Just hours before the trade deadline, the Dallas Cowboys made a significant move by acquiring star defensive lineman Quinnen Williams from the New York Jets.
Dallas traded a 2026 second-round pick, a 2027 first-round selection, and defensive tackle Mazi Smith. The 2027 first-round pick is projected to be the more valuable of the Cowboys’ picks in that draft.
Williams is considered one of the top defensive linemen in the league, with three Pro Bowl selections over the last three seasons and an All-Pro nod in 2022. In the first eight games this year, he recorded 32 combined tackles, one sack, seven tackles for loss, and a career-best three forced fumbles.
The 27-year-old is in the second year of his four-year, $96 million extension, which has no dead-cap hit for the final year in 2027.
On Tuesday, the Cowboys also traded for linebacker Logan Wilson from the Cincinnati Bengals, exchanging a 2026 seventh-round pick. Wilson has achieved 100 or more tackles in each of the last four seasons. The 29-year-old is in the second year of his four-year, $36 million contract.
Head coach Brian Schottenheimer expressed enthusiasm about these trade deadline moves, which could boost the Cowboys in the season’s second half.
“It’s exciting. Kudos to Jerry and Stephen (Jones) and Will (McClay) and I think being aggressive but smart because (it’s) a couple of the moves we made you’re getting guys not just for this year, but beyond, which I think is great,” Schottenheimer said. “It gets you excited as a coach, and I think it’s two terrific players, but also terrific young men.”
The Cowboys have a 3-5-1 record heading into their Week 10 bye.
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