Lions Kick the Tires on Trevon Diggs, Once an 11-INT Pick Machine
Detroit worked out the 27-year-old corner, a free agent since Jan. 20 after Green Bay cut him following just two games and 34 snaps.
No deal yet, and knee history makes him a deep-league IDP flier at best.
- Cut by Packers Jan. 20 after 2 games, 34 snaps
- Led NFL with 11 INTs in 2021
- Tore ACL Sept. 2023, knee surgeries since
- Two-time Pro Bowler, 2021 All-Pro
- Packers claimed him off waivers Dec. 31
The Lions brought free agent cornerback Trevon Diggs in for a workout, giving a once-elite ballhawk his first concrete shot at a landing spot since Green Bay released him on Jan. 20. Diggs, 27, hit the open market after a brief and forgettable Packers stint — two games and just 34 total snaps before the club moved on.
Green Bay had only just claimed him off waivers from Dallas on Dec. 31, so the entire experiment lasted barely three weeks. For a player who led the entire league with 11 interceptions in 2021 and earned All-Pro honors that year, it's a stunning fall — and the reason is written all over his medical file.
Diggs hasn't been the same since knee trouble surfaced in 2023. He tore his ACL that September, needed an additional procedure in December 2024, then underwent a chondral tissue and bone graft surgery on his left knee in January 2025 to address persistent cartilage damage. That's a lot of mileage on one joint in a short window.
Why Detroit Might Bother
The pedigree is real. Dallas drafted him in the second round in 2020, he made two Pro Bowls, and at his peak he was the kind of gambler who turns quarterback mistakes into points. If the knee cooperates, a low-risk look makes sense for a Lions secondary always hunting takeaways. If it doesn't, this workout goes nowhere — which is exactly why nothing's been signed.
The Fantasy Fallout
For IDP purposes, corners are already a thin, boom-or-bust position, and Diggs is a workout, not a signing. Even in a best-case scenario, he'd be fighting for snaps and coming off multiple knee surgeries — not the profile of a reliable weekly starter. There's no meaningful production baseline to project off of right now.
Bottom line: leave him on the wire and monitor the news. If Detroit actually signs him and he wins a starting role, deep-league IDP managers can circle back. Until then, this is a name to file away, not a roster move to make.
