DaRon Bland hoping for contract extension before week 1

Aug 14, 2025
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Cowboys CB DaRon Bland

With everything that is going on with Jerry Jones and Micah Parsons, within the last few days, Cowboys cornerback DaRon Bland made some comments that left me wondering what is going on with this front office.

Bland noted that talks have begun with his agent and team officials about a new contract and hopes to have it done by the start of week one.

I have a good idea as to why this is taking place, and, once again, it just makes no sense as to how this front office runs things.

Before Parsons?

Okay, look, I hope Bland does indeed get signed, but the fact that he came out and said this might happen before week one just shows what the Jones family likes to priorize.

Being able to sign a guy for cheaper than Jerry wants is what he loves to do and right now that clearly seems like what he is trying to do.

“I do,” he said. “I’m not really here to talk about it really so much. Hopefully,” Bland said when asked if he wanted to sign before the regular season begins, adding that he didn’t want to go into details but remained confident that an agreement could be reached.

Bland set the record for interceptions returned for touchdowns in 2023, and is entering the final year of his current deal.

Last season he only played seven games due to a season-ending injury, and as of right now he is one of the only guys that have healthy going into the 2025 season at secondary.

I would think the plan would be to keep Bland on the outside, maybe, but until Trevon Diggs and rookie Shavon Revel Jr. are healthy, I have no clue what this team might do.

If I had to pick between the two, I understand Bland is about to play on his final year, I would make sure Parsons got done before him.

Either way, I have a very strong feeling that the next notification we get about a Dallas Cowboys player being signed, it will not be Parsons, but rather Bland.

I am starting to wonder if Micah is going to end up playing any of these games. Jerry keeps saying that he is under contract, and while that is true, Parsons just does not seem very interested in anything that this team is doing right now other than just being there.

Shane Taylor

Shane Taylor

Shane Taylor is a sports journalist with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and seven years of professional media experience. He has written 766 articles for InsideTheStar.com, reaching over 928,000 readers. Prior to Inside The Star, Shane worked as a Sports Reporter for Journal Star and a Regional News Reporter for Shaw Media. He currently works in the TRIO Upward Bound department at a junior college.

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mike ragsdale
mike ragsdale
Aug 14, 2025 5:17 PM

wow shane, your quite the ace – do you think its possible that you can pay everybody – player – anything they want , first of all what is blands pff rating and you cant reset the market every time you sign a player , the next time you get some work done to your house or your parents basement, tell yourself what did my neighbors pay for the same work and if they paid 2000.00 then you will pay 2500.00 for the same work to reset the the market i have been a cowboys fan since i was 9 years old i am 61 now , i want to win badly also if i was gm of cowboys i would trade parsons-bland-diggs if i could and dak if i could find a sucker your so off base ,were the the one that said jerry is trying to save some interest money cmon . why dont you write for the eagles or washington im sure they would take you and your thoughts , do you really get paid for this junk.

mike ragsdale
mike ragsdale
Aug 15, 2025 5:35 PM
Reply to  Shane Taylor

yes i would trade them , time to do a player reset, you can keep all those players you mentioned and you still wont win but maybe 1 playoff round game , i think we have some decent young talent that is not over paid , every time dallas tries to sign a decent player for cheap deal they get the rummage sale story , hey every team does that, we cant sign good free agents because we have 3 players taking over half our cap , so thats my thoughts , one thing i would like to say is , i like how i can post or reply and not get scrubbed out , thx 4 listening peace out – looking 4ward to another 500 season – and i would not trade cee dee

Edward Carmichael
Edward Carmichael
Aug 15, 2025 9:34 AM

a Dallas Cowboys fan, Since the 70’s Daron Bland I wish good luck getting your contract done real soon because Jerry Jones doesn’t like to deal with a players agent Jerry Jones like doing back door deals and playing games

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