{"id":385654,"date":"2026-01-01T23:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/385654\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:23:08","slug":"trevon-diggs-wants-to-make-immediate-impact-with-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/385654\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevon Diggs wants to make immediate impact with Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rob DemovskyJan 2, 2026, 08:59 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA.<\/p>\n

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Trevon Diggs<\/a> believes he can help the Green Bay Packers<\/a> — and help them right away — after being claimed off waivers<\/a> Wednesday following his release<\/a> from the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I still feel like I’m the best,” Diggs said Thursday following his first practice in Green Bay.<\/p>\n

Coach Matt LaFleur did not rule out the possibility that the former Pro Bowl cornerback could play in the regular-season finale at the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> on Sunday. The Packers lost cornerbacks Nate Hobbs<\/a> (knee) and Kamal Hadden<\/a> (ankle) in Saturday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Diggs’ production has dropped off considerably this season. He has 20 interceptions — including 11 during the 2021 season — and 63 pass breakups since he entered the NFL in 2020. In eight games this season, however, he has neither an interception nor a single pass breakup.<\/p>\n

“I think I just need to be myself, you know? Be who I know I am,” Diggs said. “Go out there and perform, and performing everything will take care of itself. I’m not chasing accolades. I’m not chasing anything. I’m chasing, you know, being a better me, being better every day … helping this team win.”<\/p>\n

Diggs said he’s embracing a fresh start following his time in Dallas.<\/p>\n

“It feels good, you know?” Diggs said. “I want to be comfortable with being uncomfortable being somewhere that I’ve never been before. Just starting over, starting fresh, a clean slate, and just working, and keeping my head down, and just working.”<\/p>\n

In Green Bay, Diggs will be reunited with former Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons<\/a>. Although Parsons sustained a season-ending knee injury last month, he is expected to return to Green Bay after undergoing ACL surgery in Los Angeles earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Diggs said Parsons told him things are different here than with the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

“He told me, you know, it’s work,” Diggs said. “It’s a lot different. He said I’m going to like it a lot and I’m going to enjoy it. So far, I’ve been enjoying it a lot. My first day was out there today, and I had a lot of fun. And it’s a great, great thing to be here.”<\/p>\n

Diggs also was reunited with Packers safety Xavier McKinney<\/a>, his former college teammate at Alabama.<\/p>\n

“He can help us tremendously,” McKinney said. “He can get the ball, and I think that’s one thing that we’re missing, obviously, is getting the ball at a high rate. And I think he can be the guy that comes in and really helps us with that. In that way, I think it’s going to be a big help for us.”<\/p>\n

The question is how soon Diggs can do that. Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said he’d like to get Diggs some snaps against the Vikings before heading into the postseason.<\/p>\n

“With the playoffs right around the corner,” Hafley said, “we’ve got to get him up to speed fast.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rob DemovskyJan 2, 2026, 08:59 AM CloseRob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-385654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}