Monday’s MNF matchup between the Cowboys and the Eagles featured a plethora of former Alabama Crimson Tide players.
Among those, former Alabama and current Cowboys DB Trevon Diggs had himself a night while matching up against Alabama’s 2020 Heisman Trophy-einning WR DeVonta Smith.
To go along with three passes deflected, Diggs was also able to take an interception to the house, recording his first-ever NFL pick-six. Diggs knew to expect an out-route by Smith based on pre-snap alignment.
The pick was Diggs’ third of the season. With the interception, he became the first Cowboys player to record an interception in each of a season’s first three games since Everson Walls did so in 1985.“
A receiver faking it as a D-back,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said of Diggs, who also has come up with interceptions off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Tom Brady and Los Angeles Chargers’ Justin Herbert this season. “He plays that ball and makes those special plays. And obviously, he’s not only got talent, but by the way, he’s worked to get in position to make those plays. He’s a difference-maker.”
Diggs made it clear that he’s “trying to” put the league on notice. When asked what this means for the rest of the NFL, his response was simple: “I’m here.”
Diggs is the only player in the NFL to record a pick in each game so far this season. He is tied with Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson as the league’s interception leader.
For Diggs, this was his sixth interception in his past eight games, dating back to last season. Four of those six have come in three games against Philadelphia. He intercepted Carson Wentz twice In Week 8 last year and picked off Jalen Hurts in Week 16.
After his interception returned for a TD, Trevon Diggs became the first Cowboy with an interception in each of the first three games of a season since Everson Walls in 1985.
— Dallas Cowboys Public Relations (@DallasCowboysPR) September 28, 2021
The last time Dallas intercepted a pass for a score was in 2017 at Washington (10/29/17) – Byron Jones.
“Tre is a ball player, man,” said rookie linebacker/defensive end Micah Parsons. “I told him, I’m starting my MVP, All-Pro corner [campaign] for Tre Diggs already. He’s just helping this defense so (much). He’s really making it easier for guys like me to get to the quarterback. I’m very happy for him. …
“He brings that dog every day [in practice]. I think him going against CeeDee [Lamb], Amari [Cooper]. I mean, it’s so much deeper than that. You see Ced [Wilson] out there. You see Noah [Brown]. I don’t see a weak link in that receiver corps. You’ve got [Michael Gallup], too. So Tre every day is challenging, push up everything. I think he’s ready for the moment. He told me he’s going to be the best, so I don’t expect anything less from him.”
Diggs is clearly ready to make a name for himself in the NFL. This is surely the first of many pick-sixes in this young star’s career.
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