Whether or not Trevon Diggs had good reason to be upset with what some reporter posted, that was such a bad look. Throw in all the talk about various distractions (real or imagined) and it just seems like this team's priorities are misplaced. Do you think so? And can it be fixed? – Gary Butler/Oklahoma City, OK
Patrik: It's an emotional time in both the locker room and within the fanbase and for good reason: the Cowboys aren't playing good football thus far in 2024, and there is a lot to fix in order for that table to be turned. As for Trevon Diggs approaching the reporter after the game, well, there's more to that than meets the eye in that situation (a lot), but the optics are the optics and perception is reality, so feel free to feel however you'd like to about it. As far as the football component of it goes, I'm still seeing guys locked in at practice and in meetings and who are still challenging each other to get better and to play at a higher level — at every position. To me, that's the foundation on which corrections can happen, but it's only one part of it. The other is in making the corrections, and I'm not seeing enough of those corrections translate consistently into games. So, can it be fixed? Yes. Will it be, though? I guess we'll find out, together.
Tommy: I don't think this team's priorities are misplaced, I think the incident with Diggs and some of the other happenings are all byproducts of frustration boiling over. Does that make it excusable? Absolutely not. Playing for the Dallas Cowboys means always being at the epicenter of scrutiny and criticism from outside the building, no matter what happens. That's never going to change. This team has every right to be frustrated with injuries piling up, failing to execute in games, coming up short in comebacks, the list goes on and on. But that frustration shouldn't be let out on people that have no impact on the game's outcome, instead it should serve as motivation to play better going forward. The irritation this team is dealing with has a very clear solution: winning. That changes everything, and it's always for the better.
