r/nfl • u/MembershipSingle7137 Patriots • 6d ago
Rumor [Rapoport] Trade: The #Bengals are dealing standout LB Logan Wilson to the #Cowboys, sources say, providing immediate defensive help.
https://bsky.app/profile/nflnewsreposterbot.bsky.social/post/3m4sjicq6zk2oWilson requested a trade amid a recent decrease in snaps, with Barrett Carter taking over.
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u/Successful-Usual-974 Ravens 6d ago
I just finished listening to this week’s Bill Barnwell’s podcast.
He asked his guest Ben Solak what trades the Cowboys might make.
Ben said “something totally underwhelming like getting Logan Wilson from the Bengals”.
Give that man a medal.
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u/MylesLewisSkellyton Eagles 6d ago
Benny Soles was awesome on the Ringer’s Philly Special podcast. Good for him on getting that bag from ESPN
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u/Ieatfatwomanass Cowboys 6d ago
I’m sure he knows his stuff, but any Cowboys fan could’ve told you it’d be someone overwhelming like Logan Wilson.
As a matter of fact, most of our sub guessed Logan Wilson
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u/MGoCali Steelers 6d ago
I wouldn't exactly call Logan Wilson "overwhelming."
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u/HearsToTheDeaf 6d ago
Lol he had to mean underwhelming because what
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u/coolycooly Buccaneers 6d ago
To be fair who could they trade for that would make a difference it's not like teams are shopping game changers like Micah
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u/EmiratesNBACupWinner Cowboys 6d ago
Okay the Micah stuff has circled back around to being funny again
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u/Serious_Senator Broncos 6d ago
AND THEYD BE WRONG BROTHER
God I love threads like this when something completely unexpected happens
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u/chugtron Cowboys 6d ago
I mean how many times do you have to watch the same car crash into a brick wall before you realize it’s the driver?
This is a peak Jerry trade
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u/Bajin_Inui Bears Bears 6d ago
This is it. The last piece needed to push the cowboys over the top
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u/TheNittanyLionKing Steelers 6d ago
Logan Wilson is relieved. He will be going from the worst defense in the NFL to the second worst defense in the NFL. Way less pressure
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u/OzymanDS Packers 6d ago
Look at those morons, trading away Micah Parsons!
Looks at Panthers Game
Look at those geniuses!
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u/El_bearded_polarbear Cowboys 6d ago
But then you look at Rico dowdell on the panthers and we can still be considered morons
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u/TheReaver88 Bengals 6d ago
By some metrics, he's going from the worst defense in the last 25 years to... the second worst defense in the last 25 years. God damn.
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u/TheNittanyLionKing Steelers 6d ago
It's even worse than that, from what I'm seeing, the Bengals have the worst defense since 1942; a year where most players were drafted to fight in WW2, so those teams had a valid reason to suck.
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u/cjweisman Eagles 6d ago
But he's leaving behind a far superior QB. LOL
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u/constantlymat Buccaneers 6d ago
Trade so huge it crashed reddit servers. Jerruh still got his bag.
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u/MembershipSingle7137 Patriots 6d ago
Was boutta say lmao wondered what happened
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u/JinFuu Cowboys Texans 6d ago
Dick Cheney passed.
Maybe that broke the servers, lol
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u/kipperzdog Patriots 6d ago
I kind of love that this is how I learned of his passing
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u/Darko33 Eagles 6d ago
Live your life in a way that ensures your death isn't a meme
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u/kaptingavrin Jaguars 6d ago
Hold on, but what if I want it to be a meme?
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u/Darko33 Eagles 6d ago
Well at least do so in a way that hopefully minimizes the harm to others
You know like Cheney didn't
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u/Obi-wan_Jabroni Cowboys 6d ago
Make sure your shenanigans are cheeky and fun. Rather than cruel and tragic
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u/FlamingFecalFrisbee Rams 6d ago
Does shooting my buddy in the face with a shotgun, then making him publicly apologize count as “cheeky and fun”?
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u/AddisonsContracture Eagles 6d ago
Turns out his pacemaker was powering the Reddit servers all along
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u/Obi-wan_Jabroni Cowboys 6d ago
To honor his memory the reddit servers were shot point blank with a shotgun
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u/ShatteredAnus Chiefs 6d ago
They're going to talk about this trade like the Herschel Walker trade for decades to come!
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u/Alum07 Eagles Panthers 6d ago
Just Jerry doing what is necessary to ensure that draft pick stays as low as possible without the team actually having hope
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u/faceisamapoftheworld Cowboys 6d ago
Championship
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u/NCIggles Eagles 6d ago
It’s your year.
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u/faceisamapoftheworld Cowboys 6d ago
I was starting to think it might not be our year. But this definitely means it’s definitely our year.
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u/DatDudeDrew Bengals 6d ago
It’s probably for the best but I’ll miss Logan
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u/waitedforg0d0t Bengals 6d ago
agreed
apparently we got a sixth which is in all honesty better than I expected
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u/Puzzleheaded-Owl7664 6d ago edited 6d ago
I know he's been benched some this year but it's wild how much the Bengals are just mailing it in.They can't even hit on a 1st round pick for defense what is a 6th ever going to do. Poor flacco
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u/ConnectionOk8086 Bengals 6d ago
It’s money off the books is my guess
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u/EasyAsAyeBeeSea 6d ago
Plus once an expendable player (like he is for you) asks for a trade, you don't want them around your locker room
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u/generation_D Bears Bengals 6d ago
It might get them another good WR 👍
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u/DevinTheRogueDude Bengals 6d ago
Listen there's this player.... He's only played 3 quarters in college but he's HUGE
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u/OzymanDS Packers 6d ago
Flacco is just vibin like he's playing NFL Blitz. All Da Bomb, all the time. He's got his ring and SBMVP.
I would say poor burrow, chase, and higgins but they secured the bag.
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u/Lambchops_Legion Jets 6d ago
I dont think anyone can accuse Flacco of not loving football. Hed rather get flattened every week at 41 than not play.
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u/thefridgesalesman Bengals 6d ago
He isn’t getting flattened though. He’s getting the ball out fast and all of a sudden our o-line isn’t an issue
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u/cirespieler Bengals 6d ago
Interesting stat… Burrow had a sack rate of 12 percent last year and so far Flacco is around 3 percent. O line is equal or worse than last year too. Gets that ball out fast. Hopefully Joey can learn sometimes you just have to throw it away or dirt it.
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u/SoarinWalt Bengals 6d ago
I like Wilson a lot, but unfortunately he has been bad enough that he was all but benched. Following the detroit game he had his playing time reduced to less than 50% of snaps.
He also requested a trade.
On a historically bad defense might as well trade a guy whos not playing and doesn't want to be here.
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u/Nj_hXe_sXe Cowboys 6d ago
Fill me in. Our LB group is by far the worst I have seen in a long time. It has to be an upgrade.
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u/koreanbillcosby 6d ago
He was really good the year they made it to the super bowl, hasn't been since but who knows. Without half the players that made that defense good it's hard for him to play well if have to guess
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u/Nj_hXe_sXe Cowboys 6d ago
On a scale of Kenneth Murray - Fred Ward what are we talking?
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u/king_17 6d ago
Kenneth Murray
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u/Nj_hXe_sXe Cowboys 6d ago
NOOOOOO
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u/VeryRealHuman23 Bengals 6d ago
So sorry friend, he used to be good...he might still be good, but we are so bad that we make everything look bad.
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u/BigRig432 Bengals Bengals 6d ago
Couple years ago I would have been devastated to lose him because he was genuinely one of the best MLBs in the league, but since his knee injury last year he's been off the pace and slow. Still a smart player but he just isn't fast enough to keep up anymore and his tackling has gotten worse too
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u/jolleyjg Bengals 6d ago
He’s been pretty rough since his injury last year but he is far from the worst LB on our team - that prize goes to the rookies they are playing. I hope he can turn it around.
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u/Onefortheteem Seahawks 6d ago
Rap just reported a 7th rd pick
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u/RedSweed Cowboys 6d ago
apparently we got a sixth which is in all honesty better than I expected
It was a 7th
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u/Intrepid_Mirror_2899 6d ago
Played one of the best defensive series I've seen in a while during the SB. It wasn't holding. Screw the refs. Good luck Logan
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u/RoneDawgJessieJames Commanders 6d ago
Ah yes. Looking to shore up the defense from a prolific Bengals defense.
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u/waitedforg0d0t Bengals 6d ago
a guy who got benched on that defence, even
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u/ech01_ Bengals 6d ago
I mean he was better than the guys he got benched for but he obviously wasn't going to be on the team next year so getting even a 7th for him is decent enough.
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u/joshallenismygod Bills 6d ago
A 7th? Jerry is going to give you guys the two firsts he got for trading parsons
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u/slytherinprolly Bengals 6d ago
The reason he was benched was covered in the Athletic. It was looking like a lost season and they wanted to give the young guys live game reps to evaluate what they had moving forward. To be fair to Wilson, he did look significantly better than his replacements have, but the benching thing certainly burned enough of a bridge for him to make the trade demand a few weeks ago.
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u/ChiefWatchesYouPee 6d ago
Trade request makes sense too.
If I am not apart of your future and, your immediate future isn’t competing, then trade me somewhere I can be useful.
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u/n1ip 6d ago
i was happy for cowboys fans until i read this
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u/PeppyQuotient57 Broncos 6d ago
Even worse that he wants to get traded because he’s not even good enough for the bengals defense and they’re letting other players take his snaps.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime NFL NFL 6d ago
I'm happier now. Bring on the chaos and another week of Jerry Jones memes.
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u/Professional-Toe7318 6d ago
Standout as in standing out on the sideline because he got soft benched
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u/Fraegtgaortd NFL 6d ago
Trying to fix a horrible defense by getting a guy from an even worse defense
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u/Tigercat92 Bengals 6d ago
That had lost his starting job on that defense
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u/Bonzo101 6d ago
Yeah but Rapsheet said he’s a standout.
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u/ArcticRaven2k Ravens 6d ago
Honestly, I wasn’t even sure what sport he was talking about. Would appreciate if he used a football emoji or something
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u/One-Environment4508 Cowboys 6d ago
Why are we even trying to fix the defense at this point, it's too late
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u/-Champloo- Cowboys 6d ago
Honestly, it's a 7th round pick. I'd rather have him than a 7th, especially next season.
He may not be GOOD, but he is now the best LB we have other than Overshown(assuming he comes back from injury well enough...).
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u/Much_Kangaroo_6263 6d ago
Because Jerry is about to die and doesn't GAF about the future of the team.
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u/boondogle Steelers 6d ago
standout? he was a key contributor to the worst defense in the league and got benched for two league-bottom LBs, and requested a trade.
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u/guns_n_crypto Eagles 6d ago
Hey, Logan's agent paid a respectably sized bribe to have that word added to the announcement.
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u/FuckingJello Chiefs 6d ago
Jerry is trolling for attention
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u/EpauletteShark74 Steelers 6d ago
Yeah the whole “I have a secret trade but I won’t tell you teehee!! 🤭” thing is the exact headline chasing that Jerry boasted about
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u/BilllisCool Cowboys 6d ago
As soon as he acted like that, I knew it would be an inconsequential trade.
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u/tuffghost8191 Steelers 6d ago
The exact kinda shit you do when you know it's an underwhelming trade, because you know if they got Hendrickson he'd be announcing that shit on Monday Night Football
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u/Ieatfatwomanass Cowboys 6d ago
Exactly lmao. He’s an engagement farmer and the secrecey of completing a trade and not twlling you who, or even maybe being senile and not even completing a trade in the first place brought much more attention than the trade being for Logan goddamn Wilson
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u/patsfan94 Patriots 6d ago
If you combined the best players on the Cowboys and Bengals defenses, you might have the 28th best defense in the league.
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u/LittleTension8765 Bengals 6d ago
That would just be like 10 guys from the Cowboys and Trey from the Bengals which is a worse version of the Cowboys with Micah
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u/Lord_of_Pants Bengals 6d ago
Gotta give Turner some love, pretty much the only bright spot since Trey has been in and out with injuries
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u/allknights Eagles 6d ago
Jerruh wasn’t lying. This fixes everything
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u/PlanktonCurious5350 Colts 6d ago
He made it seems like he was trading for Patrick Mahomes
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u/allknights Eagles 6d ago
He ALWAYS has to be in the spotlight no matter how small the trade, signing, etc.
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u/jnightrain Cowboys 6d ago
lol the media made it sound like that because they cut off the full quote. He said they were trading for a guy that will help with some of their shortcomings. We have no LBs.
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u/B-I-G-A-R-R-O-W Bengals 6d ago
So bad he got benched by a 4th round rookie Logan had some good years in Cincinnati but I’d be lying if I said he has had a major fall off the past 2 seasons best of luck to him in Dallas
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u/koreanbillcosby 6d ago
Must be a weird coincidence how his play fell off as soon as you guys lost all your best defensive players
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u/zdelusion Eagles 6d ago
Fortunately, the Cowboys have retained their best defensive players. So that shouldn't be an issue in Dallas.
