The Dallas Cowboys are going to be playing without the services of DaRon Bland against the New York Giants this week. It is the collective hope that this situation does not linger for many more games.
On Wednesday of this week it was reported that Bland was seen at the team’s facility in a walking boot which started this saga. Team leadership have suggested that it is in fact a situation that won’t last, but injuries are always a funny thing.
Speaking on Friday morning to 105.3 The Fan, head coach Brian Schottenheimer spoke to how the Cowboys may mitigate Bland’s loss. Dallas has been committed to utilizing Bland in the slot with Trevon Diggs and Kaiir Elam playing outside and it seems the team could use some safety help to take over in that capacity.
Reddy Steward’s name has been thrown out a lot as a direct solution, but it is the type of issue where you want to have multiple plans given Steward’s lack of experience.
Stephen Jones appeared on San Antonio’s Sports Star on Thursday and noted that Dallas thinks this may be a 2-3 week situation which would mean the Cowboys at least have to figure this out for longer than a single game.
“Well I think right now we’re hoping it’s on the shorter end of a 2-3 weeks. The great news is we’re getting Diggs back and he’s going to be able to get a lot of this game.”
“That part of it’s good and Kaiir’s playing good. And hopefully, we’ve got some other young guys on the roster who are going to get opportunities.”
“Right now we feel like we’re in pretty good shape. Especially since we don’t expect this Bland injury to be extensive or take a long time.”
It should be noted that in that question Stephen was asked about potential veteran help and that Stephon Gilmore’s name was said by the interviewer. Stephen obviously did not address that in any specific manner, though.
The Giants do not exactly boast the most prominent passing attack and if we are looking ahead a week then neither do the Chicago Bears, although the latter is extremely early into the Ben Johnson era and may figure things out soon enough.
Hopefully the Cowboys are able to make it through however long Bland is lost for without any serious damage done against them in the win-loss column.
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