With a viral video going around of Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs “talking trash” to quarterback Dak Prescott during practice, backlash quickly followed online for the cornerback. But how does everyone involved actually feel about it?
Trevon Diggs Discusses Backlash From Trash Talk
Diggs spoke to the media about this, saying it makes practice fun.
“At the end of the day, that’s my brother. I love Dak to death. It’s nothing behind it. It’s just competitiveness, it’s just football, it’s just how we play.”
Diggs said that this does not indicate having a lack of respect for Prescott because that isn’t the case. His message was crystal clear when he was asked to respond to the backlash saying, “Stay out the business, get out the business.”
Additionally, people don’t need to worry about his relationship with Prescott and how they operate because it does not come between them.
“Dak is the leader of our team. He’s gonna go out there and have a great year. I have the utmost respect for Dak, so whatever narrative people want to run with, that’s just what it is. But we know how we are, and we know that it’s nothing,” said the cornerback.
Dak Prescott Encourages the Trash Talk
On 105.3 The Fan, Prescott discussed the trust in the guys around him, and the trash talk goes into that. He described this as tying all together in personalizing his approach with every person and the importance of understanding who they are. Saying that he won’t “talk trash” to someone who doesn’t show their competitive nature in that way because that would be a way to “cut deep or start something.”
But if a guy naturally encourages it, he will do it too.
“A lot of the times, I know it’s just encouraging these guys to play their best and to be accountable and really getting the best out of them,” said Prescott.
In a news conference, he addressed the exact situation with Diggs, saying that it blowing up as it did is another thing that comes with being on the Dallas Cowboys.
Prescott said that, to him, it shows that people haven’t been in heated situations and that growing up with his brothers, he learned that “words are just words” already. But playing for this team in his position hardened him even more to the outside noise.
“When you love somebody, and you know who they are, you compete against them in everything that you do,” said Prescott.
The quarterback said that because words don’t hurt him, he encourages the “trash talk.”
“I might honestly talk ‘talk’ the most, and I bring it on honestly when it comes to that. I start it usually in the locker room before practice. So when it’s thrown at me at practice, I expect it,” said Prescott.
Prescott also says that it all ties into the same sediment that head coach Mike McCarthy echoed; that it’s a sign of a healthy relationship.
During a news conference, McCarthy says he doesn’t referee the trash-talking with the guys, and it’s part of their working environment.
“It’s, you know, nothing new, and it’s been going on as long as I’ve been in this league. So I think that’s just part of our culture and guys competing,” said McCarthy.