{"id":21743,"date":"2025-01-24T08:27:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:27:48","slug":"cowboys-97-million-all-pro-star-gets-brutal-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Trevon Diggs\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1316\" data-img-load-time=\"1353\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Trevon Diggs Dallas Cowboys<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Most of the news coming out concerning the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0over the past few days has centered around the imminent head coaching hire, which Jerry Jones is expected to announce within the next week at the latest.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it will be current offensive coordinator,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/cowboys-close-to-hiring-new-coach-that-will-make-fans-livid\/\">Brian Schottenheimer<\/a>; Eagles OC, Kellen Moore; or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/dallas-cowboys-interested-former-seahawks-001410417.html\">emerging new candidate<\/a>, former Seahawks head coach, Pete Carroll, it will no doubt continue to dominate the news cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, there is troubling news for the Cowboys concerning a player critical to their defensive operation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trevon Diggs Set For An Extended Spell On The Sidelines<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/trevon-diggs\">Trevon Diggs<\/a>\u00a0suffered a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/trevon-diggs-injury-cowboys-cb-to-undergo-shocking-season-ending-knee-surgery-for-cartilage-fluid-issues\/\">major knee injury<\/a>\u00a0last month that kept him out for the remainder of the season, prior to the team\u2019s Week 15 game against the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the injury is obviously gruesome and will take time to heal, it could well be significantly worse for both Diggs and Dallas with the latest updates coming in \u2013 courtesy of ESPN NFL writer for the Dallas Cowboys, Todd Archer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs had chondral tissue graft surgery Thursday on his left knee and the recovery could keep him until parts of training camp if not longer, according to multiple sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Archer (@toddarcher)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddarcher\/status\/1882552128188907844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With such a monumental injury, it will always take time to recover. But the prospect of losing a key player like Diggs, who is a 2 x Pro Bowler and made the 1st team All-Pro back in 2021, will certainly be very disheartening to a team that desperately needs to keep their blue chip players on the field coming into a new era lead by a new coach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What Does This Mean For The Dallas Cowboys\u2019 Defense<\/h2>\n<p>The Cowboys posted a very average passing defense in 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nfl\/stat\/opponent-passing-yards-per-game\">ranking 18th in passing yards allowed<\/a>, despite having two of the better outside corner tandems in the NFL; DaRon Bland and Diggs \u2013 both of whom have previously made the 1st team All-Pro.<\/p>\n<p>And with Diggs locked into a lucrative 5 year, $97 million deal signed in 2023, it isn\u2019t exactly a \u201ccheap and cheerful\u201d secondary either.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If anything, it seems like the Cowboys\u2019 Pro Bowler has been brutally jinxed \u2013 signing his deal in the 2023 offseason and then going down with horrific knee injuries in successive years;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/40862144\/cowboys-trevon-diggs-first-full-practice-acl-tear\">tearing his ACL<\/a>\u00a0in September 2023, before suffering his latest issue less than 15 months later.<\/p>\n<p>Now with training camp in jeopardy, Dallas will no doubt be worried that their #1 CB may not be able to make it back in time for the start of the season. And with next corner up; longtime slot, Jourdan Lewis, set to hit free agency this March, the Cowboys will need to think long and hard about what their secondary could look like in 9 months time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_5\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Archer did give a second, more optimistic update, noting that the timing of the surgery itself was not a cause for concern.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The timing of the surgery had to do with the growing of the graft to ensure best results. Noah Brown had similar procedure done earlier in his career. It\u2019s a more modern take on a micro-fracture surgery is the way it\u2019s been described to me.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IoCUuEcVjc\">https:\/\/t.co\/IoCUuEcVjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Archer (@toddarcher)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddarcher\/status\/1882554057656791151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, regardless of the reason behind it, Cowboys fans will not be thrilled at the prospect of potentially being without arguably their best defensive player after game-wrecking linebacker, Micah Parsons, come the start of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Trevon Diggs Dallas Cowboys Most of the news coming out concerning the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0over the past few days has centered around the imminent head coaching hire, which&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getty Trevon Diggs Dallas Cowboys Most of the news coming out concerning the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0over the past few days has centered around the imminent head coaching hire, which...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-24T08:27:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"618\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743\",\"name\":\"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-24T08:27:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-24T08:27:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":618},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"Getty Trevon Diggs Dallas Cowboys Most of the news coming out concerning the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0over the past few days has centered around the imminent head coaching hire, which...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2025-01-24T08:27:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":618,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743","name":"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-24T08:27:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-24T08:27:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1429718610-e1737681566178.jpg","width":1100,"height":618},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21743#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cowboys\u2019 $97 Million All-Pro Star Gets Brutal Injury Update"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21749,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21743\/revisions\/21749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}