DaRon Bland is back . . . in more than one way.

The Cowboys cornerback missed 10 games with a stress fracture in his left foot in 2024 and sat out two games earlier this season with a right foot injury. In his third game back from his most recent foot injury, Bland did what he did in 2023.

He intercepted Marcus Mariota and returned it 68 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Cowboys’ 44-22 win over the Commanders.

“I was like, ‘Oh, I got it . We’ll get this one,’” Bland said, via Patrik Walker of the team website. “Even though the sun was beaming in my face a little bit, it was good. . . . I was more so just telling myself to not drop it because it was just me and the end zone.”

It was Bland’s sixth career pick-six, but his first since Week 12 of 2023 against Washington

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