"I've been through injuries before, I've been through offseason rehabs before, so for me it's just another obstacle that I'll push through and get through and come back better," Diggs said. "I've got a broken bone; it's not like I tore an ACL or Achilles or anything. I've got a broken leg, and with my ankle it's just the same as if I would have had ankle surgery—guys get ankle surgery every offseason. It's just one of those things, a four to five-month recovery where, by the time training camp rolls around, I'll be 100 percent ready to go."
Diggs' positive mindset has been buoyed these past two-plus weeks since the injury by a number of factors, from the outpouring of support that came from fans, teammates and players around the league immediately after the injury, to the support of his teammates and family, to the surprise birthday party his girlfriend threw for him this past weekend, one that was attended by teammates Tyler Lockett and Marquise Blair, who made the trip to Dallas for the occasion.
"I'm blessed, man. I played the most snaps in the NFL in the regular season this year," Diggs said. "I've got great people around me, great family, great friends. I just celebrated a birthday—my girlfriend threw me a big surprise birthday party. I have a lot of positivity around me, and I have a lot of great people around me, so for me, there's no need to really stress when I've already handled everything I can handle on my side of things. So I've just got to bounce back."
The immediate reaction to the injury from players around the league—whether in the form of social media well wishes, or an emotional postgame press conference by friend and former University of Texas teammate Adrian Phillips—provided a good reminder of just how respected and loved Diggs is as both a player and a person, not just in his own locker room, but also around the league. And while Diggs would gladly have traded that outpouring of love for a healthy offseason, he did appreciate all of the recognition.
"It's big being able to know you have the respect around the league from your peers, those guys look at you as one of the best in the world and they respect you for just being a real guy, being who I am every day," he said. "That's the dope part for me, that's all I've ever wanted in this league is just to be respected by my peers and be respected by my coaches. I've never cared about the accomplishments and all of that, but being respected, that's all you can ask for in your career."
And for anyone who has followed the Seahawks since Diggs arrived in Seattle in a 2019 trade, it came as no surprise that no one was there for Diggs quite like teammate and longtime friend Tyler Lockett.
Lockett and Diggs knew of each other in high school due to a friendship between Diggs' brother, Quintin Jammer, and Lockett's uncle, Aaron Lockett, then they were competitors in college, facing each other in the Big 12, and through those connections they eventually formed a close friendship that only grew when they became teammates in Seattle.
After Seattle's win in Arizona, Lockett was one of a handful of teammates who asked if he could stay behind with Diggs rather than fly back to Seattle with the team. Riding in a rental car with a member of the team's PR staff, Lockett went from the stadium to the hospital to be with Diggs, then joined Diggs for the trip to Green Bay for the surgery.
"Lock stayed throughout the surgery," Diggs said. "We were going to move our flights, and he was moving his flight to stay as long as we were going to stay. That's just the type of dude he is."
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