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Cowboys Executive Doesn't Hold Back On Trevon Diggs' Rehab Decision

Originally posted on The Spun | By Chris Rosvoglou | Last updated Jul 30, 2025 12:15 AM ET

The Dallas Cowboys kicked off training camp by taking away $500,000 from one of their top players, Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs.

Diggs, who has dealt with a plethora of injuries over the course of his NFL career, was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list to start training camp. That's not a huge surprise considering he wasn't with the team for the majority of organized team activities earlier this year.

Instead of rehabbing at the Cowboys' facility, Diggs opted to recover in South Florida. That decision didn't sit well with the front office in Dallas, so Jerry Jones and his crew took action and exercised a clause in Diggs' contract.

If Diggs misses at least 84% of OTAs with the Cowboys, he could get $500,000 shaved off his salary. Well, that's exactly what happened.

"No, I didn't expect that," Diggs said last week. "That kind of hurt my feelings. But it's OK. Hopefully I make it back in incentives."

While on 105.3 The Fan this Tuesday, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones made it clear the team doesn't regret reducing Diggs' salary by $500,000.

"I think a player is much better off training with us than he is somewhere else. I just think the discipline to come in every day, do the work is there when they're here. One thing we can do, which we will continue to do is put in every player's contract, especially guys that we pay significant amounts of money, we expect leadership and we expect them to be here. Certainly we addressed that with Diggs," Jones said.

"He certainly paid a price for not being here. But we're paying a price too, because we felt like he'd might be further along had he done his rehab here. He may differ with that. But had he done his rehab here, we feel strongly that he might be further along. That's in the best interest of the team and the organization that comes with getting a big contract, which he received."

It's safe to say the Jones family won't back down when it comes to this subject.

Diggs can either take the high road or continue this bizarre feud with the front office.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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