Trevon Diggs
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Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs.
At some point in the near future, some desperate NFL team is going to take a chance on former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs.
Like anyone else who’s invested in Diggs in the past, they’ll probably come to regret it.
That didn’t stop Bleacher Report’s Alex Kay from calling Diggs the NFL’s “Most Underrated” remaining free agent after he was passed over in the initial burst of free agency.
“Trevon Diggs is looking like one of the best buy-low candidates on the market this offseason,” Kay wrote on Sunday. “The veteran cornerback may have flamed out with the Dallas Cowboys, but Diggs is only a few years removed from being one of the NFL’s best players at his position … A fresh start could be exactly what Diggs needs to return to form. Teams will want to be cautious of allocating anything more than a short, “prove-it” style deal to a defensive back who has missed 29 games over the last three years, but the returns on that small investment could be massive. Diggs won’t turn 28 until September and could still have plenty left in the tank. If he’s healthy and motivated, and plays in the right system, there’s a real chance he returns to elite form.”
Anyone who watched Diggs try and play professional football — or even be a functioning adult — the last few years knows that isn’t true.
Bizarre Injury, Requests Led to Dismissal From Team
Whatever team Diggs ends up with in 2026, if he does indeed get another chance, will be his 3rd team in 2026.
Diggs was claimed by the Packers off waivers on December 31 — just one day after the Cowboys released him. Diggs signed a 5-year, $97 million contract extension in July 2023, but only played in 19 regular-season games after that.
This included missing 8 games in 2025 following a mysterious, at-home accident that, many months later, he 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 a D.C. native — and not fly home on the team plane.
The Cowboys refused his request. Diggs stayed anyway.
” … 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 after Diggs was released by Dallas. “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.”
Packers Wound Up With Pair of Cowboys All-Pros
It was the second time a former Cowboys All-Pro landed in Green Bay in the 2025 season.
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.