{"id":357700,"date":"2025-11-05T15:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357700\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:24:20","slug":"cowboys-stun-nfl-world-with-quinnen-williams-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357700\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys stun NFL world with Quinnen Williams trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even with a record below .500, the Cowboys went all-in at the trade deadline \u2013\u2013 and are getting absolutely crushed for the price they paid to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/04\/sports\/jets-trading-quinnen-williams-to-cowboys-in-second-trade-deadline-blockbuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquire Jets defensive lineman Quinnen Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, who is heralded as a legitimate pass rusher, has just one sack this year, but that didn\u2019t stop the Cowboys from trading a 2026 second-rounder, a 2027 first-rounder and defensive tackle Mazi Smith for Williams \u2014 a move Bill Simmons labeled as \u201cf\u2013king bonkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallas is drunk,\u201d Simmons said on his eponymous podcast. \u201cThis is one of the worst\u2026 This Dallas trade is f\u2013king bonkers. If I was a Cowboys fan, my head would be doing 360s. You\u2019re 3-5-1. You have no chance to do anything in the playoffs. What are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning: Explicit language<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who also serves as the general manager, appears to still be calling the shots as he attempts to get his team into contention and fix the defense.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas\u2019 defense is ranked No. 31 by FTN\u2019s DVOA, a number that should perhaps improve after the Williams deal.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.41046832;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37580583\" width=\"832\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jets-defensive-tackle-quinnen-williams-110914288.jpg\" alt=\"Quinnen Williams was traded to the Cowboys by the Jets ahead of the 2025 NFL trade deadline.\" class=\"wp-image-37580583\"  \/>Quinnen Williams was traded to the Cowboys by the Jets ahead of the 2025 NFL trade deadline. Bill Kostroun for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>But seemingly, everyone is crushing Jones, 83, for the trade.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Seth Walder gave the Cowboys an F for the trade, calling the move \u201chorrific,\u201d while the Jets grabbed an A in a wild <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/05\/sports\/the-jets-jaw-dropping-trade-deadline-leaves-behind-a-brutal-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trade deadline sell-off that included sending cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Colts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports\u2019 Nick Wright called the move \u201cinsanity by Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.90625;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37580581\" width=\"535\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/114830535.jpg\" alt=\"The Jets moved Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner before the NFL trade deadline.\" class=\"wp-image-37580581\"  \/>The Jets moved Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner before the NFL trade deadline. 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The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave up potentially 90 percent of what they got for Micah Parsons,\u201d Wright pointed out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/28\/sports\/cowboys-trade-micah-parsons-to-packers-in-blockbuster-nfl-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When the Cowboys shipped Parsons to the Packers<\/a> before the start of the season, they received a 2026 first-round pick, a 2027 first-round pick and defensive lineman Kenny Clark.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you add the two trades together, the Cowboys essentially traded Parsons, a 2026 second-round pick, and Smith for Williams, Clark, and a first-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Williams will get a fresh start in Dallas, where he has two more seasons left on his deal after this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even with a record below .500, the Cowboys went all-in at the trade deadline \u2013\u2013 and are getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":357701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8998,5287,1232,169178,67502,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-357700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-new-york-jets","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-trade-deadline","12":"tag-quinnen-williams","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115497786910725586","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}