Up to date Dec. 21, 2025, 6:50 p.m. CT
After two months of rampant hypothesis and mysterious silence on the topic, Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs has lastly given a proof for the way he obtained a concussion again in mid-October, an incident that kickstarted his newest string of eight missed video games. His model of occasions, nonetheless, could not do a lot to quiet the requires Dallas to chop ties with him.
The 2-time Professional Bowler acknowledged that Sunday’s loss could have been his last sport at AT&T Stadium in a Cowboys uniform.
Within the days main as much as the 2025 dwelling finale versus the Chargers, NFL insider Jane Slater reported that Diggs had shared together with her how he obtained the concussion. She labeled his rationalization then as “far much less nefarious than a few of the rumors” that had been circulating on-line.
After Sunday’s 34-17 loss to Los Angeles, Slater shared- with Diggs’s permission- that Diggs says he took a success to the top whereas making an attempt to put in a TV from his ceiling. The pole mount, he stated, fell on his head.
“I used to be making an attempt to be a handyman,” he reportedly informed her.
Per Slater, Diggs “did not suppose it was an enormous deal and did not must be addressed however hypothesis on the web went means too far.”
Diggs reportedly got here to the Cowboys facility on Oct. 16 exhibiting concussion signs. He was declared out for the staff’s Week 7 contest versus Washington. The staff moved him to injured reserve after that sport, however reported the trigger as a knee difficulty. He sat out longer than the mandated three video games and was solely elevated to the lively roster this previous Saturday, the ultimate day of his analysis window.
Diggs and the Cowboys have been at odds for a while over why he wasn’t again within the lineup sooner. Diggs had been claiming that he was totally wholesome and able to return; proprietor Jerry Jones disputed that, primarily based on what he had exhibited in observe. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer alluded to consistency points that had extra to do with Diggs’s all-around conduct.
Now pressed into service for the ultimate three video games due largely to DaRon Bland’s transfer to injured reserve, Diggs is confronted with the potential for being irreparably on the outs with the staff that gave him a $97 million contract simply two years in the past.
“Yeah, probably,” he informed reporters after the loss Sunday. “If that is my final [home] sport with the Cowboys, it is robust.”
Diggs obtained the beginning on Sunday rather than Bland. And whereas he was in on six tackles on the day, he was additionally notably the closest defender on a 25-yard second-quarter landing throw to Ladd McConkey and was repeatedly focused by Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, who threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns and completed with a spectacular passer score of 132.8.
Regardless of the rollercoaster of drama that has marked his tough 2025 season, Diggs has stated he needs to return to Dallas subsequent yr.
“After the season, I assume we’ll determine it out.”
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