{"id":148602,"date":"2023-10-02T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=148602"},"modified":"2023-10-02T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T10:55:00","slug":"daron-bland-dallas-cowboys-trevon-diggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/10\/02\/daron-bland-dallas-cowboys-trevon-diggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-Year Cornerback Fills in Shoes for Star Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Dallas Cowboys star defender Trevon Diggs went down with an injury<\/a>, second-year cornerback DaRon Bland stepped up and filled his shoes. The Cowboys had another obliterating beatdown game against the Patriots, 38-3. It was an opportunity for Bland to see if he can answer the call after an embarrassing loss to Arizona last week. Bland did just that by walking away with two interceptions, one including a pick-six.<\/p>\n

During the 2022 season, Bland was the man at nickelback<\/a> filling in the need, and has been excelling ever since. He recorded eight interceptions thus far in his career but is focusing on what he can fill in for Diggs. However, it\u2019s the adversity that he answers and comes out on top when it counts. This is what the Cowboys\u2019 defense did by keeping quarterback Mac Jones, on his heels all game.<\/p>\n

DaRon reflected<\/a> more about his role after the game, \u201cYou gotta get comfortable in the role, it\u2019s a big role to take over. I was just trying to fill his outside role. You know to know our defense, because everybody can move everywhere. I can play outside, I just had to make sure and not forget that part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n