Overview

• The Cowboys enforced a de-escalator clause earlier this month, reducing Diggs’ 2025 salary by $500,000 for rehabbing in South Florida instead of at The Star.
• Diggs remains on the Physically Unable to Perform list after multiple knee procedures and is aiming to recoup the withheld pay through performance incentives.
• Owner Jerry Jones warned that ignoring contract terms would harm team cohesion, and COO Stephen Jones said the organization also suffers when players rehab off site.
• Diggs said he sought “full undivided attention” in South Florida to speed his return to peak form and expressed that the penalty “hurt his feelings.”
• The dispute underscores a broader clash between player autonomy in recovery and the Cowboys’ old-school emphasis on facility-based accountability.