Seahawks Winners and Losers: Cowboys Ex Trevon Diggs Makes Immediate Impact vs. Chiefs

The Seattle Seahawks didn't need Trevon Diggs to prove anything Friday night.

Nine days into his Seattle career, he gave them something anyway.

Diggs' first interception as a Seahawk highlighted a defensive performance that kept the Kansas City Chiefs out of the end zone all night, while Jalen Milroe bounced back from a rough outing against Tennessee to give Seattle plenty to like on offense.

There were still problems.

Seattle committed penalties at seemingly every opportunity, its kick coverage surrendered one of the biggest plays of the night and Jason Myers missed another extra point before failing to convert a potential game-winner.

The result was a 9-9 tie.

Here are three winners and three losers from Seattle's preseason finale.

It took Diggs nine days.

Seattle signed the veteran cornerback less than two weeks before its preseason finale, and Kansas City didn't wait long to test him.

That didn't work out particularly well.

The Chiefs had reached the Seattle 30 in the first quarter when Garrett Nussmeier tried Xavier Worthy down the left side. Diggs intercepted the pass at the Seattle 14, ending Kansas City's most promising possession to that point.

The unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty afterward wasn't exactly part of the plan.

Everything before it was.

Seattle added former Dallas Cowboys DB Diggs because of what he can potentially bring to its secondary when the games start counting.

Nine days later … it already got a glimpse.

This looked a whole lot different than Tennessee.

Milroe threw two interceptions against the Titans, including one on Seattle's final opportunity to tie or win the game.

Friday wasn't perfect. Milroe fumbled twice, losing one, and Seattle's offense struggled to consistently finish drives.

But the flashes were much brighter.

Milroe connected with Cody White for 40 yards and Elijah Arroyo for 24 in the first quarter. He later led a 12-play, 77-yard touchdown drive, finding Nick Vannett for Seattle's only touchdown.

Then he got one more chance.

Seattle took over at its own 20 with 3:40 remaining, and Milroe's 30-yard completion to Emmett Henderson helped put the Seahawks in position for a potential game-winning field goal.

Milroe couldn't kick it for them.

He did just about everything else Seattle needed on that final possession.

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Seattle's defense was a winner against Tennessee.

It might have been even better against Kansas City.

The Chiefs never reached the end zone.

Kansas City drove to the Seattle 6 in the second quarter and settled for three points. It reached the 1 in the fourth quarter with an opportunity to take the lead … and Seattle stuffed Brashard Smith on third-and-1 before forcing another field goal.

Three Kansas City scoring drives.

Nine points.

Seattle's defense wasn't perfect, but it spent four quarters making sure its mistakes never became touchdowns.

That's a pretty good way to finish the preseason.

One rough preseason game can be ignored pretty easily.

Two starts looking a little different.

Myers missed an extra point and a 44-yard field goal against Tennessee. Friday, he converted a 46-yard field goal in the first quarter before missing another extra point following Seattle's only touchdown.

That miss eventually mattered.

Seattle gave Myers an opportunity to win the game from 52 yards with three seconds remaining.

Wide right.

Nobody is going to remember a missed game-winner in a preseason tie once the regular season begins.

Seattle would probably prefer Myers doesn't give it another reason to remember these last two games.

Seattle spent Friday night making things harder than they needed to be.

A holding penalty backed up the Seahawks on their first scoring drive. Another erased a Milroe rushing touchdown in the third quarter.

There was Diggs' unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty after his interception, an illegal shift, multiple false starts and another fourth-quarter holding penalty that helped stall a possession.

Some of them Seattle overcame.

Others it didn't.

Preseason football is supposed to provide opportunities to clean this stuff up before the games matter.

Seattle certainly gave itself plenty to clean up.

Seattle finally broke a scoreless tie midway through the first quarter.

Kansas City needed one play to make that feel a whole lot less important.

Brashard Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 57 yards to the Seattle 46, immediately handing the Chiefs the field position they needed to answer.

The defense bailed Seattle out, holding Kansas City to a 28-yard field goal.

That doesn't make the return disappear.

Seattle already had enough self-inflicted problems Friday without giving Kansas City nearly half a field for free.

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