Seahawks are in for rude awakening if they're buying a Trevon Diggs renaissance

It's quite ironic that the Dallas Cowboys may scour the waiver wire for cornerback help during the league-wide roster crunch when Trevon Diggs was available to sign all summer.

Of course, Dallas was never going to bring back Diggs. His final year with the franchise was one to forget, marred by poor play and questionable professionalism behind the scenes that had him in Brian Schottenheimer's doghouse for a while before he was released.

Diggs made his Seattle Seahawks debut on Friday night, and wouldn't you know it, he intercepted his first pass since the 2024 season.

Many CBs arguably would have picked it off, as Kansas City Chiefs rookie quarterback Garrett Nussmeier both telegraphed and underthrew the pass. Diggs read it the entire way, so credit where it's due.

However, if the Seahawks are suddenly of the mindset that Diggs will turn back the clock to 2021, they are in for a rude awakening.

Seahawks will soon learn what Cowboys learned the hard way about Trevon Diggs

Seattle's cornerback depth is in worse shape than the Cowboys'. That explains why they signed Diggs amid their interest in embattled CB Terrion Arnold. It also explains why Diggs has seemingly already done enough to make the reigning champ's 53-man roster.

After the game, Greg Bell of the Tacoma News Tribune asked head coach Mike Macdonald how "viable" it is that Diggs plays in Week 1, and if it'd be as CB3.

"Viable," Macdonald replied, indicating that Diggs has a strong chance of suiting up in Seattle's opener.

On a sentimental level, you have to feel a little relief for Diggs, even if he tarnished most of the goodwill he built up with Cowboys fans. From a Seahawks perspective, though, trusting Diggs in a prominent role in 2026 is asking for trouble.

Before his interception off Nussmeier, Diggs had a lousy tackle attempt on Travis Kelce in open space. The 36-year-old Kelce made a subtle cut upfield and left Diggs in the dust. He played the zone coverage perfectly, but his tackle form is one Cowboys fans are all too familiar with.

Trevon Diggs' INT was a flash; his missed tackle is the reality

Diggs undoubtedly needs to shake off some rust, and Kelce has made many a defender look silly in his Hall of Fame career, but if you can't make an open-field tackle on a tight end who's on the doorstep of retirement, should you be trusted by a team that has Super Bowl ambitions? Probably not.

It's not just that Diggs missed the tackle. He didn't even lay a finger on Kelce. At least stand him up so your teammates can rally and finish him off.

No coach game plans in August, but once the regular season hits, play-callers will single him out. Whether it’s testing him downfield or running at his side of the field, he'll have a target on his back until he forces teams to respect his physicality.

And when Devon Witherspoon and Josh Jobe are your top two cornerbacks, why wouldn't you throw at Diggs after the film he put out last season?

We hate to relitigate the numbers, but Diggs was dead-last among CBs with a 157.2 passer rating allowed and 17.9 yards allowed per catch, per Pro Football Focus.

Macdonald’s defense is levels (like all the levels) above anything Eberflus puts out there. The million-dollar question is whether the game’s premier defensive mind can mask Diggs' limitations and wring out the last drops of his potential.

Maybe we're too close to it, but it's hard to overstate how poor Diggs was last season. Until he shows us otherwise, this tiger isn't changing his stripes.

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