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Trevon Diggs had some thoughts about the Cowboys reducing his salary ahead of training camp.
For a football team who has had their first football practice of training camp, the Dallas Cowboys sure do have a whole lot of non-football things going on with them.
During the team’s annual press conference to kick off camp on Monday, team owner/president/general manager Jerry Jones stoked a few flames relative to Micah Parsons, Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele. These situations are all different from one another as are the players who they involve.
With regards to Diggs, he is arguably the best cornerback on the team when healthy. He has had exceptional highs while wearing the Cowboys uniform and they believed more were ahead when they gave him a contract extension two years ago.
The contract that Diggs signed has been a high point of conversation given one portion of it. Diggs did not meet the requirement for offseason training with the Cowboys specifically, and the team held the right to reduce his financial figures by $500,000, which they did. Diggs spoke to NFL Network’s Jane Slater (so did Micah Parsons) following Tuesday’s practice.
Diggs said in the conversation that he was upset about the situation and that the team was aware of him putting in the work needed. As true as that may be, the contract said what it did when everybody signed it. The Cowboys front office has several things that we would all do and adjust, but they have legitimate ground to stand on in terms of their Diggs decision.
Obviously, it makes sense for Diggs to be upset about it, but the rules are what they are (for lack of a better way to put it). That didn’t stop him from also offering some thoughts on social media.
If we are trying to read the writing on the wall then the Cowboys may feel like 2025 is their last season with Diggs on their team. After all, Jerry Jones was rather pointed in openly questioning the deal that the team gave him two years ago as mentioned.
Diggs’ final words to Slater were that the energy around training camp was great and that everyone is in a good mood, so for all intents and purposes this matter appears to be one that everybody is moving on from.
