{"id":644722,"date":"2026-01-01T04:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644722\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:32:11","slug":"trevon-diggs-leaves-dallas-cowboys-for-an-nfl-playoff-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644722\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevon Diggs leaves Dallas Cowboys for an NFL playoff team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waived by the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> on Tuesday, cornerback Trevon Diggs<\/a> is headed for the NFL playoffs. The Cowboys\u2019 season will end on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Green Bay Packers had the winning claim for the former Alabama <\/a>defensive back and were awarded Diggs by the NFL on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Packers hold the 21st selection in the waiver order this week, which means at least 20 teams passed on picking up the two-time Pro Bowler.<\/p>\n

After concluding its regular season against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Green Bay will participate in the NFC playoffs as a wild-card qualifier.<\/p>\n

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At his Wednesday press conference, Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer discussed Diggs\u2019 departure with one week left in the regular season and three seasons remaining on the cornerback\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really an accumulation of multiple factors — performance, other elements,\u201d Schottenheimer said<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Schottenheimer acknowledged Diggs had violated team rules by not flying back with his teammates from Thursday\u2019s 30-23 victory over the Washington Commanders. Diggs wanted to remain in the area because he has family in the area. Told he could not, Diggs stayed anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of many factors; it was not the only factor,\u201d Schottenheimer said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not the Grinch that stole Christmas, OK? I love Christmas. I love my family. But at the end of the day, we got a protocol we go through, and the process was not followed. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time I heard about it, Trevon grabbed me after the game, and I\u2019m celebrating a big win and I explained to him the protocol, which it\u2019s always been the protocol of we go up as a team, we come back as a team. He decided to make a different decision. … <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make this very clear. That was not the only reason that this happened. This happened for multiple factors — performance and other elements over the course of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

By claiming Diggs off the waiver wire, Green Bay assumes his contract. Diggs has three years remaining on a five-year, $97 million contract extension, but all the guaranteed money has been paid. The contract calls for Diggs to be paid $14.5 million in 2026, $19.5 million in 2027 and $20 million in 2028.<\/p>\n

The Packers also will owe Diggs $472,222 for Week 18 of the season and $58,823 if he\u2019s on the game-day roster on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A second-round draft pick by Dallas in 2020, Diggs was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2021 when he led the NFL with 11 interceptions. He earned Pro Bowl recognition again in 2022 before injuries affected his next three seasons.<\/p>\n

Diggs played in only the first two games of the 2023 season before a torn anterior cruciate ligament caused him to miss the rest of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Diggs missed six games last season with a knee injury and had chondral bone graft surgery <\/a>in January. Diggs played 329 defensive snaps in Dallas\u2019 first six games in 2025 even though rehabilitation from the knee injury kept him on the physically-unable-to-perform list until Aug. 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Diggs missed eight straight games because of a concussion suffered in a home accident and knee soreness before returning to the field on Dec. 21 in a 34-17 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, and he played every defensive snap against Washington on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waived by the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday, cornerback Trevon Diggs is headed for the NFL playoffs. The Cowboys\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,3428],"class_list":{"0":"post-644722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-trevon-diggs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115817974774134123","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}