{"id":260984,"date":"2025-12-30T13:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=260984"},"modified":"2025-12-30T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:41:25","slug":"4-teams-that-could-sign-trevon-diggs-after-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/12\/30\/4-teams-that-could-sign-trevon-diggs-after-release\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Teams That Could Sign Trevon Diggs After Shocking Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The playoffs are just two weeks away, and former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs could provide some last-second support to a playoff contender. A two-time Pro Bowler and 2021 First-Team All-Pro, the former second-round pick used to be one of the game&#8217;s premier ballhawks. However, injuries kept him off the field for sizable portions of the last three seasons, and he no longer justifies his massive salary.<\/p>\n<h2>4 Teams That Could Sign Trevon Diggs After Stunning Release<\/h2>\n<p>Trevon Diggs may not be worth $97 million anymore, but he&#8217;s still a solid cornerback when healthy. The Alabama product will go on waivers, but <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2006068659488219386?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assuming nobody claims him<\/a>, he will likely latch on with one of the following playoff-bound teams.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kevin Jairaj &#8211; Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>4. Baltimore Ravens<\/h3>\n<p>Despite all odds, the Baltimore Ravens are still alive in the postseason race and will host a playoff game if they defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 18. However, even if they play meaningful January football, they&#8217;ll need to improve their defense to have a chance of hoisting the Lombardi.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/06\/20\/panthers-chiefs-could-fight-asante-samuel-after-jaire-alexander-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Jaire Alexander signing<\/a> did not work out, and while <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/01\/05\/nate-wiggins-2024-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_self\">former first-round pick Nate Wiggins<\/a> is developing into a solid player, veteran Marlon Humphrey is starting to slow down. Trevon Diggs isn&#8217;t the player he once was, but the Baltimore Ravens have a knack for getting the most out of aging veterans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_250688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250688\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-250688\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Ravens-Fall-to-1-5-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"Ravens Fall to 1-5\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Ravens-Fall-to-1-5-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Ravens-Fall-to-1-5-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Ravens-Fall-to-1-5-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Ravens-Fall-to-1-5-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Ravens-Fall-to-1-5-2048x1420.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-250688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oct 5, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh stands on the sidelines during the third quarter against the Houston Texans at M&amp;T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>3. Carolina Panthers<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking of teams on improbable playoff runs, the Carolina Panthers are somehow atop the NFC South. Widely regarded as the league&#8217;s most confusing team, this squad has the ability to beat the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers but struggles against &#8220;easier&#8221; opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knows what this team will bring to the table on any given week, and perhaps the biggest question mark is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/12\/12\/carolina-panthers-bryce-young-bridge-qb\/\" target=\"_self\">quarterback Bryce Young<\/a>. Carolina has a good secondary, but adding someone like Trevon Diggs to the mix should only improve the unit. If Young is having an off game, a strong defense could help the Panthers win low-scoring contests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258569\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-258569\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Panthers Playoff Odds\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Panthers-Playoff-Odds-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nov 30, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales celebrates with Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young (9) after the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kinser-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>2. Los Angeles Chargers<\/h3>\n<p>The Los Angeles Chargers are locked into a Wild Card spot and will rest some of their starters in Week 18. This likely means the team will lose on Sunday and face off against the second seed in the Wild Card round, which will most likely be the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/12\/22\/3-stats-that-show-why-drake-maye-should-win-mvp\/\" target=\"_self\">MVP frontrunner in Drake Maye<\/a>, the Chargers could use a boost to their secondary as they prepare for the postseason. The Los Angeles secondary isn&#8217;t that talented, and Trevon Diggs could probably start right away for this team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_245750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245750\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-245750\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Harbaugh Chargers\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/USATSI_26987850-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-245750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">August 23, 2025; Santa Clara, California, USA; Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh instructs against the San Francisco 49ers during the fourth quarter at Levi&#8217;s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>1. Chicago Bears<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/11\/28\/ben-johnson-message-win-vs-eagles\/\" target=\"_self\">Head coach Ben Johnson<\/a> has done a remarkable job in his first season with the Chicago Bears, guiding the team to an 11-5 record and an NFC North title. Caleb Williams looks like a franchise quarterback and the offense is great, but the defense needs some work.<\/p>\n<p>You can win a championship with an offense-minded squad, but the defense needs to show up eventually. Trevon Diggs may not singlehandedly win or lose a playoff game for this team, but his presence could provide some much-needed depth to this secondary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258763\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-258763\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"cowboys trevon diggs relationship\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-relationship-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main Photo: Scott Kinser-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys released cornerback Trevon Diggs, but the former All-Pro should land with a new team before the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":260987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6431,10,30,23,19,18],"tags":[7642,7422,7661,7638,5267],"class_list":["post-260984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-teams","category-ravens","category-panthers","category-bears","category-cowboys","category-chargers","tag-chargers-featured","tag-dallas-cowboys-news","tag-panthers-featured","tag-ravens-featured","tag-trevon-diggs"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260988,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260984\/revisions\/260988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}