All the losing in New York built up for star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, whose six-plus seasons with the Jets didn't include a single winning campaign.
After Tuesday's trade to the Cowboys, the three-time Pro Bowler didn't mask his frustration at all the losing. He is ready to finally start winning in Dallas.
"As an ultra-competitor, I think anybody who's going through many, many losses like I was going through, there's going to be frustration," he said Wednesday, . "I know guys who go they whole life and they lose one game, they be frustrated. So, of course, I was frustrated, but the relationship that I had with [coach Aaron Glenn], the relationship with the GM Darren [Mougey], there, man, there's still great relationships. They knew I was frustrated. I think the world knew I was frustrated being there so long and still losing."
In Williams' six full seasons in New York, the Jets didn't generated more than seven wins in a single campaign. From 2019 through 2024, Gang Green went 32-68. The Jets are 1-7 to open 2025, jumpstarting Tuesday's fire sale in which they traded stars Williams and Sauce Gardner for a trove of draft picks.
Brought to the Cowboys to help turn around a woeful defense, Williams is ready to finally get on the winning train.
"Yeah, I'm hungry to win," Williams said. "I'm hungry to win. That's the main thing. Like I said in the beginning, I'm an ultimate competitor, man. Everything I do is about winning. Everything I do, everything I work when I wake up, man, I just want to win. So that kind of forms my ego of I can do anything the coaches [want] me to do if it's going to get us a win."
The Cowboys sit at 3-5-1 with games against the Raiders, Eagles, Chiefs and Lions on tap following a Week 10 bye.
