Jerry Jones seemed to take a shot at Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele during Monday’s press conference.
The Dallas Cowboys held their annual press conference to kick off training camp in Oxnard, California on Monday and things were rather chalk, for them. You can catch up on the updates from it here.
There were referenced to Jerry Jones’ appearance on Landman, the upcoming Netflix special on the 1990s Cowboys and even a question about Jerry and being a cartoon character. Like I said, it was chalk for them.
As you can imagine there were a lot of questions for the brain-trust about Micah Parsons, his pending contract extension, why it still hasn’t been done and everything under that sun. The front office did their best to avoid any sort of answer as negotiations are obviously still underway.
There were a lot of questions on this front so things got a bit monotonous and repetitive. At one point a question was posed as to why players like Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele received extensions earlier in the process (from an overall time perspective) than players like Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and obviously Parsons.
Jerry Jones thought long and hard for a second and responded with a question. He asked the reporter, Joe Hoyt of The Dallas Morning News, as to whether or not the Cowboys should have signed either player.
Jerry Jones on what the difference is with Cowboys players who get deals early like Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele: Frankly… should we have waited on Diggs and Steele?
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) July 21, 2025
To be clear, Diggs and Steele have both underperformed in certain respects since signing their respective extensions with the team. But for the team’s owner, general manager and president to imply this so publicly, and do it so matter-of-factly, was quite the choice to say the least. It hardly establishes a spirit of good will and probably (one would assume) upset Diggs or Steele, presuming they ultimately find out about it.
This is, to say the least, a unique way of doing business. Obviously the Cowboys have made that their style over the years, but this one sort of took the cake.
