Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones had a reasonably harsh warning for one among his star gamers over harm rehab.
Jones made a pointed remark about cornerback Trevon Diggs, who’s presently working his method again from knee surgical procedure. It’s Diggs’ second main harm, as he needed to work his method again from an ACL tear final 12 months.
Jones appeared to recommend that Diggs didn’t take that ACL restoration as severely as he ought to have in feedback he made final week.
“He’s working arduous,” Jones mentioned of Diggs, via Calvin Watkins of The Dallas Morning News. “That’s crucial as a result of if he can be excellent and diligent as to his rehab course of, then he’ll get again faster, and he’ll arrive when he does get again, sounder than if he has not labored as arduous. He’s extra topic to harm. He’s discovered that one time. My level is, I’ve lots of hope that his precise rehab and expertise from the time earlier than is de facto serving to him out, and I feel it has.”
The remark about how Diggs has “discovered” concerning the significance of arduous work throughout rehab raised some eyebrows. Watkins reported in his story that there have been some frustrations amongst Dallas’ medical employees over how the cornerback dealt with rehab periods beforehand.
Diggs performed simply two video games in 2023 after tearing his ACL in practice early within the season. He returned in 2024, however was restricted to 11 video games attributable to a knee harm that lingered for a lot of the marketing campaign.
The Cowboys want Diggs to be at his greatest, as he’s an elite cornerback when wholesome. His 2021 season stays his greatest, as he intercepted a exceptional 11 passes in 16 video games, together with a pair of pick-sixes.
