Seattle Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs worked his way up from a sixth-round pick to team captain during his time in Detroit.
He was stunned the Lions traded him to his new team after that journey.
"I was blindsided by it honestly," Diggs said Wednesday, per Brady Henderson of ESPN.com.
Henderson noted the Lions sent Diggs and a 2021 seventh-round pick to the Seahawks in exchange for a 2020 fifth-round pick. The trade came after Detroit signed him to a contract extension and named him team captain in the last year.