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Trevon Diggs lands on NFL all-overpaid team entering 2024 season

Dallas Cowboys All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs will be looking to prove his worth coming into the 2024 regular season.

Tyler Reed

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The Dallas Cowboys are no strangers to spending money. The franchise recently inked receiver CeeDee Lamb to a massive four-year, $136 million deal and is now having conversations with quarterback Dak Prescott on a new deal.

However, one deal for the Cowboys is starting to be examined as a failed contract with one Cowboys cornerback.

According to Ryan Fowler of Bleacher Report, Cowboys All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs is being overpaid compared to his production on the field.

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Fowler said:

If you like corners who tout the ability to take the football away, then Trevon Diggs is your guy. However, the alarm sounds when it comes to him as a cover corner.

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.

- Ryan Fowler

Fowler believes that Diggs leaves a lot to be desired, as the former All-Pro corner was the only player in his position to give up 1,000 yards in coverage back in 2021.

Diggs is coming off of a major knee injury and will be looking to prove the franchise made the right decision in giving him the five-year, $97 million contract he was given.

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