- The Dallas Cowboys have acquired linebacker Logan Wilson from the Cincinnati Bengals, according to multiple reports.
- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had previously hinted at a mystery trade ahead of the NFL deadline.
- Wilson, a sixth-year veteran, had requested a trade after being benched by the Bengals.
Jerry Jones’ mystery trade for the Dallas Cowboys is no longer up in the air.
Ahead of the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 4, the Cowboys agreed to acquire linebacker Logan Wilson from the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick.
On Monday night, Jones walked back his previous claim that the Cowboys had completed a deal that had yet to be revealed. He added however that a move was still on the table and he was leaning toward making it.
‘We could conceivably see something that we ought to do, in spite of tonight,’ Jones told reporters after a 27-17 loss to the Arizona Cowboys dropped the Cowboys to 3-5-1 on the season. ‘And the answer to your question: There is no trade right now. … But there is one I can do. Without question, there is one I can do, and I’m leaning toward doing it.’
Wilson, 29, requested a trade last month after he was benched for rookie Barrett Carter. The sixth-year veteran has played in just 67% of Cincinnati’s defensive snaps, the lowest figure since his rookie year.
A team captain, Wilson led the Bengals in tackles from 2021-23. He remains under contract through 2027.
‘I appreciate everything Logan has done as a player and as a person during his time in Cincinnati,’ Bengals coach Zac Taylor said in a statement. ‘He has been a central part of our defense over the past six years, and he will be remembered as a leader in our locker room. I wish him the best moving forward.’
Wilson will move from the NFL’s last-ranked scoring defense in Cincinnati (33.3 points allowed per game) to the 31st-ranked unit in Dallas (30.8 points allowed).
Jones said he envisioned Wilson as a multi-year solution for Dallas’ defense.
‘He knows how to get in the gaps,’ Jones said Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan of Wilson. ‘For what we need right now, he can come in immediately right now and help us.’
Earlier on Monday, Jones claimed the Cowboys already had an agreement in place, though he would not reveal the details of it.
‘A lot of action going on right now in terms of trading,’ Jones said on ‘The Stephen A. Smith Show’ on SiriusXM Radio. ‘We certainly have made a trade, and we may make a couple more trades before that deadline. We’ve made one. We possibly could make two more, and I’m going to wait and let you read about that when we send the papers in tomorrow.’
