The Dallas Cowboys are looking to win their first game of the season against the New York Giants on Sunday. Unfortunately, one member of their secondary likely won’t be available. According to ESPN’s Todd Archer, cornerback DaRon Bland could miss a few weeks with a foot injury that he suffered in practice on Monday.
Bland is no stranger to foot issues. He missed 10 games last season with a stress fracture. It’s unclear at the moment if he injured the same foot this go around. Nonetheless, this is a big blow to the defensive backfield that played pretty well against the Philadelphia Eagles with a then healthy Bland and Trevon Diggs, something that hasn’t happened a lot of the last few years. Kaiir Elam was the third corner in the game.
The hope is that this injury isn’t a lingering issue for Bland who just signed a four-year extension for $92 million less than two weeks ago.