On October 17, the Dallas Cowboys two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs walked into the team’s practice facility in Frisco, Texas, exhibiting symptoms of a concussion. He was diagnosed by medical staff and sent home, as well as placed in the NFL’s concussion protocol.
The circumstances that led to the apparent head injury for the 27-year-old Diggs â younger brother of New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs â were unclear at the time, and more than a week later remain unclear. Coach Brian Schottenheimer said only that Diggs had experienced some sort of “accident” at his home the previous evening.
On Friday of this week, Schottenheimer said that the team had become aware of what happened to Diggs, but he would not make the information public unless Diggs chose to do so himself, according to ESPN reporter Todd Archer.
What is certain, however, is that Diggs was ruled out of last weekend’s home game against the Washington Commanders â won by Dallas with a 44-22 margin â and that the team also ruled him out of Sunday’s late afternoon showdown in the Mile High City against the Denver Broncos, a game that will be televised to most the country in the CBS network’s 4:25 p.m. Eastern time slot.
Diggs Placed on IR
The Cowboys made the decision to rule Diggs out of the Denver game on Friday. On Saturday, the team made an even more fateful decision â placing the six year veteran on the injured reserve list.
The decision means that Diggs must miss at least the next four games, including Sunday’s Denver matchup. How many games Diggs will actually end up missing this season remains to be seen, but it will be a minimum of five.
That means 2025 will mark the third consecutive season in which Diggs has missed at least five games for his team. He sat out all but two games in 2023 with a torn ACL, and missed another six in 2024 as the knee continued to cause problems for him.
Knee a Factor in Cowboys Diggs Decision
According to longtime Cowboys insider Ed Werder, in a report on Saturday, the continued effects of the two-year-old knee injury were also a factor in the decision to send Diggs to IR.
“While Trevon Diggs missed last weekâs game because of a concussion, Iâm told it was residual problems with his right knee that prompted the Cowboys to place him on IR today,” Werder wrote. “Team source says they want to get him healthy and (the Cowboys are) not that deep at corner so his eventual return (is) possible.”
Werder’s optimism about Diggs “eventual return” was not shared throughout the Cowboys mediasphere, however. According to Richard Louis of the Dallas sports site SportDFW, the latest decision to sideline Diggs could spell the end of his Cowboys career.
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“Back in 2023, Diggs and Dallas agreed on a five-year, $97 million extension, but it looks like a disaster in retrospect,” Louis wrote. “He hasn’t been able to stay healthy, and patience is starting to wear thin in the Lone Star State. … With frustration continuing to rise in Dallas, this latest injury likely means Diggs’ tenure in Dallas will come to an end sooner rather than later.”
Owner Jerry Jones, who would be the ultimate decision-maker when it comes to Diggs’ future in Dallas, expressed his own frustration with the 2020 second-round draft pick, when asked about Diggs by reporters earlier this week.
âThereâs no reason to dwell on it anymore,â Jones said, asked about Diggs’ injury by the Dallas Morning News. “I donât know the status of Diggs as we move forward, but I feel better about being able to play if we donât have him out there.â
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