Trevon Diggs is available after being released by the Dallas Cowboys, and the conversations have already begun over whether the Green Bay Packers should add the former All-Pro cornerback to help their postseason push.
Diggs is close friends with Micah Parsons, who moved from Dallas to Green Bay earlier this year, and now shares the same agent after signing with David Mulugheta upon his release by the Cowboys, adding fuel to the fire that the Packers could be a logical landing spot.
Would signing Diggs make sense for Green Bay? Let’s weigh the pros and cons.
Assuming he is not claimed on waivers, which would mean a team picking up his pre-existing contract with the Cowboys, he could be a fairly cheap addition, and in that sense, Diggs would represent a low risk, but potentially high reward signing.
They could sign the 28-year-old on a short-term contract to the end of the season, and depending on how he performs, there could be the potential to bring him back for the 2026 season.
Parsons’ familiarity with Diggs means Green Bay should be able to get important insight on what went wrong for the corner in Dallas recently, as well as what he could offer moving forward.
If the Packers want an example of the level of play Diggs is capable of producing, they need look no further than their game against him earlier this season, when he allowed only one reception for minus three yards.
Diggs rose to prominence after an electrifying 2021 season in which he racked up 11 interceptions, and his ball-hawking skills could be useful in a Green Bay secondary which has not produced many turnovers this year.
The Packers’ primary cornerbacks, Keisean Nixon, Carrington Valentine, Nate Hobbs and Javon Bullard have combined for just one interception on the season.
After losing Parsons for the year, Jeff Hafley may need to lean into more volatility on defense and hope to get a takeaway or two to help win them a game, rather than relying on his unit to produce stops consistently with a “bend, but don’t break” style.
On the negative side of the ledger, Diggs has simply not been the same player since tearing his ACL early in the 2023 season.
His snap-weighted PFF coverage grade before the knee injury was 66.2, and has been 61.15 between the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
For context, the much-maligned Nixon has a 64.4 coverage grade in the last two years and Valentine has a 68.7 grade. Based on their play in the last two seasons, Diggs would be Green Bay’s third-best cornerback in coverage.
In truth, the 66.2 snap-weighted grade Diggs produced pre-injury is not all that impressive, certainly not worthy of the contract he received in Dallas and the status he seemed to establish as a high level cornerback.
Even in the season he notched 11 picks, Diggs’ PFF coverage grade was only 65. He is an extreme risk/reward cornerback, gambling on making big plays. When it works, he looks like one of the best corners in football, but he also gets burned plenty.
The interceptions have also dried up considerably of late. Since the 11-pick season he built his reputation on, he had three in 2022, one in 2023 before tearing his ACL, two in 2024 and zero so far in 2025.
Watching a 28-year-old, highly paid defender who looks to be in decline after a knee injury is basically the experience the Packers are going through with Rashan Gary right now. He would come cheaper, but that may be what they were signing up for with Diggs as well.
A factor going against Diggs is that the Packers really care about tackling and run defense from their cornerbacks. It is part of the reason Valentine doesn’t start and why they signed Hobbs.
Diggs was never a plus run defender, with a 53.7 PFF run defense grade prior to his knee injury, but he has been even worse since, dropping to 43.3 since 2024. He also had a PFF tackle grade of just 34.5 last season and 57 this year.
Even if Green Bay did sign Diggs, how much is he going to see the field if they don’t trust him to contribute against the run? If they are going to play a cornerback who can’t tackle, the data suggests they’d be better off just playing Valentine as he has been better in coverage recently.
The presence of Diggs could also make it more difficult for Hobbs to see the field, and although his first year with the team has not gone how they hoped, the Packers made a $48 million investment in Hobbs this spring and will not be giving up on him quickly.
Perhaps Green Bay thinks they can provide a better environment for Diggs to excel and find his previous form, but if they did sign him, the line of thinking would be closer to: “Sure, why not?” rather than anything especially logical.
This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Should the Packers sign Trevon Diggs? The case for and against
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