The NFL Trade Deadline saw the Cincinnati Bengals trade linebacker Logan Wilson to the Dallas Cowboys for a seventh-round NFL Draft pick.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes Wilson is going to fit in with
what the team is trying to do on defense, according to ESPN’s Todd Archer:
“Some guys have the ability to see a certain key and at the same time take a step up in the hole. He knows how to get in the gaps right now … For what we need right now, he can come in immediately and help us at linebacker.”
Wilson is in his sixth season in the NFL. He was drafted by the Bengals in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft and signed an extension with the team in the summer of 2023.
A smart linebacker, Wilson intercepted Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill in the Divisional round of the 2021 Playoffs, setting up Evan McPherson’s game-winning 52-yard field goal.
Wilson got benched this year due to a combination of poor play and the Bengals wanting to go all-in with Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight.
Here’s to hoping Wilson can get things back on track and Dallas, and show he can still
