{"id":34768,"date":"2025-11-04T13:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/34768\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:46:10","slug":"cowboys-go-through-with-logan-wilson-trade-after-troy-aikman-mocks-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/34768\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys go through with Logan Wilson trade after Troy Aikman mocks them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cowboys didn\u2019t let another ugly loss \u2014 and some ridicule from a franchise legend \u2014 change their buying mentality before Tuesday\u2019s NFL trade trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas is finalizing a trade to acquire Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1985683691566154067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per ESPN<\/a>, less than 12 hours after a bad home loss to the Cardinals on \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d dropped the Cowboys to 3-5-1.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati will receive a seventh-round pick for Wilson, who requested the trade due to a dip in playing time, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1985683333188370527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to NFL Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson should help a defense allowing the second-most points in the NFL at 30.8 per game, and has two years remaining on his contract.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/03\/sports\/jerry-jones-hints-at-cowboys-trade-but-wont-reveal-details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said before the game <\/a>that he had a deal in place and ESPN reported Tuesday that he likely was referring to this trade, which legendary Dallas quarterback Troy Aiman scoffed at \u2014 without knowing the specifics \u2014 during the third quarter of the Cardinals\u2019 27-17 win Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe may want to cancel that trade,\u201d Aikman said on ESPN after laughing. \u201cI don\u2019t think one player from what I\u2019ve seen tonight is going to make a difference for this group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Logan Wilson (55) is now a Cowboy. AP<\/p>\n<p>Jones, 83, made some headlines Monday when he hinted at Dallas having a deal already but opted not to go into the specifics.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys have been playing from behind defensively since trading Micah Parsons to the Packers, with the unit providing as much resistance to opposing offenses as a folding chair would.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas is not considered a legit contender with this leaky defense, and teams usually cannot turn around a bad unit at the trade deadline due to the lack of available playmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Jones seemed intent on buying.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Aikman (l) during Monday\u2019s game. @awfulannouncing\/X<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe certainly have made a trade and we may make a couple more trades before the deadline,\u201d Jones said on \u201cThe Stephen A. Smith Show,\u201d as transcribed by ESPN. \u201cWe\u2019ve made one. We possibly could make two more, and I\u2019m going to wait and let you read about that when we send the papers in tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps those other two deals will be put on hold after Dallas\u2019 uninspiring effort Monday against a Cardinals team that had lost five straight and started backup quarter Jacoby Brissett \u2014 although it seems there\u2019s a chance he has passed the \u201cIs he actually injured?\u201d Kyler Murray on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<p>Easy player picks<\/p>\n<p>No season-long commitments<\/p>\n<p>Real prizes every single night<\/p>\n<p>Use promo code NYPOST5 to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. 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The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Joe Buck mentioned during the game, with Arizona leading, 24-10, that Jones previously said one player would not be the difference-maker for this unit, and the broadcasting duo agreed.<\/p>\n<p>They mentioned how Bengals star pass rusher Trey Hendrickson, who has been in rumors this year, led the league with 17.5 sacks last year yet Cincinnati\u2019s defense still cost the team a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re beyond that right now, defensively,\u201d Buck said of the Cowboys being one player away.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Jones made a move to help his defense. Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Said Aikman: \u201cIf you\u2019re talking about Trey Hendrickson, he was on this defense last year in Cincinnati, that was the equivalent of what we are watching here tonight, and he couldn\u2019t change their fortunes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of adding Hendrickson from the Bengals, the Cowboys instead landed Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 third-round pick has 19 solo tackles and one fumble recovery in eight games, but Cincinnati removed him as a a starter in Week 8 and he missed Week 9 due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>However, he tallied at least 100 total tackles in each of the previous four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He signed a four-year extension in 2023 worth up to $37.25 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/bengals-lb-logan-wilson-agrees-to-terms-on-four-year-extension-worth-up-to-37-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per NFL Network<\/a>. His first game with Dallas will have to wait since the Cowboys are on bye this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys return in Week 11 for another \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d game \u2014 this one on the road against the Raiders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys didn\u2019t let another ugly loss \u2014 and some ridicule from a franchise legend \u2014 change their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7705,7704,102,113,104,103,7000,2638,80,154,21985,21986,5152],"class_list":["post-34768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-espn","tag-jerry-jones","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-sports-media","tag-troy-aikman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}