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The Cowboys and Trevon Diggs are still not on the same page.
When Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs reports to training camp Sunday, he’ll do so without $500,000 of his salary.
Team officials will deduct $500,000 from Diggs’ $9 million base salary for his failure to complete at least 84% of his offseason workouts, a person with knowledge of Diggs’ contract told The Dallas Morning News. Diggs’ agent did not respond when asked for comment about the salary deduction.
Club officials had the option of not enforcing the clause in the contract. Some players have workout clauses in their contracts as a bonus for attending a certain percentage of sessions, or a penalty for not doing so.
Instead of doing a majority of his rehab work at The Star with team medical officials, he elected to do it away from the facility. Diggs has not told the media what his issues are with the team’s medical staff.
Diggs attended the mandatory veteran minicamp in June and was examined by team doctors this offseason. Last month, Diggs said he’s doing well in rehab work and has a goal of playing in the first Cowboys’ regular season game Sept. 4 at Philadelphia. Diggs most likely will start training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list. The Cowboys have their first practice on Tuesday, July 22.
This is the huge question the Cowboys are facing.
Nick: I’ve always thought Dak and Romo are comparable players. Maybe not in their style, but definitely in the way the career has panned out. And when I think about the year Romo finished third in the MVP voting, he had DeMarco Murray rushed for 1,800 yards to win Offensive Player of the Year. Dez Bryant had over 1,300 receiving yards and led the NFL with 16 touchdown catches. My point is that if you have the help, the credit will go to the QB. So yes, Dak can return to form, if and only if he’s got some major help aound him. If two or more skill players make the Pro Bowl, then yes he will get in that discussion. That means CeeDee and maybe a big year from Ferguson, Pickens or a running back.
Kurt: The Cowboys sure need him to. They went all-in on Prescott last year with his contract extension and now desperately need him to be successful going forward if they hope to 1) get any return on their investment, and 2) make a lengthy playoff run. As Prescott goes, so goes this team. With that said, yes, I do think he can get back into the same MVP conversation he found himself in during the 2023 season. He’s no longer a true dual-threat quarterback,...
