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Stephen Jones doubled down on the criticism of Trevon Diggs working out this offseason outside of the team facility.
The two-time Pro Bowler was surprised by the enforcement of the clause, but Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones explained Tuesday that the team believes Diggs would be closer to returning had he rehabbed with the club.
“He certainly paid a price for not being here,” Jones told 105.3 The Fan, via The Athletic’s Jon Machota, ”but we’re paying a price, too, because we felt like he might be further along had he done his rehab here. He may differ with that. But had he done his rehab here, we feel strongly that he might be further along. That’s in the best interest of the team and the organization that comes with getting a big contract, which he received.”
Diggs is currently on the physically unable to perform list and his status for the beginning of the season is unknown. He rehabbed in Miami, far from where Jones believes he should’ve been traveling on his road to recovery.
“I think a player is much better off training with us than he is somewhere else,” Jones said. “I just think the discipline to come in every day, do the work is there when they’re here. ... One thing we can do, which we will continue to do is put in every player’s contract, especially guys that we pay significant amounts of money, we expect leadership and we expect them to be here. Certainly we addressed that with Diggs.”
As Jones referred to, the Cowboys also addressed paying Diggs, signing him to a five-year, $97 million extension just over two years ago.
The Dallas Cowboys were already dealing with injuries to the cornerback position. Caelen Carson is the next player to go down for an extended period of time.
The second-year cornerback suffered a hyperextended knee in padded practice on Monday, and could miss upwards of the next two months. The timing of the injury, similarly to Guyton’s, does give him a chance at being available for the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, however, barring a setback.
That said, Carson will miss valuable time in camp and throughout the entire preseason, and at a position the Cowboys can ill afford to lose bodies.
Trevon Diggs and Josh Butler are currently on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list, and rookie third-round pick Shavon Revel is working his way from the NFI (non-football injury) list, making the loss of Carson for the remainder of camp a much bigger issue.
To try and resolve that issue, the Cowboys worked out and eventually signed Christian...
