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The Dallas Cowboys traded for defensive tackle Quinnen Williams on Tuesday, and in the process provided a lot of interest and intrigue for both the short- and long-term of their franchise.
It took a 2026 second, 2027 first (the better between the two Dallas has of their own and Green Bay’s from the Micah Parsons trade), and Mazi Smith to get the deal done, but Williams is a Cowboy.
The aftermath of the trade deadline is always interesting as everyone involved starts to get a sense of things with dust having settled. The New York Jets are clearly rebuilding towards a different kind of future as they also dealt Sauce Gardner away in sending him to the Indianapolis Colts for multiple first-round picks.
The trade deadline aftermath is also interesting in terms of what we learn about the deals that happened as well as those that did not. Given that the Cowboys pulled off two deals on Tuesday it is hard to imagine what else they may have been working on, but Wednesday morning offered an answer there.
Quinnen Williams is getting all of the attention as one of the league’s best defenders, but the Cowboys traded for former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson much earlier on Tuesday. According to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, the Cowboys were looking to land both Quinnen and Quincy Williams from the Jets, and when they could not get the latter, they ultimately pivoted to Wilson and Cincinnati.
Graziano: I heard that at one point the Cowboys were talking to the Jets about a deal that would have sent Dallas both Williams brothers — Quinnen and linebacker Quincy Williams. But that didn’t work out, and the Cowboys pivoted to former Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson.
Quinnen and Quincy Williams are indeed brothers if you have any confusion. It would have been quite the deal to see Dallas acquire them both. I can’t imagine that there has ever been an instance of brothers being traded from one NFL team to another in the same transaction.
This detail may shed some light on the confusion that surrounded Jerry Jones’ comments on Monday prior to the Cowboys game against the Arizona Cardinals. Jerry went on Stephen A. Smith’s show and noted that the Cowboys were going to have a trade announced on Tuesday (the day after their Monday night game) and that things were still in the process of full development. Brian Schottenheimer confirmed on Tuesday that Logan Wilson was the player in question.
Maybe, spitballing here, Jerry was working the trades for Quinnen and Quincy and the latter fell through which led to the pivot or something else along those lines. Who knows.
Would you have rather Dallas landed Quinnen’s brother Quincy, or Logan Wilson as a result?
