Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy says Trevon Diggs has to be 'better' after heated reporter confrontation
The Cowboys corner confronted a reporter over an in-game tweet after the loss to the 49ers.
Mike McCarthy understand times have changed, but he still wasn’t thrilled about his player lashing out at a reporter.
The day after his Dallas Cowboys dropped their Week 8 matchup to the 49ers and cornerback Trevon Diggs took out the frustration on a beat reporter, the head coach offered a “sign of the times” analysis on his star cornerback’s blowup and his team’s disappointing results.
“I think we have to be better in those moments, I always talk about staying on a high road,” McCarthy said, per ESPN.
“But I’m not ignorant or naive to the fact that this generation, that’s part of the world they live in, the social media world,” McCarthy continued. “You have to manage that. That’s part of being a professional athlete and that’s part of representing this organization properly.”
The Cowboys (3-4) have dropped consecutive games to Detroit and San Francisco, with their bye week sandwiched between.
They showed more fight in Week 8 with the sting of the Lions’ 47-9 Week 6 clobbering still fresh, but the short-handed 49ers still had no problems scoring in a 30-24 victory.