FRISCO, Texas — To these on the surface wanting in, the Dallas Cowboys‘ resolution to launch two-time Professional Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs on Tuesday could seem abrupt. Nevertheless, this dissention between Diggs and the group has been brewing for a while.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer acknowledged as a lot on Wednesday.
“It was actually an accumulation of a number of elements. Efficiency, different parts. He is been an unimaginable participant for this group and … I like Trevon so much,” Schottenheimer stated. “I want him nothing however the most effective. I am excited to see the place he lands and proceed his profession.”
The divorce between Diggs and Dallas has been brewing for the reason that offseason, He skipped out on OTAs to rehab from a knee process, publicly clashed with defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus over the speed of zone protection versus man protection and had an awkward, prolonged keep on injured reserve after he and the group disagreed about his well being relating to his knee and a house accident that resulted in a concussion. The ultimate straw or cherry on prime of the disconnection sundae was Diggs’ request to fly again from the Cowboys Christmas Day win over the Washington Commanders by himself since he has household within the DC metro space. Schottenheimer’s and the group’s protocol is that everybody flies again on the group aircraft after each recreation outdoors of exceptions for household emergencies. Diggs selected to remain again anyway after Schottenheimer denied his request.
“Yeah, it was one in every of many elements, it was not the one issue. I am not the Grinch that stole Christmas, okay. I really like Christmas. I really like my household,” Schottenheimer stated. “However on the finish of the day, we bought a protocol we undergo and the method was not adopted. The primary time I heard about it, Trevon grabbed me after the sport and I am celebrating an enormous win and I defined to him the protocol, which it is all the time been the protocol of we go up as a group, we come again as a group. He determined to make a special resolution. It was not the one purpose that this resolution was made. … However on the finish of the day, I wish to make this very clear. That was not the one purpose that this occurred. This occurred for a number of elements, efficiency and different parts over the course of time. And I actually do want him nothing however the most effective. I informed him that yesterday after I talked to him.”
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The Cowboys have moved on from the Diggs resolution rapidly. Schottenheimer addressed his locker room about Dallas’ resolution to maneuver on from All-Professional edge rusher Micah Parsons, however he did not really feel the necessity to take action with the transfer off of Diggs.
“I feel the largest one which we most likely addressed was the Micah [Parsons] commerce, and that was the beginning of the season and all of that. I’ve had conversations with a few gamers, however I did not really feel like I needed to rise up in entrance of the room,” Schottenheimer stated. “Guys can come speak to me. I speak to you guys day-after-day. They know my door is all the time open, and if they’ve questions or considerations, I’d love to speak about it, however I’ll say this once more, this resolution that was made was very troublesome. … To me, this group and what we’re constructing, this tradition that we’re constructing is concerning the 53 strongest, most related group of individuals. I imagine that, and that is why the group factor to me is so necessary.”
Dallas terminated Diggs’ five-year, $97 million extension with three seasons remaining, however they’re going to now solely be chargeable for a $5.9 million cap cost in 2026 whereas not owing the 27-year-old a cent by way of precise money going ahead. The 2021 NFL interceptions chief posted a goodbye assertion on Instagram shortly after his launch.
“I wish to thank the Dallas Cowboys group for the chance they gave me and for altering my life, each on and off the sector. I am going to all the time be glad about what my time right here meant for me and my household,” Diggs posted. “I wish to thank all of the coaches and employees who believed in me, pushed me, and helped me develop as a participant and as a person. I am grateful for the relationships and brotherhood I inbuilt that locker room—these bonds will all the time imply so much to me. With that stated, I am excited for a brand new journey and a recent begin. I am motivated, centered, and prepared for what’s subsequent. To the followers who supported me all through this journey, you might be actually appreciated. Thanks for the love and assist alongside the way in which. God is nice.”
What’s subsequent for each Dallas and Diggs
The Cowboys cornerback room is clearly assured to look totally different in 2026, however there are just a few key contributors who will return. Professional Bowler DaRon Bland, who re-signed with the Cowboys on a four-year, $90 million extension shortly after the Micah Parsons commerce, can be again. He did reaggravate the foot he suffered a stress fracture in on the finish of coaching camp in 2024, and he’ll be working intently with the Cowboys coaching employees to get proper within the offseason. Rookie third-round decide Shavon Revel is somebody Dallas sees as a excessive potential participant the additional eliminated he’s from the torn ACL harm he suffered his final season at East Carolina in 2024.
Any additional upgrades the group want to do to the place within the offseason will doubtless be veteran cut price bin signings in free company. The Cowboys do have two first-round picks in 2026, the additional one from the Inexperienced Bay Packers due to the Parsons commerce, however Dallas does not have a second spherical decide (Quinnen Williams commerce) or a 3rd spherical decide (George Pickens commerce) within the upcoming draft. Different defensive wants at edge rusher and linebacker might be seen as extra obtrusive than their cornerback place.
“It is actually an space we’ll have a look at. We bought a man in Shavon Revel that we like. We like Caelen Carson. Trikweze Bridges is a proficient younger participant that wants improvement and seasoning. You guys get it,” Schottenheimer stated. “You guys have been round this enterprise. Personnel adjustments quick. I informed the fellows right this moment, right this moment is the final Wednesday of the 2025 Dallas Cowboys. So be glad about that. Get pleasure from that. Rejoice that. As a result of this group won’t ever be again collectively for an additional Wednesday. And that is the lifetime of an NFL worker. There’s gonna be change. I like a few of the items that we’ve. And we’ll all the time be wanting so as to add and preserve placing the puzzle collectively.”
Diggs already discovered a brand new residence in a reunion with Parsons as a Inexperienced Bay Packer. Inexperienced Bay claimed him off of waivers on Wednesday with the playoff-bound Packers choosing up the $472,000 he is due for his base wage in Week 18. Inexperienced Bay is 9-6-1 and locked into the NFC’s No. 7 seed. He’ll have an opportunity to change into part of a cornerback rotation with Keisean Nixon, Carrington Valentine and Nate Hobbs. Inexperienced Bay has allowed a 92.8 passer score this season, which ranks 18th within the NFL in 2025. The Packers wanted our bodies with Kamal Hadden (leg) out for the season and Hobbs at the moment sidelined with a knee harm he suffered in Week 17 in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens. Diggs performed in eight video games for the Cowboys this season, beginning six, and had 25 tackles in 2025 for Dallas.
Parsons is already celebrating his BFF following him up north to Inexperienced Bay for the postseason whereas he recovers from a torn ACL.
Diggs’ on-field match with the Packers in defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley’s scheme can be an fascinating storyline to observe. Hafley’s Inexperienced Bay protection runs zone on 79.3% of performs per TruMedia, the eighth-highest price within the NFL. Diggs and Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus clashed on Dallas’ zone vs. man protection combine.
