When the Green Bay Packers signed free agent cornerback Trevon Diggs to a contract before the season finale last season, everyone knew he was having a brief audition to see whether he could help the team. There was no way the Packers were going to keep him beyond 2025 and absorb his $15 million cap hit. As expected, they released him after the season. But now that the opening wave of free agency has passed and Diggs remains unsigned, should the Packers consider signing Diggs to a team-friendly deal that could bolster the team’s need at cornerback?
Last season, Diggs played one regular-season game with the Packers and made a cameo on defense in the playoff loss to the Bears. He played just 34 defensive snaps. Opposing quarterbacks completed 1-of-2 passes when throwing to receivers covered by Diggs according to pro-football-reference.com and had a quarterback rating of 81.2. Obviously, this is a very small sample size. In the eight games he played for Dallas in 2025 before they released him, quarterbacks completed 77.3 percent of their passes and had a near-perfect quarterback rating of 157.2.
Diggs would help the Packers in some ways. Obviously, the team still has a need at cornerback. The only proven players at the position are Keisean Nixon, who is the number one cover corner by default but is better suited to being CB2. We also have newly added free agent Benjamin St-Juste and Carrington Valentine. Those are the only three experienced boundary corners currently on the roster.
None of those three players would be considered a ball hawk. Nixon had just one interception last season, St-Juste had one (with the Chargers) and Valentine had none. Both Valentine and Nixon dropped numerous potential interceptions because they just lack the hands to complete the catch. St-Juste has only two career interceptions in five NFL seasons.
Diggs has 20 career picks in six NFL seasons, including 11 in 2021 alone when he led the NFL in that category. While he may not be the same player he was five years ago in large part due to injuries, his ball skills alone would add a missing dimension to the Green Bay defense. Remember, in all of 2025, the Packers as a team intercepted just seven passes and only one of those was by a cornerback.
Diggs is also good friends with Micah Parsons. In fact, a recent photo appeared of Parsons and Diggs working out together with Diggs wearing a Packers sweatshirt. Was this a not so subtle message for the Packers front office? Keeping Parsons happy would make sense as he is the team’s best player.
The Packers could also sign Diggs to a reasonable contract, financially. The market for him has clearly not been strong and he remains unsigned. A one-year, prove-it deal for $5-6 million would give him the incentive to play well in 2026. Plus, the Packers wouldn’t be risking much. If Diggs isn’t good enough in training camp, they can always release him, and the only cost would be whatever signing bonus they agree to pay him.
Diggs has the size the Packers like at 6’2” and 195 pounds. His speed was an asset pre-injury, and again, if he’s lost too much speed, he can always be released.
The Packers will likely add a cornerback or two in the 2026 NFL Draft. The earliest they can select a cornerback is the second round as the team traded their first-round pick to get Parsons. Diggs can be a placeholder at cornerback while the rookie gains valuable experience without being asked to do too much, too soon.
Diggs would keep Parsons happy, give the team a different skill set at cornerback and would be a very low risk acquisition. The commitment would be low, and the potential payoff would be higher than the risk. This wouldn’t be a move that would move the needle significantly, but it could reasonably provide the Packers with insurance at a position of need heading into training camp or at least OTAs.