Trevon Diggs: Dr. Death, CB, The Best of Times
We close this out with perhaps my favorite football film of all time: “The Best of Times.” Anyone who played the game, at any level, probably has that moment they would love to have back. That is the plot line running through this Robin Williams comedy. Williams, as Jack Dundee, had a chance to deliver a huge play for Taft High School during his senior year. Taft finally had a chance to beat their bitter rivals Bakersfield, led by quarterback Reno Hightower. But on the game’s final play Dundee drops what would have been the game-winner.
Now living as an unhappy, middle-aged banker working for his father-in-law – who just happens to be Bakersfield’s biggest booster – Dundee wants one final shot at redemption. So he convinces everyone in town for a rematch of that final game, hoping to get his shot at one more big play.
Standing in his way? A fearsome press cornerback named “Dr. Death.”
Trevon Diggs does not have the…colorful past that Dr. Death brings to the reunion game, but in this class of cornerbacks he is perhaps the best press corner to be found. As Pro Football Focus described him in their draft guide: “There are long corners and then there’s Trevon Diggs. He looks like he missed his calling as a defensive specialist in the NBA. Diggs’ ability to end wide receivers at the line of scrimmage is something that NFL teams are going to love.”
Something that looks like this I bet:
Well, for his sake hopefully without the final play.