{"id":86967,"date":"2025-09-02T09:54:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86967"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:55:03","slug":"cowboys-called-out-after-massive-overpay-for-90-million-all-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86967","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys Called Out After &#8216;Massive Overpay&#8217; For $90 Million All-Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1846023170-e1756770114615.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1846023170-e1756770114615.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1846023170-e1756770114615.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1846023170-e1756770114615.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys Called Out After 'Massive Overpay' For $90 Million All-Pro\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys cornerback DaRon Bland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Like so many things about the Dallas Cowboys these days, seeing the franchise sign cornerback DaRon Bland to a 4-year, $90 million contract extension seemed to produce more questions than answers.<\/p>\n<p>Questions like \u2026 why would the Cowboys sign a player to such a massive deal when he still has one season left on his contract plus? Questions like \u2026 why sign a player to that kind of money with just one great season under his belt? Questions like \u2026 is Bland even a Top 20 cornerback in the NFL?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is usually the same\u2014 because the Cowboys can. Logic goes out the window.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of trading superstar edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers on August 28, the Cowboys signed Bland to his mega-deal just a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Cowboys have $167 million in salaries tied up between the 2 starting cornerbacks in Bland and Trevon Diggs, who signed a 5-year, $97 million contract extension in July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Making a deal for Bland after not making a deal for Parsons fell flat across the board and was, at the best, just a massive overpay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday (the Cowboys) gave Bland a huge extension,\u201d The Ringer\u2019s Bill Simmons said on his podcast on August 31. \u201cLike $90 million. So, it\u2019s like, \u2018Well now that we don\u2019t have to pay Micah Parsons, we have more money to overpay some of the other players on the team.\u2019 I don\u2019t even know if he\u2019s a Top 20 cornerback.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bland Seemed Destined To Leave in Free Agency<\/h2>\n<p>Before Parsons was traded, it seemed like a given for Bland to leave in free agency following the 2025 season and the end of the 4-year, $3.97 million rookie contract he signed in 2022. The Cowboys also selected an elite cornerback in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft with East Carolina\u2019s Shavon Revel.<\/p>\n<p>PFF\u2019s Mason Cameron had Bland ranked as the No. 1 free agent cornerback in the 2026 cycle before he signed his extension.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u201cDaRon Bland makes up half of Dallas\u2019 supremely talented cornerback tandem but remains without a deal heading into the 2025 season and reportedly isn\u2019t in talks for one currently,\u201d Cameron wrote on May 7. \u201cTo add salt to the wound, the Cowboys spent a Day 2 draft pick at cornerback, likely signaling their budget doesn\u2019t include an extension for Bland.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Bland Dealt With Major Injury Issues in 2024<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Even more incredible about Bland\u2019s massive overpay is that it came after what was his worst season as a pro.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">In 2023, Bland earned NFL All-Pro honors after he led the NFL with 9 interceptions and set an NFL record with 5 interceptions returned for touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">In 2024, Bland suffered a stress fracture in training camp and missed the first 10 games of the season. In 7 games, he didn\u2019t have a single interception and a career low 5 pass deflections.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">From one perspective, Bland\u2019s contract extension is even more stunning.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u201cTHIS IS WILD,\u201d ML Football wrote on its official X account. \u201cBroncos superstar cornerback Patrick Surtain II is basically getting paid the SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY as #Cowboys CB DaRon Bland \u2026 Bland: 4 years: 92 million dollars Surtain: 4 years: 96 million dollars \u00a0Surtain was the Defensive Player of The Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Adame covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. 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