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On Tuesday, Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire released his list of the NFL’s top safeties heading into the 2022 season and Quandre Diggs of the Seattle Seahawks came in at No. 9.
“Last season, only Trevon Moehrig of the Raiders played more snaps at free safety (1,116) than Diggs’ 1,078,” Farrar writes. “When you’re on a team that plays a lot of single-high coverage (as the Seahawks do), and your strong safety is iffy in coverage (as Jamal Adams is), that’s a lot of responsibility. Diggs was just fine with that, allowing 21 catches on 30 targets for 251 yards, 67 yards after the catch, two touchdowns, five interceptions, and an opponent passer rating of 77.9.”
Doug Farrar kicks off Touchdown Wire’s NFL positional lists with the 13 best safeties in the league. https://t.co/0OQUFeCbCJ
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“The Seahawks, who originally picked Diggs up from the Lions on a 2019 trade that can only be viewed as comically bad for Detroit in retrospect, finally made Diggs somewhat whole in March with a new three-year, $40 million deal including $27 million guaranteed,” Farrar continues. “That puts Diggs in pretty good financial company among the NFL’s safeties, though the Jamal Adams contract is a comparative black eye. Without Diggs, Seattle’s secondary would have had very little to go on in 2021. That might also be the case in 2022.”
Click here to see who else made Farrar’s top safeties list for 2022.
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