Quandre Diggs got traded by the Detroit Lions to the Seattle Seahawks for a fifth-round pick on Tuesday. The move came from seemingly out of nowhere, and the return compensation for the beloved Lions team captain is a lot lower than expected…if anyone had expected such a move at all.
To say the Lions who played with Quandre Diggs both past and present are mystified and upset with the move is an understatement. Some of the best reactions came from Twitter, where the incredulity met with anger.
First, Diggs himself reacted with perhaps the best use of the frantic Kermit GIF ever:
Damon Harrison came to the Lions in a similar move a year ago from the New York Giants. Now he’s on the other side and doesn’t get the move,
Darius Slay, who is close friends with Diggs, got a little more profane…
T.J. Lang doesn’t see the logic in dealing the team’s captain away either,
Not everyone was angry. Tyrell Crosby showed some love to his now-former teammate:
