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CB, Daron Bland, has been targeted 6 times tonight and has allowed 5 catches for 137 yards and a touchdown.
Bland has been targeted 59 times this season and it’s resulted in a quarterback rating three points worse than if opposing signal-callers had just thrown the ball into the ground instead of attempting to target him, according to Sam Monson of Pro Football Focus.
It’s an insane stat for a player producing at an incredible level. It’ll be fun to watch if he can build on his new record over the season’s final weeks.
DaRon Bland added to his NFL-leading interception total with a nifty pick, though that didn’t really make up for the big plays against the Dallas Cowboys cornerback before they rallied to avoid their first home loss this season.
Bland didn’t return this one for a touchdown — he already has the NFL record with five picks returned for scores — but his eighth interception of the season late in the third quarter ended a streak of three consecutive TD drives for the Seattle Seahawks.
That streak ended in a hurry against Dallas (9-3) and Bland. DK Metcalf beat the corner for a 73-yard catch-and-run touchdown on the Seahawks’ opening drive for a 7-3 lead.
Metcalf later had a 34-yard catch against Bland to the Cowboys 23, though Jason Myers missed a 42-yard field goal attempt after a delay of game penalty backed the Seahawks up 5 yards.
“This is an excellent offensive perimeter group that came in here,” Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said. “We’ve got a lot of respect for what we saw in the game plan process. They went after us, we went after them and at the end we got it done in the fourth quarter. They definitely went after the one-on-ones outside and hit some plays.”
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