Every NFL team’s most surprising cut candidate

Seattle Seahawks — Quandre Diggs

See that picture right above this? That’s San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle scoring a touchdown on Quandre Diggs. The Seattle Seahawks’ safety just isn’t what he used to be. Diggs has been dealing with injuries for the past few offseasons, with a major ankle injury impacting his offseason program in 2022.

It’s not all Diggs’ fault that his play dropped like it did. We mentioned the injuries, but he’s tried to do a major lift for the secondary since Jamal Adams has missed basically a season and a half. Adams signed this big contract to be the man for Seattle, and he has not lived up to it at all. He’s going down as one of the worst trades in recent memory.

Diggs was supposed to play in tandem with Adams. Now, he’s trying to do the heavy lifting. So, why wouldn’t the Seahawks just cut Adams? The issue with that is Adams has a lot of sway in the locker room, and he comes with close to $10 million in dead money. The Seahawks have a lot more value in giving Diggs another season.

Diggs might have been saved by Ryan Neal signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but this is a “surprise” cut list. This is a player that needs a strong training camp to keep his role secured. The Seahawks signed former Giants safety Julian Love this offseason, and he could very much steal the starting role from Diggs from Adams.