That’s quite a season DaRon Bland is putting together for Dallas. Most NFL teams don’t have a receiver who’s scored more touchdowns.
Bland scored his 5th on Thanksgiving, and it involved his best after-the-catch (or is it “after-the-interception”?) work. The vast majority of defensive backs wouldn’t have scored on that play.
He’s at 5 touchdowns now. Two of those touchdowns have come form 50-plus yards.
Only 13 players have caught more touchdowns than Bland. His work on interceptions stacks up pretty well against the rest of the league's more conventional pass-catching work.
| PLAYERS WITH MOST TOUCHDOWN "CATCHES" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Yards | Avg | TD |
| Tyreek Hill, Mia. | 79 | 1,222 | 15.5 | 9 |
| Courtland Sutton, Den. | 45 | 499 | 11.1 | 8 |
| Keenan Allen, LAC | 83 | 1,011 | 12.2 | 7 |
| Stefon Diggs, Buff. | 77 | 895 | 11.6 | 7 |
| Jordan Addison, Min. | 48 | 647 | 13.5 | 7 |
| Mike Evans, T.B. | 48 | 780 | 16.3 | 7 |
| Romeo Doubs, G.B. | 41 | 433 | 10.6 | 7 |
| CeeDee Lamb, Dall. | 78 | 1,066 | 13.7 | 6 |
| A.J. Brown, Phil. | 68 | 1,013 | 14.9 | 6 |
| DJ Moore, Chi. | 59 | 889 | 15.1 | 6 |
| JaMarr Chase, Cin. | 71 | 833 | 11.7 | 6 |
| Mark Andrews, Balt. | 45 | 544 | 12.1 | 6 |
| Tank Dell, Hou. | 42 | 659 | 15.7 | 6 |
| DaRon Bland, Dall. | 7 | 209 | 29.9 | 5 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown, Det. | 82 | 993 | 12.1 | 5 |
| Brandon Aiyuk, S.F. | 45 | 881 | 19.6 | 5 |
| Christian McCaffrey, S.F. | 48 | 389 | 8.1 | 5 |
| Cole Kmet, Chi. | 49 | 439 | 9.0 | 5 |
| Dalton Schultz, Hou. | 39 | 453 | 11.6 | 5 |
| Gabriel Davis, Buff. | 33 | 490 | 14.8 | 5 |
| George Kittle, S.F. | 46 | 667 | 14.5 | 5 |
| Jakobi Meyers, L.V. | 46 | 512 | 11.1 | 5 |
| Jayden Reed, G.B. | 36 | 497 | 13.8 | 5 |
| Sam LaPorta, Det. | 55 | 539 | 9.8 | 5 |
| Travis Kelce, K.C. | 64 | 641 | 10.0 | 5 |
—Ian Allan