Sunlight nearly ruined an epic moment for the Dallas Cowboys Sunday. DaRon Bland admitted his pick six against the Washington Commanders came close to not happening at all.

Bland stepped in front of an errant Marcus Mariota throw during the third quarter and took it back to the end zone . But he explained what he was really fighting via Jon Machota of The Athletic Monday.

“Mariota didn’t see me in that open space, so I was like, I gotta go get this one. Even though the sun was beaming in my face a little bit, but it was good. (It was) a little bit (tough to see the ball), but it was more so just don’t drop it because I felt like it was just me and the end zone,” Bland explained.

He hopes the interception becomes a new swing in momentum for the past All-Pro.

“I haven’t (played)

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