The Dallas Cowboys have a lot of star players on their roster. It is going to get difficult to keep them all, especially with how much a few of the players on the roster are already being paid.
The Cowboys were able to end some contract drama recently when they agreed to a massive four-year extension with wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. Lamb is now the second-highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL behind only Justin Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings.
Getting a deal done with Lamb was imperative to this Cowboys offense having a chance to reach its potential. He was incredibly productive in 2023 and should remain the focal point of their offensive attack.
He is the latest young star to receive a huge contract from Dallas. Quarterback Dak Prescott and edge rusher Micah Parsons will be next on that list.
Working out deals for them will have complications. Especially since the Cowboys have, in the opinion of Ryan Fowler of Bleacher Report, one of the worst contracts in the NFL on their books already.
He put together an article highlighting the NFL’s All-Overpaid Team heading into Week 1 of the 2024 season. Being selected as cornerback of this team no one wants to be on is Trevon Diggs.
Diggs was named the worst investment after Dallas agreed to a contract with a total value of five years and $97 million. While he remains an elite playmaker, the star cornerback is susceptible to giving up yardage in chunks.
“While his instincts and awareness in space remain near the best in football at the position, the 2020 second-rounder has been one of the league’s worst perimeter defenders when it comes to yards allowed in coverage.
The two-time Pro Bowler missed all but two games last year due to injury, but in 2022, he allowed 760 yards as the primary defender in coverage (sixth-most in the NFL) and in 2021, he was the only corner in football to allow over 1,000 yards in coverage.
Simply put, when Diggs isn’t making plays on the football, which is a majority of the time he’s on the field, he’s consistently been a liability in coverage for Dallas,” Fowler wrote.
The numbers certainly don’t lie. Diggs has been able to cause turnovers for the Dallas Cowboys, but when he isn’t doing that, he is offering the defense little in the way of production.
A boom-or-bust kind of player like that as your No. 1 corner will result in some frustrating stretches. But, when he intercepts a pass for a pick-six, it is easy to forgive.
