{"id":251344,"date":"2025-10-25T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/251344\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:16:09","slug":"cowboys-cb-diggs-concussion-placed-on-ir-out-next-four-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/251344\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys CB Diggs (concussion) placed on IR, out next four games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761423369_267_archer_todd.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Todd ArcherOct 25, 2025, 03:49 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>DENVER &#8212; The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b0fc8fb7-9dbe-e574-9008-6f0ee7c6b234\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-cowboys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> placed cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"0e3bdc4e-ae64-a3a7-8e84-95d4d2ebb408\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4040966\/trevon-diggs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trevon Diggs<\/a> on injured reserve Saturday as he continues to deal with concussion symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs will miss a minimum of the next four games and be eligible to return on Thanksgiving against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46626885\/cowboys-diggs-vs-commanders-accident-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported concussion symptoms after an accident at his home<\/a> on Oct. 16. On Friday, coach Brian Schottenheimer said the team has more information on what happened but said he would let Diggs tell what happened when he next meets with the media.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>Diggs signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/38069707\/source-cowboys-cb-trevon-diggs-finalizing-5-year-97m-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">five-year, $97 million extension<\/a> in 2023 after back to back Pro Bowl seasons but he has been beset by injuries since.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third straight year Diggs will spend at least a portion of the season on injured reserve. He missed 15 games in 2023 after suffering a torn ACL. He missed six games last year with a knee injury that ultimately required a surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on 105.3 The Fan on Friday, executive vice president Stephen Jones said Diggs was dealing with other ailments and a stint on injured reserve could help him get fully healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Without Diggs, <a data-player-guid=\"c57cf53f-037a-4a87-24aa-e45a55dcc600\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4567399\/kaiir-elam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiir Elam<\/a> will start opposite <a data-player-guid=\"56bf5e73-af9f-4f22-1696-7a1b57d5f9b2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4248911\/daron-bland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DaRon Bland<\/a>. When the Cowboys used three cornerbacks last week, Bland moved into the slot and <a data-player-guid=\"4af80544-d75d-4129-6fbd-0670f666f11e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4426513\/trikweze-bridges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trikweze Bridges<\/a> played outside.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Diggs, the Cowboys will be without two starting safeties, with <a data-player-guid=\"980a3364-a5b2-4a5c-1347-bec1a65689f1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4360590\/juanyeh-thomas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juanyeh Thomas<\/a> ruled out Saturday because of what is being called a migraine that impacts his vision. <a data-player-guid=\"fcf6e9aa-defe-5a33-eb6a-c545743645d1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3122135\/donovan-wilson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donovan Wilson<\/a> was ruled out with a shoulder issue Friday. <a data-player-guid=\"4dc575d8-61a0-9b1c-943a-386e16d49ffd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3121415\/malik-hooker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malik Hooker<\/a>, a starter with Wilson, is on injured reserve with a toe injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys opted to keep center <a data-player-guid=\"bd6a532e-5a26-b9c2-a75a-9b167397f905\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4426663\/cooper-beebe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Beebe<\/a> on injured reserve after he practiced throughout the week. The team felt Beebe, who is coming back from a broken bone in his foot, would benefit from another week of practice. <a data-player-guid=\"547214f1-6644-5f2b-938c-6f6ee89d4e3d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4241087\/brock-hoffman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brock Hoffman<\/a> will continue to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Todd ArcherOct 25, 2025, 03:49 PM ET CloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-251344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}