Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs retreated to “safe harbor” by appearing on teammate Micah Parsons’ podcast and, in doing so, made things worse for everyone.

Before burying his coaching staff, Diggs explained why he chased down a local reporter after the team’s loss Sunday in San Francisco.

“I felt like it was unnecessary,” Diggs told Parsons why he confronted WFAA’s Mike Leslie about his now viral and benign, Tweet. “I felt like he was using my name to get the click.”

Trevon Diggs brings in as many clicks for WFAA and Leslie as he does picks for the Cowboys. According to Pro Football Focus’ rankings of NFL defensive backs, Diggs is ranked 94th out of 110 players. Explain that to Mike Leslie.

The delicious irony here is that it’s Diggs’ own teammate who uses him to click.

In the span of two weeks, the Cowboys’ big boss suggested that have different members from the team’s flagship station conducts its weekly radio interviews; Now the team’s deep-pocketed cornerback is showing more pursuit against the home media than against opposing ball carriers.

This is America’s team; confusing fame with production and perceived value with achievement, while displaying the sensitivity of a child. As is often the case, the men whom the media lionizes for their gladiatorial feats of strength and athleticism are nothing more than frightened children who are afraid of words.

A player attacking like us members of the weasley media It is a goal that many of them aspire to achieve; Most of them have the intelligence and lack the courage to complete the task. Most of these guys are very angry not only because of the constant criticism they receive from people “who never played the game,” but also because of the enormous pressure that comes from the responsibility they have incurred as the primary breadwinner.

Diggs’s empty lament to Leslie is as disturbing as it is stupid and indicates where the team is: 3-4 looking not for answers but for excuses while many losses loom on the horizon.

An NFL player hasn’t even taken off his uniform when he checks his phone to see what people are saying about him. Son, you make a lot of money for a team that just lost again and your defense gave up 30 points to an offense whose best players were injured.

What did you think people were going to say in a sphere of anonymity and techno protection that turns the meek into monsters? Turn it off. Don’t look at any of that. You’re not going to win, and neither Mike Leslie nor any member of the media is your primary concern.

Gamers do this a lot more than you think. Texas Longhorns cornerback kris boyd He tweeted during halftime of a loss to TCU in 2015. Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant checked his social media accounts a few minutes after a loss against Seattle that same year..

Diggs is not a bad person or a bad player. However, he is a professional athlete whose life is ball and is stuck in a bad season. He hasn’t looked the same since suffering a season-ending ACL tear early in the 2023 season.

He can waste time explaining that he was actually doing what he was assigned to do on the play in question, where he wasn’t actively pursuing 49ers tight end George Kittle on a long pass and catch.

Diggs can spend a few minutes detailing that Kittle was not his man and that his job was to make sure the ball carrier couldn’t cut back. Bravo; his defense gave up a 43-yard play and it wasn’t all his fault.

When Diggs digs deeper here, he leaves himself exposed to the avalanche of video evidence of other plays where he’s been a liability. When your defense is second to last in the NFL in points per game allowed, and you’re one of the highest-paid players on that unit, don’t explain how good you are and that it’s not your fault.

Let your agent make that case during contract negotiations.

Now all Diggs has done is increase the perception that this team is imploding under the weight of a series of decisions made by management and the pressure created by big money contracts for Diggs, receiver CeeDee Lamb and quarterback Dak Prescott.

Diggs didn’t help himself in his appearance with Parsons when he all but blamed the coaching staff for the loss against the 49ers. He specifically referred to the lack of changes made by the personnel that led to the 49ers scoring 21 points in the third quarter.

The creation of social media platforms has given gamers places to express their opinions and their “side” outside of traditional media outlets. Most of it is an example of famous people opening their mouths and glorifying product endorsements.

It’s a place where they aren’t challenged, and can “boys club” without us media idiots who were never good enough to be on their teams. Exceptions are granted for famous people, the super-rich who pay the check, and pretty women they want to have sex with but not marry.

You can denounce this evolution of the marriage between sports and media all you want, but it exists because the market supports it. Gamers have podcasts, Twitter accounts, IG handles and everything to sell themselves. And because it’s fun.

Gamers, and those who benefit from it, defend this as “new media.” It’s all the same, except where the checks go.

Trevon probably doesn’t realize that by going on Micah’s podcast he got used to the clicks and that in his effort to explain himself he somehow managed to make himself look worse.