Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire recently took at all the safeties around the league to put together his top 11 heading into the 2021 NFL season. Seattle Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs just made the list at No. 11.

“Last season, the Lions had five guys playing safety for them, and those five guys gave up a total of 13 touchdowns to just two interceptions,” Farrar writes. “They probably could have used the services of Diggs, but they traded him to the Seahawks for a fifth-round pick less than two years after giving him a three-year, $18.6 million contract extension that had him under club control through the 2021 season. Instead, Diggs was of great benefit to Seattle’s defense — especially as a deep-third defender.”

“Free safety had been a mystery position for Pete Carroll’s defense since the breakup with Earl Thomas, and Diggs put it right again in 2020, allowing 12 catches on 20 targets for 209 yards, 57 yards after the catch, three touchdowns, five interceptions, four pass breakups, and an opponent passer rating of 95.6,” Farrar continues.  “With all the talk about Jamal Adams as Seattle’s defensive ‘weapon,’ it was Diggs’ attention to the deep third that allowed Adams (and others) to move around to different roles.”

While Adams didn’t make the top 11, he did earn himself an honorable mention.