BLOCKBUSTER: Jets Trading DT Quinnen Williams To Cowboys

Ian Rapoport adds Dallas will send its own first-round pick and more to New York in exchange for Williams. Jay Glazer notes the compensation is being finalized, but that first is in 2027, while the Cowboys will send their second-round pick this season. 

The Cowboys poked around Williams back at the beginning of the season when they were trading Micah Parsons, and they end up using some of the draft capital gained in that deal to bring Williams to Dallas in the end. 

Meanwhile, the one-win Jets are having a full-on fire sale after also trading CB Sauce Gardner for two firsts today. 

Wiliams has been a name that’s floated in trade rumors for a couple of weeks but up until now the Jets had been highly resistant to moving him. 

That changed in the past several days. There was sense around the league that Williams was unhappy in New York due to all the losing and his contract could become an issue this offseason with the guarantees set to expire.

Williams, 27, was selected by the Jets as the No. 3 overall pick out of Alabama in the 2019 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year, $32,529,380 rookie contract with a $21,677,732 signing bonus. 

The Jets picked up his fifth-year option, which was worth $11.5 million fully guaranteed for the 2023 season. 

In July of 2023, the Jets signed Williams to a four-year, $96 million contract extension. The deal included $66 million in guaranteed money. 

In 2025, Williams has appeared in seven games for the Jets and recorded 17 tackles and one sack.

We’ll have more on the Jets ahead of the trade deadline as the news is available.