The Dallas Cowboys released cornerback Trevon Diggs on Tuesday and in the process said goodbye to one of their longest-tenured players.
Diggs reached some high peaks with the Cowboys. He led the NFL in
interceptions in 2021, but the last few years have been a bit down. It felt pretty inevitable that he and the team would go their separate ways after this season. While releasing him before the final game was a bit surprising, ultimately the move didn’t catch anybody off guard.
Given that Diggs and the Cowboys have a long history together it is possible that this story is far from over. Details may emerge about the fallout between their relationship and they began to do so shortly after news of his release.
Jordan Schulz reported that following the Cowboys win at Washington on Christmas that Diggs asked head coach Brian Schottenheimer if he could stay in the D.C. area, where he is from, and not fly back with the team. According to Schultz, Diggs expressed that the first thing he would be doing upon returning with the team would be to fly back to where they left so staying made sense in his mind.
According to Schultz this request was denied by Schottenheimer. This is, not to doubt Jordan Schultz at all, only one report, and again the first of a potential few that we may get, but needless to say this is an interesting detail to emerge.
It should also be noted as far as matters of interest are concerned that following his release from the Cowboys, Diggs changed representation to David Mulugheta.
This is of note because David Mulugheta is the agent who represented Micah Parsons during his negotiations with the Cowboys. He is the agent, in case you forgot, who Jerry Jones claimed last offseason to not know the name of. Diggs and Parsons were famously very close so this is all pretty logical, and yes, Mulugheta’s agency also represents George Pickens so you can file this away for a rainy day to come.
It stands to reason that Jerry Jones and Brian Schottenheimer will both be asked for their accounts of this story. We will see what they have to say at that point.
