despite tample evidence to the contrary Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has repeatedly said throughout the 2024 NFL off season and training comp that he's all in but for various reasons not all of his players are the latest blow landed Saturday when news surfaced revealing that all pro cornerback the Ron Bland needs surgery to repair a stress fracture and his foot and could miss up to 2 months he emerged as a force in 2023 after replacing fellow all PR Tron digs who suffered a season ending ACL tier last September Bland took over and subsequently led the NFL with nine interceptions returning five for touchdowns a establishing a league record Bland's absence adds to the growing list of problems for Dallas the reigning NFC East champions pass rusher Sam Williams went down with a torn ACL early in training camp with Blan out the secondary will be especially depleted after former defensive player of the year Stephan Gilmore who started every game at cornerback last season recently signed with the Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike McCarthy suggested after Saturday's preseason loss of the Los Angeles Chargers that rookie K elen Carson could be a candidate to fill in for Bland and of course all pro wide Out CD lamb has yet to report to the Cowboys as he continues to angle for a new contract one that would land him near the top of the positional pay scale alongside the Vikings Justin Jefferson whose new extension averages $35 million annually Dallas quarterback doc Prescott and linebacker Michael Parsons are also in line for New Deals but Jones who was unusually inactive during this year's free agency period they yet lost several starters to other teams three to the division rival Washington commanders they has yet to resolve those issues and currently appears most focused on getting lamb back into the fold the Cowboys open the regular season on the road September 8th against the Cleveland Brown