The Seattle Seahawks seem to be in a worse spot with their secondary heading into the 2026 season than they were in 2025. The team has recently added two cornerbacks who still need to find their way in head coach Mike Macdonald's system, and the safeties are a banged-up bunch.
One player who might help is veteran Trevon Diggs, whom the team signed a couple of days before the final preseason game but then released with the intention of signing him to the practice squad. Diggs can be elevated as much as three times before he has to be added to the active roster, and he could see his first action in Week 1.
Should Seahawks fans feel nervous about the oft-injured cornerback playing well? Not according to defensive coordinator Aden Durde, who said in a press conference on Sunday about Diggs, "He's still got it."
Aden Durde gives Seattle Seahawks fans a promising update on Trevon Diggs
Durde should know, as he was a defensive coach for the Dallas Cowboys before Seattle hired him ahead of the 2024 season. Diggs played with Dallas during Durde's time there. While the DC wasn't Diggs' position coach, there was enough overlap that Durde has seen the quarterback at his best and his most injured.
Durde added, "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 got some reps against the Kansas City Chiefs in preseason Week 3, and while he whiffed badly on a tackle attempt on tight end Travis Kelce, Diggs later ended a KC drive with an interception. That pick came against the Chiefs' third-string quarterback, but any hope for a player whose recent career has been decimated by injuries is a good thing.
If he can be fully healthy and stay that way, the cornerback could be a solid contributor, potentially as CB3 in the defense, just behind Josh Jobe and Devon Witherspoon. Unlike the latter, Diggs is a pure outside corner, one who was First-Team All-Pro in 2021.
He is also being directed by defensive backs coach Karl Scott, who recruited the player to the University of Alabama. Scott didn't coach Diggs at Alabama, but he knew enough about him during the recruiting process to understand what the cornerback is capable of.
No other team was willing to take a chance on Trevon Diggs this offseason, and he didn't sign until late in the preseason. He might have been in shape, but not football shape. Clearly, Aden Durde is happy with the new Seattle Seahawks player's progress. That could soon turn into very good production on the field for the team.
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