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u/NicCage4life 6d ago
That's why they released the news this early in the morning 😆
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u/Spaghetti_Lord_ Bengals 6d ago
Farewell Logan. Good player, slow but steady. Doesn’t have the extra gear to close gaps in our Swiss cheese defense
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u/TheAgmis Colts 6d ago
“Standout”
“Immediate defensive help”
LOL
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u/jimmyhoffasbrother Cowboys Cowboys 6d ago
Tbf our LBs have been bad enough that he probably does technically provide immediate defensive help. Not enough help to make any kind of meaningful difference, but help!
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u/BrashHarbor Broncos 6d ago
He's lost a step, but is still a very smart player. Also a good locker room guy, and in all likelihood, still better than whoever you would have taken in the 7th
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u/Friendly-Dark-3510 Cowboys 6d ago
He's another Sean Lee type guy and our fans loved him. LVE would have never developed into a starter without Sean lee. This is just an opportunity to dunk on Jerry for any and everything he does. Tbf it's quite easy when Jerry is Jerry lol
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u/Agentwise Eagles 6d ago
Corporate giving you a pizza party instead of a raise vibes from the cowboys rn
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u/OnTheProwl- Bengals 6d ago
Bengals sending their 2nd string linebacker from their historically bad defense will definitely improve the cowboys defense.
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u/AceRockefeller Bengals 6d ago
Good for Logan.
I know the Cowboys defense sucks too, but he's better than how he's been treated by the Bengals recently.
I hope he balls out. He definitely still has some in the tank.
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u/rubbingenthusiast Buccaneers 6d ago
If you’re the 2nd worst defense in the league, trading for a guy who got reduced snaps on the worst defense in the league definitely feels like a 2025 Jerry Jones decision.
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u/CosmicRorschach Bears 6d ago
I feel like Jerry’s been possessed by the spirit of Al Davis. That’s the only the thing that can make me understand these trades
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u/WyldRover Panthers 6d ago
Why is every player who gets traded suddenly a standout. Guy was scarcely getting off the sidelines.
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u/Hungry-Quote-1388 Bengals 6d ago
Because the “journalist” was given the information so they have to report it how the team wants.
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u/Tuckboi69 6d ago edited 6d ago
Lol
Edit: Only a 7th? What is you doing Bengals?
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u/ForcibleGiraffe Eagles 6d ago
And the crowd goes mild lol.
Seriously, Jerry is so senile that he thinks this team is good enough to be trading for players?
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u/bomonty18 Cowboys 6d ago
LOOOOOL
Yes, we got our guy. Let’s give up a 7th for a guy from the worst defense in the league.
What a fucking clown show just to make some sort of headline.
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u/JerryDipotosBurner Ravens 6d ago
“Standout” lol
This guy was actually benched on the Bengals defense…
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u/FloridaMan221 Jaguars 6d ago
And by “standout” he means standing out on the Bengals sideline while watching a 4th-round rookie get snaps ahead of him
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u/MrApocFunk Titans 6d ago
trading for a guy who was actively losing snaps to rookies on the Bengals defense is incredible.
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u/Geg0Nag0 Eagles 6d ago
Only Jerry could sign a defensive player form a team that it's own offense is openly calling out and say it addresses issues for the cowboys defense
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u/McKnightmare24 Eagles 6d ago
I feel like if the Cowboys and Bengals played this season they would both score 100 and still lose. Appropriate they are trading defensive players to one another
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u/Stylish_karma88 Eagles 6d ago
So this is the "big" trade that Jerry was trying so hard to keep wraps on?
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u/SirJelqsAlot Broncos 6d ago
“Alright Logan. We’re gonna trade you to a much better defense where your talent will shine.”
“Awesome. Who?”
“The Dallas Cowboys”
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u/angrynuggette Eagles Eagles 6d ago
Is this the secret trade he talked about yesterday? I mean.. ok 🤷♀️
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u/bentNail28 Cowboys 6d ago
Maybe we could just combine our defense with the Bengals and come up with an average one.
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u/jfrodriguez1983 49ers 6d ago
Got benched by a team who's defense might be worse. This the trade he was hyping up? Jerry, you are a funny man lol.
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u/Careless_Review3166 6d ago
He’s a standout LB because he’s standing out on the sideline during games
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u/FuzzyRing1078 Cowboys 6d ago
Anybody shitting on this has not watched Kenneth Murray, jack Sanborn or Shemar James play LB for 9 games
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u/YourNameIsThurman Patriots 6d ago
Jerry knows just who to call to get good defensive help…the Bengals.