A day after Quandre Diggs was traded from the Detroit Lions to the Seattle Seahawks, the former Lions’ team captain was in Seattle to talk about how it all went down.
Diggs said he was “blindsided” by the trade and that he will miss his teammates in Detroit but it is time to move on.
Newest Seattle DB Quandre Diggs and his great friend Tyler Lockett reunited today with #Seahawks. Diggs talking about him reaction to shocking trade by the Lions of their team captain. @thenewstribune pic.twitter.com/0nfIPYdBGF
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) October 23, 2019
Quandre Diggs was very surprised to be traded. Says he was taking a nap with his daughter when his phone started blowing up, and his agent said he’d be headed to Seattle. Says he then spoke with the Lions and that was that. pic.twitter.com/PTDoLWKnCl
— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) October 23, 2019
Newest #Seahawks DB Quandre Diggs: “I was blindsided” by Lions trading him. Says being a Lions team captain was a big deal to him, that he worked his tail off to reach that point.
It’s obvious there will be emotional adjustment for him for weeks, in addition to learning D pic.twitter.com/A0f2SWwC9B
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) October 23, 2019