{"id":298518,"date":"2023-11-24T02:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T02:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298518"},"modified":"2023-11-24T02:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T02:24:03","slug":"cowboys-cb-daron-bland-sets-nfls-single-season-pick-six-record-on-thanksgiving-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/nfl\/cowboys-cb-daron-bland-sets-nfls-single-season-pick-six-record-on-thanksgiving-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys CB DaRon Bland sets NFL's single-season pick-six record on Thanksgiving Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
DaRon Bland used the Cowboys’ annual Thanksgiving Day game to write himself into the history books.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys cornerback set the NFL single-season record on Thursday with his fifth pick-six of the year, intercepting Commanders quarterback Sam Howell and evading multiple would-be tacklers on a 63-yard return to pay dirt.<\/p>\n
“To have the fans, the family, the coaches there and do it on Thanksgiving Day is another thing to be thankful for,” Bland said postgame on CBS. “On that play, I saw the ball, saw the receiver run an out route and I just had to go get it. And then, all I saw was open field.”<\/p>\n
The score added yet another cause for celebration at the tail end of a 45-10 thumping of Washington, and it pushed Bland past Eric Allen (1993), Jim Kearny (1972) and Ken Houston (1971) — the three men he tied with his fourth interception TD just last week.<\/p>\n
Bland’s big play also vaulted the second-year cornerback into first in Cowboys franchise history for career pick-sixes, per NFL Research.<\/p>\n
It’s just the latest magnificent feat in a season chock full of them for Bland, who was thrust into the starting lineup following Trevon Diggs’ torn ACL during practice ahead of Week 3.<\/p>\n
Since then, Bland has emerged as one of the league’s preeminent playmakers on defense.<\/p>\n
He now has 48 tackles, 13 passes defensed and seven interceptions on the season.<\/p>\n
Bland’s yet to go more than two consecutive games without a defensive touchdown dating back to Week 1, and he still has six more regular-season contests to attempt to add to his jaw-dropping mark.<\/p>\n