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The Cowboys Will Soon Face Some COMPLEX Contract Negotiations...
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6/16/2025
The Dallas Cowboys will have to decide how much to pay DaRon Bland.
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So the Dallas Cowboys are in for very complicated contract negotiations and a national media outlet
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showed us exactly why. And no, I am not talking about Micah Parsons.
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Hey, what's up? It's Mauricio Rodriguez here at ADZ Sports Dallas. We are talking contract
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negotiations between the Dallas Cowboys and their players because yes, everyone is talking about
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the Micah Parsons deal. And understandably so. When he is signed to a new contract,
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Micah will be the highest paid non-quarterback in NFL history. And since that should come very
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quickly with training camp in the horizon, everyone's talking about that. Everyone is
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concerned about that. But I'm looking a little bit ahead this time. And I am talking about another
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Cowboys player who is entering a contract year. And when the time comes, he might also be in a spot
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to cash in and become one of the highest paid players in his position. And I am talking about
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Cowboys cornerback, Deron Bland. If you're not expecting this one to be a contentious affair,
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consider where Pro Football Focus ranked him in a recent ranking for every cornerback in the league.
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And in fact, think to yourself, okay, Deron Bland is a top blank space cornerback in the NFL.
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Did he say 10? Did he say 15? Maybe you're an optimist and you were like, he's a top five dude
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for sure. Well, PFF ranked him 32nd in the entire league. I thought that was surprisingly low. Let me
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read you the exact reasoning behind that. Pro Football Focus wrote that his PFF advanced coverage
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grade wasn't great, even though his standard PFF coverage grade over the past two seasons
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ranks sixth in the NFL. Let's stop right there very quickly. We're talking about the guy who set the
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NFL record for most pick sixes in a single season. And PFF is saying, hey, the advanced coverage
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grade wasn't great. The coverage grade was top six in the entire NFL. The advanced one, not so great.
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I'm not going to lie to you. I don't know what to make of that, but I don't think that's what
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matters right now. What matters is there is a level of disagreement as to how good Bland is.
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The NFL world knows he's good. He's got something, which is why we know he's going to be an interesting
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contract candidate for next year, but he's not perceived as Sauce Gardner. He's not the Pat
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Sertain of the NFL. No one would really say the wrong blend if asked who is the best corner in the
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NFL. That alone tells you this is going to be a winding negotiation with number 26. Now there's
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already some drama to it because in OTAs, the wrong blend was actually used in the slot, which
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obviously puts him in a position where he doesn't want to be because outside cornerbacks make the most
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money in the NFL. And those guys that are inside, you're talking about guys playing at significant
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discounts at a cornerback. So we can guarantee that the wrong blend wants to be playing on the outside
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in a contract year to boost his value as much as he can. And if the Cowboys want to force him to play
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inside, I wonder if that could become an issue between player and coaching staff, as well as
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with the front office. For now, everyone is focused on Parsons. I get it. Everyone is focused on the
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actual 2025 season, but I think that's what makes this whole thing even more interesting. How Bland plays
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in 2025 could be a difference between a top cornerback contract in the entire league and maybe a deal that
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ranks around the top 10 area. So if you want to talk about motivation, Durham Bland is going to be fired
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up for the season.
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