While the Dallas Cowboys’ “soap opera” continues, one chapter seems to be closing at last. After months of speculation, drama, and even trade rumors, All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs has cleared the air. When pressed recently about his relationship with Jerry Jones & Co., Diggs encapsulated the sentiment with a single word: “great.”

That one word lands with surprising clarity, considering the Cowboys penalized Diggs by docking $500,000 of his base salary this offseason. The team enforced the de-escalator clause in his contract after Diggs chose to rehab his knee in South Florida instead of at team facilities. It was a move that the franchise viewed as breaking ranks. For a cornerback who’s already endured back-to-back lost seasons to injury, the punishment could have

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