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Trevon Diggs is a two-time Pro Bowler and was a First-Team All-Pro in 2021 ... at a time that was pre-injury and a time loaded with his record-setting ability to grab interceptions. Can that all happen again for the Cowboys star?
FRISCO - We've done the analysis.
When it comes to Trevon Diggs' time with the Dallas Cowboys, there are three options being thrown out there.
Trade him.
Cut him.
Hope for him.
We will concede that the 51st overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft has been a success story in many ways here ... it's been a while since the playmaking Diggs has lived up to expectations.
That is mostly due to the fact that he has sustained back-to-back season-ending injuries to that troublesome left knee ... and some people here inside The Star also think it's due to a previous lack of intensity when it came to his rehab.
But ...
He is a two-time Pro Bowler and was a First-Team All-Pro in 2021 ... at a time that was pre-injury and a time loaded with his record-setting ability to grab interceptions.
Can that all happen again?
As we have illustrated here, the Cowboys can "escape hatch'' their way out of his contract in a reasonably affordable way after the completion of the 2025 NFL season.
Do it next offseason and they save about $12.5 million while they carry a dead cap hit of just under $6 million in 2026. Or, better yet, they could designate him a post-June 1 release, saving $15.5 million and then can spread the dead cap of $6 mil over the 2026 and 2027 seasons at a little under $3 mil per year.
Trade? If Diggs' injuries keep him from returning to the field at some early stage this year (Trevon has targeted Week 1 for his comeback, unrealistic as that sounds), and if the rehab prevents him from returning to form in 2025 ...
Why would anybody want to trade for him?
That leaves ... "hope'' ... and indeed, internet memes aside, "hope'' is pretty much the plan.''
So, a source tells CowboysCountry.com, "We will wait.''
Wait on the rehab. Wait on cutting him. Wait on panicking.
Wait. Hope.
The fact that fellow DaRon Bland is entering the final year of his rookie contract in 2025 plays into this; maybe Dallas simply transfers its investment from Diggs to Bland.
The possible play of rookie Shavon Revel (also rehabbing) is a factor, too.
If he becomes a starting-caliber corner, Diggs' importance here shrinks.
But that's for later. For now?
"We will wait.''
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