Trevon Diggs‘ impending surgical procedure received’t solely knock the Cowboys cornerback out for the rest of the 2024 marketing campaign. Throughout an look on 1053 The Fan, Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones admitted that Diggs probably wouldn’t be out there for at the least the beginning of coaching camp. Jones additionally confirmed that Diggs was enjoying by means of vital ache earlier than struggling one other cartilage situation.
“He was having to play with fluid in his knee,” Jones stated (via Jon Machota of The Athletic). “He was on the market doing every little thing he can as a result of he needs to play, he needs to compete, he needs to contribute. … However sadly he [suffered] a brand new harm that has to do with cartilage. It’s definitely a really authentic harm that’s gonna take him a while to recuperate from. … I don’t suppose he’ll be a participant throughout coaching camp. I feel his timeline goes to be proper in regards to the begin of the season.”
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport is a bit more definitive along with his timeline, noting that Diggs’ restoration may take as much as eight months. That might maintain the cornerback off the apply subject till at the least August, and relying on his required ramp-up interval, Diggs may very well be pressured to overlook the early a part of the common season.
Rapoport clarifies that Diggs will bear “surgical procedure to restore a difficulty associated to his articular cartilage.” We’ve already realized that this newest harm isn’t associated to the participant’s ACL tear from the 2023 marketing campaign. In his comeback season in 2024, Diggs battled a torn calf whereas additionally lacking two current video games with designations of groin and knee accidents. Together with his newest season-ending ailment, Diggs’ 2023 and 2024 campaigns will see him mix for 13 complete appearances.
The Cowboys are absolutely hoping the previous second-round choose can return to his reliable, All-Professional kind, as Diggs is at present within the first yr of his five-year, $97M extension. The defensive again is only some years faraway from his prolific 11-interception season, and his 2022 follow-up was simply as productive. In his restricted seems to be over the previous two years, websites like Professional Soccer Focus (subscription required) haven’t been as keen on his efficiency, however we may attribute the downturn to his lingering accidents.
