How Trevon Diggs Could Come Back to Green Bay Packers in 2026

The Green Bay Packers could really use some help at cornerback as they look to make improvements this offseason.

Going into the 2025 season with Keisean Nixon as the de facto CB1 was a bad idea, and the sour fruits of that decision popped up many times throughout this past campaign.

Nevermind the fact that Nixon was named a Pro Bowler a week or so ago. That just goes to show you how much of a joke the Pro Bowl has become.

For every single one of his 17 passes defended this past season, Nixon was caught in a bad position at least twice more. If he wasn't getting beaten, the other issue with him is that he couldn't contain himself after the whistle -- which led to multiple terrible penalties.

Now, Nixon as your CB2 and certainty as a CB3 is fine, but if he's the Packers CB1 heading into 2026, that would just say that general manager Brian Gutekunst did absolutely no work on the cornerback room this offseason.

That likely won't be the case, though. Gutekunst has to know that cornerback desperately needs an infusion of talent.

As such, the Packers have eight picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, starting in the second round, and you can make the case that at least two of those picks should go to a cornerback.

There very well could be a true CB1 lurking in the second or even third round.

In the meantime, though, the Packers could look to bolster their depth chart with what could be a no-brainer move with Trevon Diggs.

Diggs played in just two games for the Packers at the end of this season as a desperation move at cornerback after he was cut by the Dallas Cowboys. He actually didn't look terrible in the moments that he saw the field, though.

He's far from the All-Pro he used to be (that was six seasons ago now), but if the Packers could bring him back this offseason on a cheap, team-friendly deal?

They'd be smart to try to make it work.

The Packers cut Diggs shortly after the season ended because his old contract would have seen him making $14.5 million in 2026. There was no guaranteed money remaining on that deal, though, so they were able to cut him without any salary cap ramifications.

Now, they could bring him back as a free agent. 

Notably, Mark Eckel of Packer Report can see it happening.

"Trevon Diggs was never going to be a Packer in 2026 for $15 million. But on a much less, maybe even a one-year prove-it deal, it would not be a surprise to see him show up at training camp, if not sooner," Eckel wrote.

We know Diggs is good friends with Micah Parsons, so he'd likely take a team-friendly deal to actually play with him in 2026. Remember, by the time the Packers signed Diggs this past season, Parsons was already on the IR with a torn ACL.

Perhaps a one-year, $5 million deal could make sense for both sides? That's something the Packers could likely afford, and for Diggs, it's better than not playing at all in 2026.

Keep in mind, no other team expressed interest in him when he was available via a waiver claim, so the Packers could easily make the case that they're probably his best bet for a new contract.

It's not the answer at cornerback, but if you're going to add in a rookie with CB1 upside in the draft, a depth chart behind that player of Diggs, Nate Hobbs, Nixon and Carrington Valentine could absolutely work. 

This plan hinges on the Packers drafting a player they believe can start right away at cornerback. It also hinges on Diggs taking a team-friendly deal and Hobbs coming back healthy and effective in 2026.

It's a plan, though, and it's absolutely better than whatever it was that Gutekunst thought up last offseason. 

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