Can Trevon Diggs help the Packers? At the very least, it's a low-risk move
The former All-Pro isn't the same player as he once was, but his arrival in Green Bay is a low-risk move for the cornerback-needy Packers.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Trevon Diggs still thinks he’s the best.
The new Green Bay Packers cornerback last made a Pro Bowl in 2022 and hasn’t made an All-Pro team since his first-team nod in 2021, when he led the NFL with 11 interceptions. According to Pro Football Focus, quarterbacks have a perfect 158.3 passer rating targeting Diggs this season, completing 16 of 20 passes for 286 yards and three touchdowns against him over eight games.
Diggs doesn’t have an interception or even a pass breakup, and he only has one tackle for loss, but that hasn’t tainted his confidence as he embarks on a fresh start in Green Bay.
“I still feel like I’m the best,” the 27-year-old cornerback said after his first practice with the Packers on Thursday when asked where he thinks his level of play currently sits.
Diggs is a marquee name, but the Packers didn’t claim him on waivers from the Dallas Cowboys to be a marquee player. He offers low risk and potentially high reward for a team depleted at cornerback. Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine are the Packers’ healthy top two, but No. 3 and 4 in Nate Hobbs (knee, on injured reserve) and Kamal Hadden (leg, out for season) suffered significant injuries last Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens. Green Bay signed cornerbacks Shemar Bartholomew and Jaylin Simpson from the practice squad to the active roster and moved Bo Melton from wide receiver back to cornerback in Thursday’s practice to compensate.
Diggs could very well play in Sunday’s meaningless regular-season finale against the Minnesota Vikings, not see the field in the playoffs and get released after the season (he’s under contract through 2028 and has a cap number of $15.5 million in 2026, per Over The Cap). But there’s no harm in seeing what a once-premier cornerback can provide in hopes that defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, and perhaps whoever’s calling the defense next season if Hafley gets a head-coaching job, can help Diggs rediscover his old form.
“I want to be comfortable with being uncomfortable being somewhere that I’ve never been before,” Diggs said. “Just starting over, starting fresh, a clean slate, and just working and keeping my head down.”
Trevon Diggs on the level of player he thinks he is:
“Still feel like I’m the best.”
His locker is three down from Micah Parsons, who he called right after learning the Packers claimed him.
“He told me it’s work, it’s a lot different and he said I’m gonna like it a lot.” pic.twitter.com/9zun21Ougo
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) January 1, 2026
Diggs’ agent called him on Wednesday with the news, as Diggs was about to take his kids to Dave & Buster’s, so the fun and games were put on hold while Diggs hopped on a flight to Appleton, Wisconsin. Immediately after Diggs learned he’d be joining the Packers, he called his close friend and former and current teammate Micah Parsons. It hadn’t been long since they’d seen each other since Diggs visited Parsons when he returned to Texas after tearing his ACL three weeks ago.