Report: New York Jets trade DT Quinnen Williams to Dallas Cowboys
The New York Jets traded star DT Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys Tuesday, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Dallas sent a first round pick “and more” to New York, per the report.
Rapoport later clarified that Dallas was sending its own first-round pick to the Jets, rather than the one they acquired from the Green Packers. That was due to the Micah Parsons trade.
Rapoport added details of the compensation. He reported the Jets will receive a second round pick, the first rounder being a future pick and New York gets DT Mazi Smith.
Williams was in the middle of his seventh season with the Jets and logged 32 tackles, seven tackles for loss and one sack in eight games this year. In total, Williams has 40 sacks, 59 tackles for loss and 322 total tackles, playing his entire career with New York.
The Jets drafted Williams with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Alabama. While Williams has been named First-Team All-Pro (2022) and a three-time Pro Bowler, he was a stud in college too.
He helped the Crimson Tide win the national title in 2017 and won the Outland and Bill Willis Trophy in 2018. But, he was not the first big name to leave the Jets Tuesday.
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Quinnen Williams latest defensive star traded by Jets
Williams was traded the same day as teammate Sauce Gardner, a star defensive back for New York. The Jets sent him to the Indianapolis Colts.
Gardner and the Jets agreed to terms on a four-year, $120.4M extension just before the regular season kicked off, which made him the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history. Following New York’s 1-7 start to the season however, the two-time All-Pro cornerback is heading to a Super Bowl contender in the AFC South.
Over the course of four seasons in New York, Gardner recorded 201 tackles, 46 pass deflections, three interceptions and six TFL. In that span, he was named the 2022 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, a two-time First Team All-Pro (2022 & 2023) and a two-time Pro Bowler (2022 & 2023).
His stellar play however didn’t contributed to much success, as the Jets went just 20-39 over the past four seasons. It’s been a brutal stretch of seasons for New York’s third team, as they haven’t enjoyed a winning season (10-6) since 2015 and haven’t reached the NFL Playoffs since 2010.