DaRon Bland will miss out on the start of the season for the Dallas Cowboys this fall.
The cornerback sustained a tension fracture in his foot throughout training school in Southern California previously today, the group revealed ahead of their last preseason video game on Saturday. He is set to go through surgical treatment in the coming days, and will be sidelined for approximately 8 weeks.
From the Cowboys: DaRon Bland experienced foot pain on Wednesday of recently throughout training school in Oxnard. Subsequent imaging exposed a tension fracture in his foot. He will go through surgical treatment to fix the injury and is presently forecasted to be out for 6-8 weeks.
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Based upon that timeline, Bland will miss out on a minimum of the very first 4 video games of the season for the Cowboys. If he's able to return in simply 6 weeks, he might be back on the field in time for their video game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 6.
Bland is entering his 3rd season in the league this fall. The 25-year-old had a league-high 9 interceptions last season with the Cowboys, 5 of which he returned for goals. He likewise had a career-high 69 overall takes on, and assisted keep the Dallas defense on track after star cornerback Trevon Diggs tore his ACL early last fall.
Diggs, who missed out on 15 video games last season, went back to complete group drills at training school and is on track to begin the season. The Cowboys will likely lean on Jourdan Lewis and newbies Caelen Carson and Andrew Booth to assist get the slack without Bland to begin the year.
The Cowboys went 12-5 last season and won the NFC East for a 2nd time in the previous 3 years. They were knocked out of the wild-card round of the playoffs. Protective planner Dan Quinn left the Cowboys after last season to take control of as the Washington Commanders head coach, which led Dallas to work with previous Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer to change him.
The Cowboys will open the season versus the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 8.
