{"id":147705,"date":"2025-09-11T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/147705\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T00:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:05:07","slug":"sources-cowboys-bland-foot-could-be-sidelined-for-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/147705\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources — Cowboys’ Bland (foot) could be sidelined for weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Todd ArcherSep 10, 2025, 07:18 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.<\/p>\n

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys<\/a> could be without cornerback DaRon Bland<\/a> for a couple of weeks because of a right foot injury suffered in Monday’s practice, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n

Bland did not practice Wednesday, but the injury is unrelated to the foot issue that limited him to seven games last season. Last year, Bland dealt with a stress fracture in his left foot that required surgery.<\/p>\n

This injury is not considered as serious, but his absence comes while Trevon Diggs<\/a> is still ramping up his work after undergoing left knee surgery in January and the Cowboys lack proven depth at the position.<\/p>\n

Bland signed a four-year, $92 million extension on Aug. 31 that included $50 million guaranteed. He was credited with four tackles and a quarterback hurry in the season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n

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Diggs played in 27 snaps against the Eagles, working in the sub-packages, which moved Bland into the slot. Diggs said after Wednesday’s practice that he could see more action in Week 2 against the New York Giants<\/a>, if not a full workload.<\/p>\n

“Just a little bit more than last week, I feel like, is the best and smartest and safest thing to do,” Diggs said. “I feel like just increasing it a couple more plays and just working my way slowly.”<\/p>\n

Kaiir Elam<\/a>, acquired in the offseason in a trade from the Buffalo Bills<\/a>, is the other starter. The Cowboys had newcomers Reddy Steward<\/a> and Trikweze Bridges<\/a> active against the Eagles, but neither played a defensive snap in the game. Steward has experience in the system of defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus and can play the slot.<\/p>\n

It is possible the Cowboys could call up Zion Childress<\/a>, who made the initial 53-man roster, from the practice squad this week against the Giants.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys have 52 players on the active roster at the moment, having placed defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey<\/a> on injured reserve at the start of the week. The Cowboys visited with veteran defensive end Jadeveon Clowney<\/a> on Wednesday, but a deal is not considered imminent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Todd ArcherSep 10, 2025, 07:18 PM ET CloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-147705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}