Cowboys cut ties with trade acquisition that took just 51 days to fail

The Dallas Cowboys made a trade on Nov. 4 to upgrade their defense.

It really, really didn't work.

On Friday, they acknowledged that fully. The Cowboys waived linebacker Logan Wilson, according to beat reporter Jon Machota.

The Cowboys had gotten Wilson from the Bengals right before the trade deadline.

By Christmas Day, he was relegated to not playing a single snap.

Wilson cost a 2026 seventh-round pick in the trade, so it wasn't a huge expenditure. Still, the Cowboys surely expected more than a benchwarmer in the deal.

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He technically had two years remaining on his contract, but the Cowboys had an out built into it, and they took it.

Wilson, 29, was originally a third-round pick by the Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Wyoming.

His final Dallas stats were seven games, 24 tackles and one forced fumble.

He had played his first 76 NFL games for the Bengals, for whom he had 541 tackles.

Wilson has enough NFL experience to draw some interest in free agency, but it won't be a ton, because both the Bengals and Cowboys essentially gave up on Wilson. That won't encourage other teams to pursue him.

And on this move, Jerry Jones and company had no choice but to admit defeat. It simply didn't work out.

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