Shortly after the New York Jets agreed to ship star defensive sort out Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys forward of Tuesday’s commerce deadline, a report detailed how his relationship with the Jets allegedly deteriorated all through 2025.
Whereas talking with reporters for the primary time as a member of the Cowboys, Williams confirmed he was blissful to have acquired a recent begin.
Jets “knew” Quinnen Williams needed out
“They knew I used to be annoyed,” Williams stated in regards to the Jets on Wednesday, per ESPN’s Todd Archer. “I feel the world knew I used to be annoyed being there so lengthy and nonetheless shedding. However like I say, any ultra-competitor, man, any man who performs this recreation to win goes to be annoyed regardless of for those who win 100 video games and lose that one, or after I was at ‘Bama I went 16-1 and misplaced the nationwide championship — I used to be annoyed.”
The Jets chosen Williams with the third general decide of the 2019 NFL Draft, and Gang Inexperienced did not have a single winning season throughout his time with the group. In February, he didn’t hide his frustration that first-year Jets basic supervisor Darren Mougey and first-year head coach Aaron Glenn determined to half methods with future Corridor of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
In response to NFL insider Connor Hughes of SNY, the Jets’ 0-7 begin to the 2025 season made the Williams-Jets relationship “irreparable.” Hughes additionally shared that Williams’ “most well-liked vacation spot” was the Cowboys.
“I nonetheless consider in what [Glenn] is doing there’s going to be nice for these guys,” Williams added in regards to the Jets. “And the management that he has and the issues that he is doing there’s going to be nice for these guys, and the way in which that Darren has dealt with every thing there’s going to be nice.”
Quinnen Williams finds himself in distinctive scenario with Cowboys
Unbeknownst to Williams, his final recreation with the Jets was on Oct. 26, forward of their bye week. In the meantime, his new staff, the Cowboys, entered their bye after struggling a “Monday Evening Soccer” loss to the Arizona Cardinals, dropping them to 3-5-1. Dallas subsequent performs on the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 17.
“It is undoubtedly bizarre,” Williams stated about his prolonged in-season break. “It is my first time getting traded, so it is undoubtedly bizarre. I am undoubtedly attacking it prefer it’s a recreation week for me; I am simply not enjoying on Sunday. I am prepping, understanding, coaching, conditioning laborious like I am getting ready for a recreation, as a result of I did have a bye final week. I am making an attempt to remain in recreation form and doing the issues which might be obligatory. When it is time for me to go well with up and be prepared for the Cowboys, I will be prepared.”
The Cowboys despatched the Jets a 2026 second-round draft decide, a 2027 first-rounder and defensive sort out Mazi Smith in alternate for Williams’ providers. That claims loads in regards to the expectations Dallas has for the three-time Professional Bowler through the second half.
