GREEN BAY — When you’ve intercepted 11 passes in one year — only 13 players in NFL history have had more in a single season, and four of them are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame — and been a first-team All-Pro, playing 33 largely uneventful snaps in a game that your own team wasn’t exactly trying to win doesn’t rank all that high on your career résumé.

But for Trevon Diggs, who believes he can make a difference during what the Green Bay Packers are hoping will be an extended playoff run, those snaps in Sunday’s 16-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the regular-season finale were a vital first step in the process.

“It went good. It was a great vibe. I had a great time,” said Diggs, who joined the Packers after being claimed on waivers from the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday, had three practices with his new team on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and was on the field for his new team on Sunday. “Everything was flowing. Everything was fresh, but it was good and I enjoyed it a lot.

“[Before the game], I was looking in the mirror [at my] new jersey. I was like, ‘This is pretty cool.’ I feel good in it.”

Upon his arrival in Green Bay, Diggs was both excited about his fresh start and realistic about it — “I want to be here as long as they want me to be here, and I would love to call this place home,” he said, knowing nothing is guaranteed — while unsure of what his role might be in the postseason.

“I’m here to help these guys win, however way that they need me, whatever way,” Diggs said. “I’m available. I’m ready.”

The thing is, the Packers aren’t exactly sure how they’ll utilize him, either.

“I think everything’s up for discussion,” head coach Matt LaFleur said after the game.

The Packers claimed Diggs after losing cornerbacks Nate Hobbs and Kamal Hadden to season-ending injuries that landed them on injured reserve after the team’s Dec. 27 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

Hobbs had been in and out of the lineup all season — partly due to injuries and  partly because of performance — but Hadden was on the field against the Ravens because the coaches had benched starter Carrington Valentine after some shoddy tackling in that game. Hadden’s physical play led directly to an ankle injury so gruesome that it required an air case and the cart came onto the field to get him.

While Valentine was among the healthy players LaFleur held out of the game, an indication that he remains the starter opposite Keisean Nixon, Nixon actually started the game and played five defensive snaps opposite Diggs.

And LaFleur refused to rule out the possibility that Diggs could start Saturday night’s NFC wild card playoff game between the seventh-seeded Packers (9-7-1) and the second-seeded Chicago Bears (11-6) at Soldier Field in Chicago.

“Certainly, I think it was good for him to just hear some of the calls, get acclimated with our defense,” LaFleur said. “I think we can build on that going into this week.”

Diggs had three years left on the five-year, $97 million extension he’d signed with the Cowboys, which meant the Packers paid him $472,222 plus an additional $58,823 game-by-game roster bonus for his debut against the Vikings.

But none of the remaining three years and $57 million in his deal are guaranteed, which means Diggs could earn the right to stick around in 2026 if he adds what some of his teammates — and not just defensive end Micah Parsons, his teammate in Dallas, or safety Xavier McKinney, his college teammate at Alabama — believe could be a valuable presence in the back end.

“He learned the game plan in, damn, three days. I think he came in here and did pretty good and adapted well,” safety Javon Bullard said. “He’s a player. He’s an All-Pro corner. It ain’t like we got some slouch. We got an All-Pro corner.

“He played how we expect him to play. He’s a damn good player, and we’re excited to have him on our team.”

The feeling is mutual for Diggs, after injuries and inconsistent play derailed him during the past few seasons in Dallas.

“It’s about growing. Every year just adding more to my game. However I need to play and whatever I need to do, I’m going to do it — whether that’s tackling or getting the ball, locking receivers down; however I need to play.

“Green Bay is a wonderful place. It feels like a family here. These guys, I have a lot of my old teammates here and everything feels tight. I’m clicking with all the guys. It’s perfect.”

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