Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy says Trevon Diggs has to be ‘better’ after heated reporter confrontation

Mike McCarthy understand times person changed, but he still wasn’t thrilled astir his subordinate lashing retired astatine a reporter.

The time aft his Dallas Cowboys dropped their Week 8 matchup to nan 49ers and cornerback Trevon Diggs took retired nan frustration connected a hit reporter, nan caput coach offered a “sign of nan times” study connected his prima cornerback’s blowup and his team’s disappointing results. 

“I deliberation we person to beryllium amended successful those moments, I ever talk astir staying connected a precocious road,” McCarthy said, per ESPN.

“But I’m not ignorant aliases naive to nan truth that this generation, that’s portion of nan world they unrecorded in, nan societal media world,” McCarthy continued. “You person to negociate that. That’s portion of being a master jock and that’s portion of representing this statement properly.”

The Cowboys (3-4) person dropped consecutive games to Detroit and San Francisco, pinch their bye week sandwiched between.

They showed much conflict successful Week 8 pinch nan sting of nan Lions’ 47-9 Week 6 clobbering still fresh, but nan short-handed 49ers still had nary problems scoring successful a 30-24 victory. 

Diggs, now successful his 5th play pinch Dallas, had plentifulness to beryllium disappointed about. And that was earlier he checked his phone.  

Mike Leslie, nan Cowboys’ hit newsman for WFAA successful Dallas, posted a video of nan two-time Pro Bowl cornerback seemingly moving astatine half gait while Niners tight extremity George Kittle barreled toward nan end-zone connected a 43-yard reception that would group up nan 49ers go-ahead touchdown successful nan 3rd quarter.

“What is Trevon Diggs doing connected this play?” Leslie’s caption connected X read.

Between nan clip nan station went up and nan extremity of nan game, Diggs sewage his hands connected nan video.

Before nan media were allowed into nan locker room for their post-game interviews, Diggs came retired and accosted nan reporter.

“That’s what you took from that?” Diggs asked. “Out of that full play, that’s what you took from that? You don’t cognize football. You can’t do thing that I do. You can’t spell retired location and do nothing. Stay successful your lane, buddy. Stop trying me, dog.”

Leslie told Diggs to “talk astir it more,” to which nan cornerback replied, “talk astir deez nuts.”

McCarthy wasn’t nan only Cowboys coach troubled by nan interaction.

As protect coordinator Mike Zimmer said, “Obviously it’s important that we each beryllium professionals pinch it and it’s not nan benignant of point that we want to do. You astir apt shouldn’t beryllium reference tweets correct aft nan game…”

Diggs, for his part, defended his actions connected “The Edge pinch Micah Parsons.”

“I conscionable fto my emotions get nan champion of me,” Diggs said. “But astatine nan extremity of nan day, [that] still doesn’t make it correct for anybody conscionable to beryllium saying anything, conscionable trying to propulsion ungraded connected your sanction aliases make you look for illustration you’re doing bad aliases a bad job. Because I felt for illustration I played my hardest crippled yesterday.”

The cornerback and his Cowboys teammates look to get backmost connected way Sunday against nan Falcons successful Atlanta astatine 1 p.m.