The curious case of Trevon Diggs is an underrated storyline of the Dallas Cowboys 2025 season. At one time Diggs was a top-rated cornerback who was going to be a cornerstone of the Cowboys defense for the next decade. Now, he and the franchise seem to be headed for a divorce.
The acrimony between the team and Diggs really started to simmer when the team docked Diggs $5000,000 for rehabbing away from the team this offseason. Then one of Diggs’ closest friends, Micah Parsons, was traded. Diggs struggled with injury to start the year, then finally returned only to struggle on the field in Matt Eberflus’ defense. Now he is trying to return from a strange concussion injury at home that led to a stint on injured reserve.
He practiced last week, and the team could have certainly used him versus the Detroit Lions as the secondary crumbled. At least, they could have used the old Trevon Diggs. We haven’t really seen that version since before the ACL injury of years ago.
Will Diggs play next week? Will he look like he’s truly ready again, or will he be limited like he has seemed to be since the 2023 injury?
ESPN is betting on a divorce.
It has been an up-and-down year for Diggs in Dallas, complete with an injury suffered at home. The Cowboys drafted cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. in April, and while Diggs has three years and $57 million left on his contract, none of that money is guaranteed. The Cowboys would incur just $5.88 million in dead money if they released him.
Diggs has been working his way back from injury and still has a chance to show enough over the rest of the season to convince Dallas to keep him. But at this point, it’s no sure thing that they do. Diggs had 11 interceptions back in 2021, but he has only six over the past four seasons combined and last played 17 games in 2022.
The Cowboys have already signed DaRon Bland for the long term, and we know that Shavon Revel holds potential as an outside corner. Is Diggs in the Cowboys’ future past 2025? Hit the comments and let us know.
