It’s not often you see an owner or general manager call out numerous players during a training camp press conference. But it’s also not often that person operates as both — and that would be the case for one Jerral Wayne Jones.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Cowboys figurehead had a few players in his crosshairs, one of whom was Cowboys star cornerback Trevon Diggs whose missed 21 games over the last two seasons due to injury.
Jones and Dallas chose to dock Diggs half a million dollars for his decision to rehab his knee injury away from the team at the end of last year — something Jerry defended at the top of the week.
“He didn’t earn it; he didn’t come,” Jones argued. “That’s in his contract that he doesn’t get that unless he’s going to be here. … Those are contractual things as Stephen said. It would be very detrimental to the team not to abide by the agreement.”
“We expect a player paid like Trevon to be here all the time. We expect him to be leading. That’s not new … It’s important to have the right body language in every respect when you are one of the rare, rare financially paid and gifted players. You’ve got to have some leadership about you.”
Jerry’s statements obviously got back to Diggs who fielded questions at practice about the $500K loss.
Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs on being docked pay for not working out enough at The Star in the offseason: "I didn't expect that. It kind of hurt my feelings. It's OK, though, hopefully I make it back in incentives."
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“I didn’t expect that. It kind of hurt my feelings,” the two-time Pro Bowler admitted, via The Athletic’s Jon Machota. “It’s OK, though, hopefully I make it back in incentives.”
Diggs is beginning the season on the PUP list with no current timetable for his return. However, the 26-year-old maintains he’s “very happy” in Dallas.
Trevon has dealt with knee issues in back-to-back years after emerging as a big-time playmaker on Dallas’ backend and signing a five-year, $97 million extension in July of 2023.
