In fairness, Jerry Jones began by expressing sympathy for Trevon Diggs’ season-ending ACL tear. The Cowboys team owner lauded his Pro Bowl cornerback’s “outstanding” ability to create turnovers, noting such a unique player is irreplaceable.
“You can’t do that. That’s just not real,” Jones said Friday morning on Dallas radio station 105.3 The Fan. “That’s like saying I want to be Tom Cruise. The point is you don’t replace these irreplaceable players.”
But before Jones’ interview wrapped, he said the quiet part out loud: that while Diggs tearing his ACL during a one-on-one drill in Thursday’s practice is a “setback for everyone,” there’s a case for this elite defensive group seeing improvement without Diggs.