FRISCO, Texas – It's been quite the week for Trevon Diggs.
From coming up short against the 49ers after what Mike McCarthy said was one of his better games all season, to a confrontation outside the locker room with a reporter, to news of his brother Stefon suffering the same season-ending ACL injury Trevon did a year ago, and now showing up on the injury report with a calf injury.
And still, Diggs returned to the media scrum on Wednesday in good spirits to answer to everything, including a light-hearted exchange and apology for Sunday's incident.
Diggs did not practice on Wednesday due to the calf injury, joining a long list of Cowboys key contributors, and is working diligently to nurse back to health.
"I feel good, I had some tightness in my calf, a little sore coming out of the game…" Diggs said. "I'm just getting treatment and working through it."
The Cowboys defense has been one of the best in the turnover ratio over the last three seasons, but are now -8 in the category thus far in 2024. Diggs pointed to Mike Zimmer's scheme as part of the reason why Dallas' hasn't been forcing as many takeaways, not for lack of trying, but just because of the way that the scheme is set up.
"I guess how we play, our defensive scheme doesn't really allow us to get a lot of turnovers, it's more so just playing good football, playing 11-man football." Diggs said.
Diggs clarified he wasn't taking a shot or criticizing Zimmer's scheme at all, it's just a different style of play from what Cowboys fans may be used to during the days of Dan Quinn's defenses. With this new style of play, Diggs says it takes more to understand and get up to speed with.
"Definitely required to do a lot more, play calling changed, scheme is really different so just trying to make it work the best that we can…" Diggs said. "It's just a little bit more effort but it's still a good defense at the end of the day, we just have to all buy into it and put our best foot forward."
The steps that it takes to get up to speed with Zimmer's ideology is simple: stay true to the keys, and play fast. That's easier said than done with more play calls and different looks, but Diggs is motivated by the Cowboys' losses and defensive frustrations through the first seven games of the season.
"It is tough because we're losing, it doesn't feel good, I hate losing, I like to win, it's just a lot of frustration…" Diggs said. "You just want to win so bad, you try to do everything you can to win and you don't get the win, and you just get frustrated."
More frustrating for Diggs was hearing the news that his brother, Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs, would miss the rest of the season after tearing his ACL, the same injury that sidelined Trevon last season.
"It's sad, I felt for him because I know exactly what he's going through," Diggs said. "I literally just went through all of that, I got to make sure I'm there for him and make sure he comes out of this."
Along with being a support system for his older brother, Diggs will be aiming to overcome his calf injury and get back to the field in time for when the Cowboys face the Atlanta offense on Sunday. It's one that Diggs knows likes to throw the ball a lot with veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins sitting at third in the league in passing yards this season.
