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Cowboys spent $2.6M, 7th-round pick for 224 snaps from now-retired LB
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The Cowboys traded a 2026 seventh-round pick to Cincinnatti for linebacker Logan Wilson before last season's deadline, in hopes his experience could help out a defense that lacked communication, among other issues. He finished his season with 24 tackles and one forced fumble. Draft pick aside, Dallas also took on roughly $2.6 million of remaining salary last season for just 224 defensive snaps.
Those numbers led to his tenure being brief, Wilson being waived by the Cowboys in order to save $6.5 million in cap space , and now he has decided to call it a career posting a heartfelt farewell via his instagram account.
Wilson, 29, was a third-round pick by the Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Wyoming. In six and a half seasons with Cincinnati , Wilson played in 76 games, starting 65 times recording 541 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 18 QB hits, and 11 interceptions.
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Although he never made a Pro Bowl or All-Pro team, Wilson was a catalyst in the Bengals Super Bowl LVI run back in 2021 which ended in a 23-20 loss to the Rams .
In Dallas, Wilson was supposed to solidify a defense that began to turn things around before everything came crashing down following a three-game winning streak.
After playing in seven games with the Cowboys with one start, his Dallas tenure became muddy including a head-scratching moment where former defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus either forgot, or just plain refused to insert him into the game in favor of linebacker Kenneth Murray .
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This article originally appeared on Cowboys Wire: Cowboys trade pickup Logan Wilson retires after lackluster Dallas run
