Reviewing how the rookies did in their first actions as a Cowboys player.
The first catch Diggs allowed was a 31-yard completion on a go route down the sideline while in press-man coverage. Diggs provided very good coverage on this competition — evidenced by the fact that it took a perfect throw from Goff to be completed — as Diggs was merely a fingertip away from forcing the incompletion.
Even though the coverage was very good, Diggs was missing one little detail that would have made it great and led to an incompletion. Diggs should have stayed closer to Van Jefferson’s hip (about a six-inch difference) and made subtle contact with the WR instead of just running with Jefferson downfield - that six-inch difference would put Diggs in perfect position to break up the pass.