The Dallas Cowboys spent your complete offseason trying to improve the roster from high to backside, and by most accounts they’ve succeeded. There are just a few positions which will nonetheless must be addressed sooner or later, however possibly cornerback won’t be one.
Courting again to December when DaRon Bland was positioned on injured reserve, there’s been some issues about his long-term future in Dallas. That is as a result of accidents he sustained to his left foot that has required offseason surgical procedure in consecutive years. Nobody fairly knew how he would bounce again from surgical procedure No. 2, however early reviews positively sound encouraging.
Seeing that No. 26 is the Cowboys most seasoned and confirmed CB on your complete roster, and somebody who is anticipated to start out, him already “feeling actually good” proper now and operating with the first-team protection is wonderful information. Now, he simply must discover a method to stay wholesome and return to his 2023 kind.
After two fairly disappointing seasons, it’s simple to neglect how effectively Bland performed again in 2023. He was an All-Professional and set the NFL document for pick-sixes in a season with 5, plus led the league in complete interceptions with 9. That manufacturing finally led to the four-year, $92 million contract he signed in 2025.
Bland is at the moment the seventh highest-paid CB in your complete league and desires to start out dwelling as much as his contract. The Cowboys are counting on him to start out this yr and play effectively. If not, they are going to be pressured to show to some youthful and unproven gamers reminiscent of Shavon Revel to fill the void.
Revel is coming off a fairly ho-hum rookie season, one during which he by no means actually regarded absolutely wholesome after sustaining a season-ending knee harm in his remaining collegiate season. He performed all of final season with a knee brace, however has been shifting/enjoying rather more loosely and confidently with out it in OTAs and now in coaching camp.
Very similar to with DaRon Bland, there was some issues about Revel’s well being and the way his knee would reply as soon as issues acquired rather more bodily and coaching camp. If early indicators are any indicator, he too is “feeling good” proper now.
Though Revel isn’t a projected starter proper now, he could possibly be competing with free agent addition Cobie Durant for the job. He was thought of a first-round expertise who slid to the Cowboys within the third spherical in final yr’s draft. And, at 6’2”, 198-pounds, he would add some much-needed dimension to the Cowboys secondary.
With each DaRon Bland and Shavon Revel effectively forward of the place they have been a yr in the past, the Cowboys CB place is way much less of a priority that it was earlier than studying extra about their well being standing. Hopefully they will proceed to stay wholesome from now all through the remainder of the 2026 NFL season. Christian Parker and his new-look protection is actually hoping so.
