DaRon Bland ‘can’t wait’ for debut with Trevon Diggs, Jourdan Lewis

CB DaRon Bland is nearing his 2024 debut as he prepares to return from injury.

Bland suffered a stress fracture in his foot just ahead of the season that was surgically repaired and, as such, landed him on injured reserve and cost him a minimum of four games. The issue presented itself as soreness in the foot that turned out to be much more after tests were conducted, and Bland says it’s not something that happened on any given play.

“It just happened over time,” he said.

His practice window was opened on Wednesday, allowing the Cowboys until Oct. 30 before they have to make a decision on his status but, by all accounts, there’s a more than solid chance he could take the field against the Lions.

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“I mean, of course there’s some rust,” he said. “I’ve been gone for a long while, so I’ve got a little bit of rust to knock off, so it’ll be good to come back when I come back.”

Will that be against the Lions, definitively?

Bland was coy with his answer, being sure to not overstep the words of head coach Mike McCarthy in that the Cowboys were going to “take it a day at a time”.

“I feel pretty good, but as far as coming back, time will tell,” he said with a smile, then reflecting on how tough it was to be sidelined while watching the Cowboys’ scratch and claw their way to a 3-2 record heading into Week 6.uch rust, but Bland was quick to point out that rust is inevitable when you’re away from the game for more than a month.