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Frisco, Texas — The dallas cowboys Two-time Pro Bowl cornerback trayvon diggs A game to play with.
The 27-year-old Diggs will pass through waivers and will be a free agent if not claimed. The Cowboys conclude the season on Sunday. new york giants,
The move caps a tumultuous two-season period that saw the player and organization part ways. A source said the decision to move on from Diggs was due to “a culmination of events, including the performance.”
Diggs signed a five-year, $97 million contract extension through 2023, but he has played in only 21 games over the past two seasons due to knee injuries. He tore his left ACL in practice in 2023 and missed six games last year because of a problem that required a chondral graft in the same knee in January. This year, he missed eight games due to a problem with his right knee and suffered an injury due to an accident at home, which he later revealed occurred while he was attempting to install a television mount.
According to ESPN’s Field Yates, if a team claims Diggs on waivers, he would be paid the $472,000 he is due in base salary for Week 18, plus $58,823 if he is active this week. Diggs has no guaranteed money on his deal after this season.
The Cowboys had a problem with how Diggs rehabilitated over the last two years. When he failed to participate in 84% of the team’s voluntary offseason program, the club implemented a $500,000 base salary de-escalator for 2025. He chose to do his rehabilitation work in South Florida rather than overseeing the team’s athletic training staff.
He opened training camp on the physically unable to perform list, but was activated in time to play the first game of the season. He expressed a desire to play more man-to-man coverage in a meeting with defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus after the unit’s poor start.
In the eight games he played, Diggs was credited with 27 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 2 pressures, but he did not have a pass breakup or interception. He had at least one interception in each of the last five seasons, including 11 in 2021, which set a franchise record and earned him first-team All-Pro honors.
Diggs, a second-round pick in 2020, was named to the Pro Bowl in 2021 and 2022.
Diggs was likely a candidate to be released after the season, which would have created approximately $12 million in cap space. The Cowboys hired another former Pro Bowl cornerback, Daron BlandOn injured reserve due to a foot injury suffered two weeks ago.
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