Well, the Dallas Cowboys won't be heading into 2026 with cornerback Trevon Diggs on their roster. The former First-Team All-Pro was likely to be a trade or release candidate this offseason, but Jerry Jones didn't hesitate to part ways with the 27-year-old defender before the new year kicked in.
The timing of Diggs' release is a bit peculiar, as the Cowboys have just one game left in the 2025 NFL season. By waiving him now, Dallas is allowing another team to claim him, or to sign him if he clears waivers and becomes a free agent.
Diggs has been a headache for Brian Schottenheimer and Co. for some time now, but the dam must have broken for him to be released without any real warning or indication. Cowboys fans, however, may have just gotten an explanation, a wild one, as to why his exit from Dallas was so abrupt.
Cowboys' final straw with Trevon Diggs was reportedly travel-related feud
On Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Diggs was waived, NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported on the ongoing situation. Schultz essentially implied that the Cowboys were unfair to Diggs earlier this week after their Christmas Day game about a travel dispute, and that was the final straw.
"My understanding of the Trevon Diggs situation is this: after the #Cowboys finished their Christmas game vs. the Commanders, Diggs requested with HC Brian Schottenheimer to stay in Washington for the holiday since he’s from the area and his family stays there. Players often ask for — and are usually granted — additional family time during the holidays if the schedule makes sense (Dallas played Thursday).
"Schotty denied the request. Diggs again said he wanted to be with his family and that if he went back to Dallas, he’d just be flying right back on the first flight out, especially with players having several days off. The team vehemently denied his request again.
"And then today, the team released him. Diggs is healthy and ready to join a new team for the playoffs."
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Okay, there is a lot to unpack there. First of all, it seems like Schultz may have been fed some information from Diggs' camp, which is fine, as he deserves to have his voice heard, too. But ESPN's Todd Archer threw cold water on that, stating that Diggs did not put in this request before the trip.
Archer said that it is typical for players to make this request before the game, and if Diggs failed to do that, fans can certainly understand the Cowboys' side of this. From a human standpoint, however, fans can also understand where Diggs is coming from, wanting to spend the holidays with his family.
It's not like Diggs has built up a ton of goodwill with the fan base lately, but it feels a bit ridiculous for this to be the final act for Diggs in Dallas. The Cowboys put up with so many things as it pertained to Diggs, and a travel-related dispute being the straw that broke the camel's back is just kind of funny.
Whether all of this is true or not, a divorce was certainly in the cards for Diggs and the Cowboys at some point and in some fashion this offseason. In a way, letting their paths diverge early gives both sides more time to move on from this once-promising era that quickly turned sour.
But that doesn't make this explanation for the final days of the Diggs-Cowboys marriage any less bizarre.