NFL safety Quandre Diggs is looking for work.

It’s strange to say out loud but he’s out of a job through no fault of his own.

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The Texas ex came over from Detroit in a 2019 trade and immediately revitalized what was left of Seattle’s famed Legion of Boom defense. He’s on the short list of best free safeties in the league with three consecutive Pro Bowls and 18 interceptions in his last three seasons boasting his argument.

At 31 years of age, he not only has respect of the league’s coaches but his colleagues who have voted him as one of the top 100 players in two of the last three seasons.

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Yet he received his walking papers Tuesday.

“Got fired on my day off,” he tweeted.

The numbers say the Seahawks let him go to free up $11 million in cap space — they also cut safety Jamal Adams and tight end Will Dissly — but nothing they did had anything to do with performance.

Isn’t sports supposed to be a meritocracy?

The best players get the biggest contracts and when a player outperforms his contract, he’s supposed to receive a nice salary bump.

That isn’t the case in the NFL where greedy owners have become slick operators of the salary structure, so much to the point to where elite players are getting the gate so the company can save a few bucks.

So the next time you get mad at your favorite team’s superstar for holding out to get the best deal, think about talented guys like Diggs who represented their organization with professionalism and class only to be shown the door.

He will play again, no question, but this isn't about his future, which is fine.

It's more about a way of doing business that needs to be overhauled.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas ex Quandre Diggs' release was not a performance issue