.
That leaves Diggs where he’s been for a while now: waiting.
Injuries have been part of the story, but they don’t explain all of the drop-off. Over the last two seasons, Diggs has looked far removed from the player he once was, and Washington clearly decided that was too risky a bet for a team with no room to waste chances in 2026.
Could that change later? Sure.
In the NFL, it always can. But right now, the Douglas signing is the strongest sign yet that Diggs is not in Washington’s plans.
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