Dallas sheds Super Bowl starter Logan Wilson, saving millions. A surprising cap casualty, his brief tenure ends amidst defensive struggles and missed opportunities.
FRISCO - The process has begun.
Amid so much hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing from “the nationals and the casuals” over how in the world the Dallas Cowboys are going to become cap-compliant by the beginning of the NFL business year on March 11, we have our first official piece of evidence on just how simple this can be.
A veteran “potential starter” acquired at the 2025 NFL trade deadline has just been cut. … as veteran linebacker Logan Wilson was waived by the Cowboys on Friday.
Why? Two reasons.
One: The move saves the Cowboys $6.5 million in salary cap space.
Two: Wilson’s performance isn’t worth $6.5 million.
In seven games here after coming over from the Cincinnati Bengals, Wilson earned just one start … despite the Cowboys defense being desperate for help while ranking last in the NFL.
In the end, Wilson was credited with 28 tackles and a forced fumble, but the most telling number on his stat sheet came in the Christmas Day win against the Washington Commanders.
He got a DNP.
And affer he did not play a snap, coaches later, rather sheepishly admitted that they made a mistake and kind of forgot about his position in the rotation.
The Cowboys gave up a 2026 seventh-round pick to the Bengals for Wilson, where he was a team captain before losing his starting job to rookie Barrett Carter and led to the trade.
Wilson’s resume includes his work on helping Cincy to a berth in Super Bowl LVI, where they lost to the Los Angeles Rams. and now he will use that résumé to try to find a job outside of Dallas.
The Cowboys started the day needing to carve out about $30 million to get under the $303.5 million cap. Coming soon will very likely be more "smaller'' moves like this one, plus major headline-grabbers that will feature "flip of the switch'' restructures on the likes of Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb.