Two years removed from signing a five-year, $97 million extension with the Dallas Cowboys, released by Dallas and then by the Green Bay Packers in a span of months, and coming off a 2025 season in which he recorded zero interceptions and zero passes defensed in nine appearances.
He is 27 years old.
He has an 11-interception season on his resume that remains the most by any player in a single campaign in the last four decades.
And he still does not have a job for 2026.
Multiple analysts have identified the Washington Commanders as his most logical landing spot, with Greg Auman of Fox Sports making the prediction, describing Diggs as a wild card worth the risk for the right team.
The right team, in most assessments, is Washington. The reason is the man standing on the opposite sideline from the Cowboys' complex where Diggs spent his best years.
The Dan Quinn Connection
Dan Quinn served as the Dallas Cowboys' defensive coordinator from 2021 through 2023, the exact window that produced Diggs' career peak.
Under Quinn's aggressive zone-heavy scheme, Diggs earned first-team All-Pro honors in 2021 and followed it with a second consecutive Pro Bowl selection in 2022.
Quinn built a defense specifically designed to let corners like Diggs take calculated risks in coverage, reading quarterback eyes and jumping routes, with deep safety help to protect against the inevitable mistakes that come with that style.
🚨🚨 Washington #Commanders are expected to show interest in former #Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs.
— NFL Rumors (@nflrums) May 2, 2026
Dan Quinn is close with Diggs and help lead him to one of his best seasons. #RaiseHail pic.twitter.com/B0CysgaSHT
Diggs thrived in it in a way he never fully replicated once Quinn left for Washington after the 2023 season.
A torn ACL in 2023 cost him most of that year. The recovery process lingered into 2024 and 2025, and with Quinn no longer calling the defensive concepts that maximized his strengths, Diggs looked like a different player.
The argument for Washington is that the system is still there.
Quinn now runs the entire defense as head coach, with new defensive coordinator Daronte Jones continuing the aggressive coverage principles that defined the Cowboys' best defensive years.
What Washington's Secondary Actually Looks Like
The Commanders' cornerback depth chart entering the offseason read as Trey Amos, Mike Sainristil, Amik Robertson, and Ahkello Witherspoon.
Robertson was signed to a two-year, $16 million deal as an early priority, and the Commanders did not select a cornerback in the 2026 draft.
Pro Football Focus graded Washington as the third-worst coverage team in the NFL last season, and the secondary improvement has been a stated organizational priority heading into 2026.
Diggs, who would command something near the league minimum given his recent history, would have essentially no financial downside.
The Packers released Trevon Diggs earlier this offseason, but he’s still wearing a Packers hoodie while working out with Micah Parsons (via Parsons’ IG) pic.twitter.com/a1LaUfSmcT
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) March 25, 2026
He is a ball hawk by nature, and if even a fraction of the player who intercepted 11 passes in 2021 still exists, he becomes the most dangerous corner on Washington's roster.
The risk is the same thing that has made teams hesitant all offseason. He did not record a single pass defensed in 2025. The injuries have been severe and cumulative.
No one knows if the reunion with Quinn's system fixes what has been broken, or if those two years of decline have permanently changed what Diggs is capable of.
What is clear is that Washington has the positional need, the salary cap space, and the coaching connection to make the bet at an absolute minimum of financial risk.
The question is whether GM Adam Peters decides to make the call.
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