Dallas wish to add some power to their protection earlier than the commerce deadline…
The Dallas Cowboys are set to strengthen their struggling protection with the addition of skilled linebacker Logan Wilson from the Cincinnati Bengals.
As a part of the settlement, Cincinnati will obtain a seventh-round choice within the NFL draft. The transaction is being accomplished lower than 24 hours after Dallas fell 27-17 to the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Evening Soccer.
Previous to Monday’s matchup, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones acknowledged that the entrance workplace was nearing a commerce forward of the league’s deadline.
That transfer now seems to be Wilson’s arrival, following the 29-year-old’s request to depart Cincinnati earlier this season.
Wilson signed a four-year, $36 million extension in 2023 and has delivered not less than 100 tackles in 4 straight seasons. Nevertheless, his position had been diminished this yr because the Bengals shifted towards a youthful defensive core.
Dallas enters the week rating thirty first in each complete protection (397.4 yards allowed per recreation) and factors conceded (30.8 per recreation), with solely the Bengals posting worse metrics in each classes.
Opponents have rushed for greater than 136 yards in 5 consecutive video games, and 5 groups have posted their season-high scoring totals towards the Cowboys.
Playoff image nonetheless uphill
The Cowboys sit second within the NFC East, trailing the Philadelphia Eagles by three-and-a-half video games. They’re at the moment eleventh within the NFC standings and behind each the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, groups they’ve already misplaced to this season.
Dallas solely holds a slight tiebreaker over Arizona attributable to its Week 4 draw with Inexperienced Bay.
Following the Raiders matchup, the schedule toughens significantly: the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Chargers, groups with a mixed 26-16 document.



























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