RENTON, Wash. -- Pete Carroll didn't think he could acquire a safety of Quandre Diggs' caliber to reinforce the suddenly thin back end of the Seattle Seahawks' secondary. Diggs knows the key to the Seahawks ending an eight-game losing streak at Green Bay Sunday and advancing to next week’s NFC championship is top sack man Jadeveon Clowney and Seattle’s pass rushers affecting Rodgers. The Seattle Seahawks pulled off a surprising trade on Tuesday, flipping a 2020 fifth-round pick to the Detroit Lions in exchange for defensive back Quandre Diggs and a 2021 seventh-round pick..
His Lions sacked Rodgers 13 times in those five games. The Seattle Seahawks got some good news on Monday morning, with coach Pete Carroll indicating on 710 ESPN’s Pete Carroll show that free safety Quandre Diggs (ankle) is expected to play on Sunday against the Eagles in Philadelphia, at least according to the team’s training staff. He'll still be trying to harass QB Philip Rivers. Diggs played all 83 snaps in his Seahawks debut, recording two tackles and a third-quarter interception that led to Jacob Hollister’s 3-yard touchdown catch. Diggs never thought he'd be traded only a year after signing an extension with the Detroit Lions and less than two months after being named a …
Quandre Diggs is back from a high-ankle sprain to start a playoff game for the first time in his five-year career. The Seahawks’ defense is blessed having the key free safety back. Diggs, the brother of Chargers' great Quentin Jammer, faces the Chargers for only the second time. Quandre Diggs found out early last week that the Seattle Seahawks wanted him to start at free safety against the San Francisco 49ers. The trade immediately gives Seattle added depth at both safety spots and at the nickel position, areas of need for this team now more than ever with injuries plaguing both Bradley McDougald and Lano Hill. Diggs had his career high of 10 tackles in one of those games. Make Rodgers get the ball out sooner than he wants to.