GREEN BAY — Trevon Diggs’ time with the Green Bay Packers ended up being much shorter than he’d hoped.

Claimed on waivers from the Dallas Cowboys shortly before the team’s Jan. 4 regular-season finale at Minnesota, the veteran cornerback was released by the team on Tuesday, having played 33 defensive snaps against the Vikings and just one in the Packers’ season-ending NFC first-round playoff loss to the Chicago Bears.

While Diggs had insisted upon his arrival that he was taking a day-by-day approach as he tried to quickly learn the defensive playbook and acclimate himself to his new environment, he did admit that he viewed Green Bay as a place where he could reinvent himself after a few down seasons.

After things went sideways toward the end of his time with the Cowboys, Diggs was excited to play with his closest friend in Dallas, defensive end Micah Parsons, and two ex-Alabama teammates in safety Xavier McKinney and running back Josh Jacobs.

“I want to be here as long as they want me to be here. For sure,” Diggs said at the time. “I’ve got relationships here already, and I would love to call this place home.”

By claiming Diggs off waivers — as the only team to put in a claim for him, it’s worth noting — the Packers inherited what remained of his existing contract. Although no guaranteed money was left on the three years and $57 million still on his deal, he was set to earn a $14.5 million base salary next season — a number the Packers surely would have restructured had he returned.

That general manager Brian Gutekunst chose to move on from him despite less-than-stellar depth at cornerback indicates the Packers didn’t see him as viable option to improve the position.

In 2021, Diggs had led the NFL in interceptions (11) and was a first-team All-Pro. But at the time of his release by the Cowboys, opposing quarterbacks had completed 17 of 22 passes (77.3%) for 270 yards with four touchdowns (157.2 rating) when targeting him.

He was targeted three times during his brief time with the Packers, allowing two completions for 30 yards.

“He can help us tremendously,” McKinney said upon Diggs’ arrival. “He can get the ball, and I think that’s one thing that we’re missing obviously is getting the ball at a high rate. And I think he can be the guy that comes in and really helps us with that. In that way, I think it’s going to be a big help for us.”

Diggs is once again subject to waivers, and in the unlikely event that one of the NFL’s other 27 teams whose seasons are over does claim him, he wouldn’t be awarded until after the Super Bowl.

But if he goes unclaimed, he would be a free agent and could sign with the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos or New England Patriots if they felt they needed cornerback help.

Meanwhile, Diggs’ release leaves the Packers with Keisean Nixon, Carrington Valentine, Nate Hobbs, Kamal Hadden, Bo Melton, late-season practice-squad call-ups Shemar Bartholomew and Jaylin Simpson, and futures contract signee Tyron Herring at the position.

The Packers signed two more players to futures deals on Tuesday as well: Defensive lineman Jaden Crumedy and quarterback Kyle McCord.

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