Cowboys’ Trevon Diggs inching closer to history with 10th pick

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs now has the most interceptions in the entire league for the 2021 season. The cornerback caught his 10th pick in the 21-6 victory over the New York Giants. Diggs is now only the third Cowboy in the organization’s history with 10 picks in one season. He is tied at 10 interceptions with Hall of Famer Mel Renfro.

Perhaps more importantly, he is now only one pick behind Hall of Famer Everson Walls, who still holds the team record with 11 interceptions in 1981.

The milestone 10th pick also marked the fourth turnover by the Cowboys in the Week 15 matchup, making this the third consecutive week that the defense has had four takeaways in a single game. The season total for turnovers is a whopping 31.

Now, Diggs is just four interceptions behind the NFL’s all-time single-season interceptions record. This record was set by the late Dick “Night Train” Lane. He amassed a mighty 14 picks for the Los Angeles Rams in 1952.

Diggs also has more interceptions by himself than the Cowboys’ defense had combined for the entire 2020 season. Now, that’s a stat. This impressive feat has him on his way to making history books with his stellar breakout campaign.

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Cowboys’ Trevon Diggs records his 10th interception of the year against the Giants

Here’s how it happened. Backup quarterback Mike Glennon was facing pressure and threw up an underthrown ball to Kenny Golladay in the end zone. Glennon should’ve known better than to throw a ball in Diggs’ direction when he is one on one against a receiver.

After Diggs caught the ball, Golladay knocked it out of his hand, which made the officials initially rule the interception an incomplete pass. But the kid was confident. Mike McCarthy threw the challenge flag, and the officials ended up overturning the call, ruling in Diggs’ favor.

On a defense with several stand-out players, Diggs is still making a name for himself. Diggs and impressive rookie standout Micah Parsons have wasted no time making an impact in the organization. Dallas is now the first team to have teammates record double-digit picks and sacks (Parsons has 12 sacks) since Antonio Cromartie and Shawne Merriman did so for the Chargers in 2007.

Now, we just sit and hope for both Diggs to break more records and for an amazing Aiden Diggs reaction video.

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