Trevon Diggs signed with the Seahawks on Wednesday, a day after working out for the team and after saying he is most definitely fully healthy. The former All-Pro cornerback and two-time Pro-Bowl selection said he is not coming to Seattle to coast; he is coming to compete, earn his keep and try to help the team win.
The move gives the Seahawks a name with real upside, but it also carries some obvious uncertainty. Diggs said the deal is for one year, and that makes the signing a bet on whether his body can finally match the player Seattle is trying to get back.
That is the question because the past three seasons have been defined more by rehab than by production. Diggs said this is his first offseason without rehabbing, and he described the difference in plain terms: this time he is training, not recovering. He added that he wants to play a full season and show that he is still the best.
Seattle was not his only stop. Diggs said he had a workout with Detroit and had more visits planned before choosing the Seahawks. What pulled him to Seattle was not just the opening on the roster, but the feel around the building. He said the place felt like home because he knew Josh Jobe, Karl Scott, DeMarcus Lawrence, Dante Fowler Jr. and Aden Durde, and he said the defense under Mike Macdonald looked amazing.
Diggs also framed the decision as a chance to reset after a rough stretch that ended with the Cowboys waiving him late in the season and a two-game stint with the Packers to close it out. Once one of the league’s top corners, he now has to prove the injuries that limited him are behind him and that the version of himself Seattle signed is the one that can stay on the field.
For the Seahawks, the upside is obvious. For Diggs, the task is simpler and harder at the same time: stay healthy, win a spot and turn a one-year deal into something bigger than a stopover.
