The Dallas Cowboys missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year, but there were some bright spots throughout the season that show promise for the future. The team has some strong building blocks, including star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams.
Williams joined the Cowboys after a blockbuster trade with the New York Jets at the NFL trade deadline. After seeing his play dip with the Jets, Williams was back in elite form for the second half of the season in Dallas.
PFF recently shared it’s list of most improved player at every position in the league, with Williams getting the nod at defensive tackle.
During his seven games with the Cowboys, Williams recorded 21 tackles, nine quarterback hits, three tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, and one interception.Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams walks off the field with trainers after an injury against the Minnesota Vikings | Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
“Since entering the NFL in 2019, Williams has had two separate seasons with an overall PFF grade above 90.0, but his play dipped for the bad Jets defense in 2024,” PFF’s Thomas Valentine wrote. “His 57.5 PFF run-defense grade was a career low; he had a 26.8% missed tackle rate, the second-highest among defensive tackles; and he had just 23 stops — also a career low.
“This wasn’t the dominant Quinnen Williams we were used to.”
But once Williams landed in Dallas, the change of scenery proved to be exactly what the All-Pro defender needed to revive his career.
“His 2025 season was split into two halves: what he did with the Jets, and then what he did with the Cowboys after he was traded for a first-round pick at the trade deadline. The results were similar: Williams was back,” Valentine added. “His 91.7 PFF run-defense grade was dominant, leading all defensive tackles. From Week 11 onward, Williams tallied 32 pressures, the fourth-most among defensive tackles, as well as an 89.6 overall PFF grade.”Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith is sacked by Dallas Cowboys defensive tackles Kenny Clark and Quinnen Williams | Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images
Dallas is currently searching for a new defensive coordinator, but whoever lands the job will make Williams a key part of the scheme. And with fellow star defensive tackles Osa Odighizuwa and Kenny Clark, the Cowboys have pieces in place to take the next step.
Lil Wayne Joins Ex-Players to Troll Jerry Jones with ‘Cloning’ Theory After ‘Most Super Bowls’ Wish-vdt
Owner-cum-GM Jerry Jones threw a lot of ‘questionable’ one liners during the Dallas Cowboys’ exit interviews.
With the way the Dallas Cowboys’ season ended, Jerry Jones may be regretting not making the most of what was arguably one of the most talented rosters in a while. Even though he traded away Micah Parsons, he made up for that by bringing in Quinnen Williams and Logan Wilson hours before the trade deadline.
Despite that, and the return of many defensive starters, the Cowboys still could not get things going, and eventually ended their playoff hopes. After such an ‘underachievement,’ Jones fixed the first and most glaring problem by firing coordinator Matt Eberflus.
As he continues to search for the next coach to maximize the team’s defensive capabilities, the 83-year-old claimed that he wanted to win more Super Bowls than any other owner.
Jerry Jones is maybe trying to clone himself.Lil Wayne said on The Arena
This was the rapper’s opinion after Aqib Talib started talking about stem cell research and all the ways one can possibly prolong their life. But the moment Lil Wayne talked about cloning, the room went berserk.
Skip Bayless brought up Tom Brady‘s successful dog-cloning, to which the Grammy Award winner added that Jerry Jones might be believing he, too, has a chance.
The Packers superfan then went on to say that the billionaire probably talked along those lines to mimic LeBron James‘ infamous media quote of winning multiple championships when he joined the Miami Heat.
Lil Wayne believes Jerry Jones said that to keep his franchise relevant
When he talked about the LeBron James quote, Lil Wayne was referring to how Jerry Jones was trying to make a statement that the media would talk about throughout the postseason. Then, the rapper said this:
He said, ‘I contemplate what to say to stay valid.’ He knew if he dropped that one, knowing he hadn’t got too many years left on him.Lil Wayne said
The 43-year-old was trying to suggest that the energy magnate intentionally dropped those lines, along with other controversial ones, based on the thought that even though his team is not in the playoffs, they are still the most talked-about franchise in the world.
Wayne believes it was Jones’ way of rejuvenating the interest among the media to continue covering his team even though their offseason has already started. As the owner of the richest sports franchise in the world, Wayne believes the 83-year-old has mastered the art of keeping his team in the news even though they should not.
Skip Bayless slams Jerry Jones’ Super Bowl ‘wish’
As conversations went into why Jerry Jones, at the age that he is, talked about his ‘wish’ of winning more Super Bowls than any other owner, longtime Cowboys fan Skip Bayless, who was silent for the most part, went off.
For me, as a lifelong die-hard fan, I was embarrassed by what I just heard. I was ashamed of it because it was sad and pathetic. And my owner, believe it or not, is even more delusional than I am or any Cowboys fan.Skip Bayless said
The longtime analyst reminded his co-panelists why he felt that way, as his team has not been to the NFC Championship game since their last Super Bowl win, even though every other team in the conference has been there.
As Bayless continued on his rant that the Cowboys are again on a path where they will likely have to overpay to keep George Pickens, which again will lead to roster problems. That way, his team will likely not reach the Super Bowl in the remaining moments of Jerry Jones’ life.
