"He intercepted Marcus Mariota and returned it 68 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Cowboys' 44-22 win over the Commanders. "I was like, 'Oh, I got it. We'll get this one,'" Bland said, via Patrik Walker of the team website. "Even though the sun was beaming in my face a little bit, it was good. . . . I was more so just telling myself to not drop it because it was just me and the end zone.""
""I was trying to make a play," Mariota said. "You know, you come into the game and just with where [the score] was, I probably could have thrown it away at that point in time. I thought I saw J-Mac [Jeremy McNichols] open in the flat. I got hit as I threw and [the ball] didn't get all the way over there, and the guy made a play on it.""
Bland intercepted Marcus Mariota and returned the ball 68 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Cowboys' 44-22 victory over the Commanders. Bland thought he had the play despite the sun in his face and focused on not dropping the ball as he ran to the end zone. The score marked Bland's sixth career pick-six and his first since Week 12 of 2023 against Washington, one of five interception-return touchdowns in his All-Pro season. Rod Woodson holds the NFL record with 12 pick-sixes. Mariota was trying to make a play, got hit while throwing, and the ball did not reach Jeremy McNichols in the flat, enabling the interception.
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