Cowboys’ Trevon Diggs apologizes to WFAA reporter he told to ‘stay in your lane’

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs was not happy after Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, when, while still in pads, he berated a WFAA-TV reporter for a social media post that was sent out during the game.

The expletive-ridden confrontation, which was caught on video, saw Diggs tell the reporter that he didn’t know football and to “stay in your lane.” When the media entered the locker room minutes later, Diggs was not made available for further comment.

On Wednesday, Diggs was able to talk for the first time since the altercation and apologized to the reporter during his media availability.

“I shouldn’t have reacted how I reacted,” Diggs said. “I apologize for that. Emotions are high, he just caught me at the right time, I guess.”

On the play that the reporter criticized, Diggs was seen running alongside 49ers tight end George Kittle on a 43-yard gain that set up San Francisco’s first touchdown in the third quarter. Diggs insisted that he was trying to cut off a cutback angle so that Kittle wouldn’t score.

“I felt like I was the last line of defense,” he said. “My man was up the field and I was behind the safeties at the time. I feel like I prevented him from scoring and I took the highest angle.”

Diggs’ moment appeared to be the peak of frustration built up after back-to-back losses to NFC contenders. Whether it was warranted or not, it stood out as yet another blemish on yet another bad night for the Cowboys.

“It’s tough, because we’re losing,” Diggs said. “I hate losing. I like to win. There’s a lot of frustration. You just want to win so bad, and you do everything you can to win and you don’t get the win. It’s easy to get frustrated.”

“I definitely want to win. I definitely have a lot of emotions that I don’t show. So, I let that moment get the best of me. Like I said, you got to keep the main thing, the main thing. At the end of the day we lost, we all got to play better. We all got to find a way to win.”

In his availability, he was pressed on his desire to check social media directly after the game. In his generation of players, it’s common for players to be more active in the social media aspect of their jobs.

“Everyone’s on social media,” Diggs said. “That’s just what it is. It’s just a part of our life now. I don’t see nothing wrong with me going online after the game or anybody going online after the game, checking what you want to check. Maybe I want to get away from the game and just scroll.”