See who gave Dallas an F for the Quinnen Williams move

It was a busy NFL trade deadline for Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.

Dallas made a pair of moves Tuesday to bolster the defensive side of the ball, trading for defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and linebacker Logan Wilson.

Here’s how media outlets across the country graded the Cowboys’ moves:

ESPN

Cowboys

Seth Walder, an analytics writer at ESPN, was not kind in his evaluation of the Cowboys’ blockbuster move for Williams. He wrote it was a “horrific trade for the Cowboys” and gave Dallas an F grade for the move.

“It is completely unfathomable for a team like Dallas to be trading away major draft resources for a soon-to-be-28-year-old defensive tackle on a salary-heavy contract in a season when it has a 7% chance to make the playoffs,” he added.

Walder gave Dallas a much better grade, a B-, for their early morning trade for Wilson, writing that it “does look like he could help the Cowboys.”

Yahoo Sports

Dallas got a B+ grade for their trade deadline moves from Yahoo Sports. They wrote that the move for Williams “instantly improves the defense” while the addition of Wilson “is a potential upgrade” at a low cost.

USA Today

The Cowboys earned a B+ from USA Today’s Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz for the Williams trade, writing that “the move changes the complexion of a unit short on any hope of a turnaround, and the future is bright.”

Middlehurst-Schwartz gave the Cowboys a middling C- grade for the Wilson move, calling it an “an awfully big kerfuffle for a so-so return.”

FOX Sports

FOX Sports NFL reporter Greg Auman gave Dallas’ move for Williams a C- grade. He took a big picture look in his evaluation, writing that adding the Pro Bowl defensive lineman does not make Dallas a playoff team while depleting its draft assets moving forward.

The Cowboys received another C- grade for the Wilson move, but Auman wrote that “it’s a fairly harmless trade.”

The Athletic

The Athletic‘s Jeff Rowe gave the Cowboys a B- grade for the Williams move, writing that it was a tough one to grade, but that the defensive tackle has a chance to be “a cornerstone piece for at least another couple of years.”

The Wilson move got a C+ grade, with Rowe calling Wilson “a productive player” and adding that “it’s hardly a stretch to think a change of scenery could help.”

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