It didn’t take long for former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs to find a new home with a contender.
Diggs was claimed by the Green Bay Packers off waivers on December 31 — just one day after he was released by the Cowboys.
“Sources: Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs is joining the Packers,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport wrote on X. “An addition before the playoffs.”
Diggs, who signed a 5-year, $97 million contract extension in July 2023 but has only played in 19 regular-season games since then, including missing 8 games this season following a mysterious, at-home accident that he later said came from a television falling on his head as he tried to mount it on an outdoor patio.
The final straw for the Cowboys came when Diggs asked to stay in the Washington D.C. area and spend Christmas with his family after a game against the Washington Commanders on Christmas Day — Diggs is from that area — and not fly home on the team plane.
The Cowboys refused his request and Diggs stayed in the D.C. area anyways.
” … Things can get spun but bottom line? Team wanted him to return back with team postgame to Dallas and fly back to Washington area on his own,” The NFL Network’s Jane Slater wrote on X hours before news broke of Diggs signing with the Packers. “He didn’t. That clearly pushed an already tenuous situation but the end was inevitable and he ultimately made a choice and the team made theirs but it doesn’t mean he’s a liar.”
Second Cowboys All-Pro to Green Bay This Season
It’s the second time this season that a former Cowboys All-Pro has landed in Green Bay.
The Packers and Cowboys pulled off one of the biggest blockbuster trades in NFL history shortly before the regular season when Dallas traded perennial All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Packers in exchange for a pair of first round draft picks and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
Parsons tore his ACL late in the season and is out for the year.
The Packers are 9-6-1 and have clinched a spot in the NFC Playoffs. The Cowboys are 7-8-1 and have been eliminated from the postseason for the second consecutive season.
Relationship With Cowboys Soured in 2025
Diggs, the younger brother of New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs, was one of the most dominant cornerbacks in the early stages of his career but after injuries dismantled his time on the field, off-field issues seemed to finish the job.
From ESPN: “If a team were to claim Diggs off waivers, it would be on the hook for the $472,000 he is due in base salary for Week 18, plus $58,823 if he is active this week, according to ESPN’s Field Yates. Diggs has no guaranteed money on his deal beyond this season. The Cowboys had problems with how Diggs rehabbed in each of the past two years. The club enforced a $500,000 base salary de-escalator for 2025 when he failed to take part in 84% of the team’s voluntary offseason program. He chose to do his rehab work in South Florida instead of under the supervision of the team’s athletic training staff.”
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