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After a trade that he called a “surprise” before the deadline, Quinnen Williams talked in his first interview since arriving in Dallas.
Williams comes to Dallas with a familiar face already on the sidelines. Cowboys defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton spent time with Williams in New York. Whitecotton was the defensive line coach for the Jets from 2021 to 2024. Those years also happened to be when Williams earned all his Pro Bowl selections and his All-Pro season.
His defensive line was separated into three lines. Whitecotton stood in the middle with his whistle in his mouth, ready to work. He would blow the whistle and make hand motions, sparking the defensive linemen — one at a time — to move around in perfectly choreographed chaos.
Dallas bets big on former All-Pro tackle in a high-stakes trade with the Jets The Dallas Cowboys made their boldest move in years at the NFL trade deadline, acquiring star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams from the New York Jets in a deal aimed at stabilizing a defense that has faltered through the first half of the season.
The Cowboys land star DT Quinnen Williams in a blockbuster trade as Dallas looks to spark a midseason defensive turnaround.
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Quinnen Williams, a talented defensive tackle, had seen enough. It was clear he sought a new place of employment after playing seven seasons with the New York Jets. The Cowboys were trying to obtain Williams before the start of the 2025 season but were rebuffed by Jets team owner Woody Johnson.
The Dallas Cowboys ' defense needed a hero following a 3-5-1 start to the 2025 season that was accentuated by a deflating 27-17 "Monday Night Football" loss against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 9. The absence of All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons following owner and general manager Jerry Jones' decision to trade him away to the Green Bay Packers a week before the 2025 has certainly been felt through the first half of the year.