The 2023 NFL season was a lost year for Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs because of a torn ACL he suffered very early in the schedule.
That injury limited him to two games, and thus, it could be easy to forget how great a defensive back he is.
ESPN reporter Todd Archer noted on X that people around the league didn’t put Diggs as one of the top 10 corners in a recent ranking by the network, yet Diggs is still supremely confident in his abilities, as well as those of fellow Dallas corner DaRon Bland.
“I feel like I’m in a league of my own,” Diggs said. “There’s nobody that can do what I can do. There’s nobody that can do what Bland does. I feel like we’re in a league of our own.”
Trevon Diggs is well aware he was not among the top 10 list of corners through executives and personnel people in a recent ESPN story after missing all but two games last year with a torn ACL. He believes he and DaRon Bland are the best in the NFL. pic.twitter.com/Mo4lsD9wXL
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) July 31, 2024
In three previous NFL seasons, Diggs made the Pro Bowl twice and the All-Pro First Team once, and he led the league with 11 interceptions and two pick-sixes in 2021.
In his absence this past season, Bland stepped in and did an admirable job with a league-high nine interceptions and five pick-sixes, which set a new NFL single-season record.
Diggs and Bland are slated to be Dallas’ starters at cornerback this season, while Stephon Gilmore, whom they traded for last offseason, remains a free agent and isn’t expected to return.
The Cowboys defense looked dominant at times last year, and they bragged that they could be the greatest defensive team in league history.
But after winning 12 regular-season games, they got exposed in the playoffs when the Green Bay Packers ran up a huge first-half lead and defeated them 48-32 in the wild-card round.
With some of the roster holes Dallas has, the defense will have to regroup this season if they are to reach the NFC Championship Game for the first time since the 1995 campaign.
