{"id":110409,"date":"2025-08-31T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/110409\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:28:07","slug":"brian-schottenheimer-shares-thoughts-after-daron-bland-becomes-6th-highest-paid-nfl-cornerback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/110409\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Schottenheimer shares thoughts after DaRon Bland becomes 6th-highest paid NFL cornerback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/news\/brian-schottenheimer-cowboys-daron-bland-6th-highest-paid-nfl-cornerback\/67b82bb71735582a0fdbbaa3?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brian Schottenheimer shares thoughts after DaRon Bland becomes 6th-highest paid NFL cornerback;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brian Schottenheimer shares thoughts after DaRon Bland becomes 6th-highest paid NFL cornerback<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46121475\/source-cowboys-daron-bland-reach-4-year-92m-extension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Cowboys have locked up one of their key defensive players;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Cowboys have locked up one of their key defensive players<\/a> with a lucrative contract extension. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NickHarrisFWST\/status\/1962202547810169078\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cornerback DaRon Bland is the sixth-highest paid at his position in the NFL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cornerback DaRon Bland is the sixth-highest paid at his position in the NFL<\/a>, per Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys agreed on Sunday to a four-year, $92 million contract extension with Bland that includes $50 million guaranteed, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The deal carries an average annual value of $23 million.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Cowboys coach <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1962206571993186590\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brian Schottenheimer addressed DaRon Bland&#039;s contract extension during his media availability;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brian Schottenheimer addressed DaRon Bland&#8217;s contract extension during his media availability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So well deserved,&#8221; Schottenheimer said. &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled for him and his family. \u2026 He&#8217;s a huge, huge piece for us. He has incredible ball skills and instincts. \u2026 DaRon has always has the ability to process things quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bland was drafted by Dallas in the fifth round in 2022 out of Fresno State. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4248911\/daron-bland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:He had a breakout season in 2023;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">He had a breakout season in 2023<\/a>, in which he recorded nine interceptions, five returned for touchdowns, setting an NFL record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Schottenheimer shares thoughts after DaRon Bland becomes 6th-highest paid NFL cornerback originally appeared on The Sporting News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[62467,49,48,13592,1721,62468,62470,22136,62469,514,16072,16384,82],"class_list":["post-110409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-brian-schottenheimer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-contract-extension","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-daron-bland","tag-fort-worth-star-telegram","tag-ian-rapoport","tag-lucrative-contract-extension","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-network","tag-nick-harris","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}