If we pay him $13 Million per year, for 4 years, we're getting a steal. He's better than a lot of the highest paid Safeties.
IMHO, Diggs is THE most important DB on the team as he protects from the deep ball. We've seen that with his Interceptions, year after year. He's not an All Pro because he played for the Lions, and then in South Alaska. He'll get the recognition in next year's vote.
And, just as important, he's a Go-Getter that pushes his team mates to be better. He raises the levels of everyone around him.
I think it was Ryan Neal that said "Quandre has said some pretty mean things to me, but it was out of Love, and it worked, He helped my improve my play." This is what people mean when they say "He's like a coach on the field!" A coach must know which buttons to push to get the most out of his players.
If you watch any of the NFLN shows on Bill Parcells, he was a master at button pushing. Even Bill Belicheck who was Parcell's Defensive Coordinator, said so. Bill P. would push Bill B's buttons to get the most out of him. And look at how well that's worked.
I would pay Quandre $15 Million, and would seriously consider $16 million if I could manipulate the cap a little. Remember, what the pundits announce when a contract is signed, is not really what they end up with. You always look at the "Guarantees" and the "Voidable Year."
As it stands, Wagner is a potential cap casualty; he has a cap hit of over $20 million in the final year of his current contract and the Seahawks could save $16.6 million in cap space by releasing him, according to Spotrac.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/seahawk ... 17328.html
SPOTRAC:
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/seattle-sea ... gner-9857/
So like Neon Deion is so fond of saying "Pay Da Man!"