The Packers claimed cornerback Trevon Diggs off waivers from the Cowboys.
The Cowboys released Diggs on Tuesday for what coach Brian Schottenheimer called “a culmination of multiple factors,” including performance and off-field issues.
The Packers will owe Diggs $472,000 in base salary for Week 18, plus $58,823 if he is active this week. Diggs, though, has no guaranteed money on his deal after this season.
Diggs played eight games this season, totaling 27 tackles, one tackle for loss and two pressures. He did not have a pass breakup or an interception.
He rejoins his best friend, edge rusher Micah Parsons, in Green Bay, though Parsons underwent season-ending surgery on his ACL this week.
Diggs made first-team All-Pro in 2021 when he led the league with 11 interceptions for 142 yards and two touchdowns. He made his second Pro Bowl in 2022, when he intercepted three passes. He has only three interceptions in the three seasons since.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love is on the mend, but he remains in concussion protocol as Green Bay begins its practice week.
Love will participate in Wednesday’s session, head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters in his press conference.
“He still has yet to be cleared, but he’ll practice,” LaFleur said.
Love suffered his concussion during the Dec. 20 loss to Chicago and did not play in Week 17.
With Green Bay already locked into the NFC’s No. 7 seed, it seems unlikely that Love will play Sunday’s regular-season finale against Minnesota. But LaFleur did not make that official when speaking to reporters on Wednesday.
“Well let’s just get through the week and see where we’re at,” LaFleur said. “Here’s what I told the team: We have 53 spots on our roster. You can have two call-ups. You have 48 dressed on gameday, so there’s going to be some starters that aren’t going to play. There’s, shoot, they might not suit up, they might suit up. And then you’re going to have some starters that are going to play.
“Basically, you guys will find out on Sunday who’s playing.”
In 15 games this season, Love has completed 66.3 percent of his passes for 3,381 yards with 23 touchdowns and six interceptions.
Backup quarterback Malik Willis also will be limited on Wednesday after aggravating his shoulder injury against Baltimore on Saturday.
With two quarterbacks injured, the Packers signed Desmond Ridder to their practice squad on Wednesday. LaFleur said, “We’ll find out,” when asked what the former Falcons third-round pick can give the team.
“Luckily for all of us, he’s had experience in similar systems in regards to, shoot, he was with Vegas last year with [Luke] Getsy,” LaFleur said. “He’s been in Atlanta with Arthur Smith and Arthur and I have obviously worked together before [with the Titans]. So, there is some common language, I would say.
“I know just talking to him, he was in Minnesota and I’m sure that Kevin [O’Connell’s] got some common language that we use that dates back to when we were, at separate times, with Sean [McVay] in L.A. So, he seems like a smart guy and we’ll see how fast he can pick it up.”
Green Bay’s first injury report of the week is slated to drop later on Wednesday.
Desmond Ridder could close out the regular season in a Packers uniform.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Packers are signing Ridder to their practice squad on Wednesday. Ridder joins the team as they head into a Week 18 game against the Vikings that will have no bearing on their playoff seed as they are locked into the No. 7 spot in the NFC.
Jordan Love did not play in Week 17 because of a concussion and Malik Willis has been dealing with a right shoulder injury, which left Clayton Tune as the only healthy quarterback in the organization. If the Packers decline to play Love and Willis, both Tune and Ridder would come up from the practice squad.
Ridder has spent time on the Vikings’ active roster and practice squad this season, but has not appeared in any games. He made one start for the Raiders last season and 17 starts for the Falcons in his first two NFL seasons.
The Packers made several roster moves ahead of this week’s final regular season game.
In addition to the previously reported waiver claim of defensive lineman Jonathan Ford, they have signed cornerbacks Shemar Bartholomew and Jaylin Simpson to the active roster. Both players were on their practice squad.
Bartholomew appeared in four games for the Panthers last season while Simpson, a 2024 Colts fifth-rounder, has never played in a regular season game.
They made room for three roster moves to make room for the new arrivals. Cornerback Kamal Hadden and defensive lineman Jordon Riley have been placed on injured reserve while defensive lineman Quinton Bohanna has been waived.
The Packers are reuniting with defensive lineman Jonathan Ford, whom the team claimed off waivers from the Bears on Monday.
Green Bay made Ford a seventh-round pick in 2022.
He was with the Packers in 2022 and 2023 and part of 2024 but did not appear in a regular-season game. The Bears claimed Ford off waivers from the Packers on Dec. 11, 2024, and he spent the rest of that season and all of this season in Chicago until Saturday when the Bears waived him.
Ford played 173 snaps on defense and 15 on special teams in 12 games with the Bears, including eight games in 2025. He totaled 13 tackles.
The Packers did not need a corresponding move since they placed linebacker Kristian Welch on injured reserve last week.
Green Bay was desperate for a defensive tackle to replace Jordon Riley, who tore his Achilles against the Ravens on Saturday. Riley was signed off the Giants’ practice squad earlier this month.
The Packers allowed 307 rushing yards against the Ravens.
