ARLINGTON, Texas — The 2024 NFL season is a new year for every team, but for the Dallas Cowboys, it’s the third in a row in which a starting cornerback suffered a significant injury.
Nickel cornerback Jourdan Lewis suffered a Lisfranc foot injury in 2022, and two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs tore his ACL in practice prior to Dallas’ Week 3 game at the Arizona Cardinals last season. Now, 2023 First-Team All-Pro DaRon Bland, last season’s NFL leader in interceptions (nine) and the league’s single-season record holder for pick-sixes (five), will miss the next six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot.
With just over two weeks remaining until the Cowboys kick off their 2024 regular season in Cleveland against the Browns on Sept. 8, Dallas owner and general manager Jerry Jones is anticipating Bland’s return to be sometime between Weeks 5 and 6. That’s a timeline he views as “good news.”…