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Cowboys’ Trevon Diggs dealing with potential wage minimize for absences


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FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs is in peril of lacking out on $500,000 from his 2025 base wage for not taking part within the group’s offseason program.

Diggs has opted to rehab his surgically repaired left knee in Miami and away from The Star. He was not in attendance for the primary two phases of the offseason program, and he has not taken half within the organized group actions over the previous three weeks.

Based on his contract, Diggs wants to participate in 84.375% of the offseason program with the intention to keep away from the $500,000 de-escalator.

The Cowboys’ obligatory minicamp runs June 10 to 12. Any participant who misses the minicamp is topic to fines, as effectively.

Whereas the offseason program is voluntary, for years the Cowboys have had base-salary de-escalator clauses written into their giant contracts which have been given out, together with for quarterback Dak Prescott, huge receiver CeeDee Lamb and defensive deal with Osa Odighizuwa, that every one however ensures a participant’s participation.

Diggs is believed to be the primary participant who might see a reducing of his base wage if the Cowboys select to implement the clause.

Despite the fact that Diggs is rehabilitating from surgical procedure, the contract states a participant, “should rehabilitate such damage as required by and underneath the supervision of the Membership’s Head Coach till such time as full participation within the ‘Off-Season Program’ will be achieved. Supervised rehabilitation by Participant with Membership’s Head Coach will rely in direction of Participant’s 84.375% completion requirement.”

Coach Brian Schottenheimer stated he spoke with Diggs final week and famous that Diggs had a checkup with the group medical doctors not too long ago.

“All indicators are optimistic,” Schottenheimer stated.

Govt vice chairman Stephen Jones stated Diggs is “being diligent” in his rehab but additionally said the group’s desire is for Diggs to rehab with the group.

“Our understanding is he is getting the work executed and he’ll be again in, and we’ll get a superb have a look at him subsequent week [at the minicamp],” Jones stated.

Final 12 months, there was some frustration from the group in how Diggs approached his rehab from the ACL damage. Talking throughout draft weekend, proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones stated Diggs is “working onerous.”

“That is crucial as a result of if he shall be superb and diligent as to his rehab course of, then he’ll get again faster,” Jones stated then. “And he’ll arrive, when he does get again, sounder than if he has not labored as onerous. He is extra topic to damage. He is discovered that one time. My level is, I’ve loads of hope that his precise rehab and expertise from the time earlier than is basically serving to him out.”

Diggs is scheduled to make $9 million this 12 months underneath the five-year, $97 million deal he signed in 2023.

Through the previous two years, he performed in 13 of a potential 34 regular-season video games due to damage. In 2023, he suffered a torn ACL throughout follow earlier than the third recreation of the season. Final season, he was restricted to 11 video games earlier than a cartilage concern ended his marketing campaign.

In January, Diggs underwent a chondral tissue graft wherein items of bone and cartilage have been transplanted into the affected space of his knee to enhance the joint operate. The timing of the surgical procedure was associated to the rising of the graft to assist produce the perfect outcomes.

Diggs is prone to begin coaching camp on the bodily unable to carry out record. If he opens the season on PUP, then he would miss at the very least the primary 4 video games. Former Cowboys huge receiver Noah Brown underwent the same process and continued his profession.

“[We] will not have a really feel for when he is going to have the ability to get in the midst of all the pieces till we get to coaching camp after we’re with him day in and time out and see how he is progressing,” Stephen Jones stated.

There’s some concern at cornerback with the Diggs’ damage and the lack of nickel cornerback Jourdan Lewis in free company.

The Cowboys have 2024 Professional Bowler DaRon Bland wholesome after he missed the primary 10 video games final season due to foot surgical procedure in August. The Cowboys traded for first-round choose Kaiir Elam from the Buffalo Payments within the offseason.

Dallas chosen Shavon Revel Jr. within the third spherical of April’s draft, however he’s recovering from an ACL damage suffered in September at East Carolina and won’t be prepared for the beginning of coaching camp, both. Caelen Carson, a fourth-round choose final 12 months, is working again from offseason shoulder surgical procedure, and Josh Butler is within the midst of a return from a torn ACL, as effectively.