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Well, Jerry Jones is trying to do whatever he can to keep all of us fans into this season, because just a few moments ago, he made a blockbuster trade for Pro Bowl defensive tackle Quinnen Williams.
The Jets have been busy. About an hour before this, they traded Sauce Gardner.
Dallas is sending a first-round pick and more to NYJ, per The Insiders,” Ian Rapoport said. “A new home for one of the NFL’s best to team that values interior DLs, as NYJ builds for the future.”
Williams, a former first-round pick from Alabama, has racked up 322 tackles, 101 QB hits and 40 sacks since joining the Jets in 2019.
He was the Jets’ 2019 first-round draft pick, has been a key piece of the defense since his arrival.
He has gone to the Pro Bowl in each of the last three seasons and was first-team All-Pro in 2022.
The Jets receive a 2026 second-round pick and 2027 first-round pick and DT Mazi Smith.
Thank goodness the Mazi show is over. I was starting to think that they would never let him go.
Source: Cowboys get 3-time Pro Bowl DT Quinnen Williams
Jets get 2026 second round pick, the better of the Cowboys’ two first rounders in 2027, and DT Mazi Smith
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 4, 2025
Look, let me put it this way, Williams has two years left on his deal, so they might be able to hang onto him for those years, but they are trading more than likely their pick instead of the one they got from the Packers in the Micah Parsons trade before the year started.
I give Jerry Jones for making the trade, but this trade would feel a heck of a lot better if they won that game yesterday, but they did not.
This has to be a move for the next few years because the NFC is loaded and Dallas is not going to make the playoffs.
He has two years left on his deal, I would have to double-check again, but Dallas should have full control for those years now that they made the trade.
