While the Seattle Seahawks try to make sense of their quarterback situation, they shored up a critical component of their defense on Monday, agreeing to terms with safety Quandre Diggs on a three-year deal worth $40 million, according to Ian Rapoport.
The #Seahawks have agreed to terms with one of their: Safety Quandre Diggs gets a 3-year deal worth $40M, source said. Seattle retains a key defender.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 14, 2022
The Seahawks traded a fifth-round pick to the Detroit Lions for Diggs in 2019 and he has since blossomed into one of the top safeties in the NFL. He’s coming off a season in which he had a career-high 94 total tackles, 66 solo tackles, and five interceptions. Diggs has also been selected for the Pro Bowl in the last two years and the 29-year-old appears to be in the prime of his NFL career. No wonder the Seahawks wanted to lock him up for the foreseeable future.
At the end of the 2021 season, Diggs suffered a dislocated ankle and a broken right fibula during a game, but he is expected to be ready to play in 2022.
The Seahawks are going to look very different in 2022 now that quarterback Russell Wilson and linebacker Bobby Wagner are both gone. But building a defense around players like Diggs is a good start and the news of his new deal was received positively in NFL circles.
The Quandre Diggs deal is a rare (of late) total personnel win for the Seahawks. They absolutely stole him from the Lions, and then got him for market value or below given his talent.
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) March 14, 2022
huge, one of the best safeties in the league – his play goes unnoticed but he's been a playmaker for the seahawks
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 14, 2022
Well deserved payday for Seattle’s top defensive playmaker https://t.co/Qd1iRi9wyp
— Joe Fann (@Joe_Fann) March 14, 2022
Key move for the #Seahawks. https://t.co/ukN3uLgB2n
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) March 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/charliereachplc/status/1503419700155404290
It might be rebuilding time in Seattle this season, but having Diggs on hand will make Seahawks fans a little better about the immediate future of the franchise.
