{"id":22029,"date":"2025-05-04T23:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=22029"},"modified":"2025-05-04T23:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:11:06","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-told-trade-for-4-2-million-quarterback-creates-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=22029","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Cowboys Told Trade For $4.2 Million Quarterback Creates a Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowboys-Joe-Milton-Immature-Problem.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowboys-Joe-Milton-Immature-Problem.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowboys-Joe-Milton-Immature-Problem.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cowboys-Joe-Milton-Immature-Problem.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys Told Trade For $4.2 Million Quarterback Creates a Problem\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In one of the rare, fun-to-watch moments of the New England Patriots season, practice squad quarterback Joe Milton III was elevated to the roster for the Week 18 game against the Buffalo Bills \u2014 and Milton proceeded to put on a show. He threw for a touchdown, ran for another and had a third taken away by a penalty call.<\/p>\n<p>But it was the six-foot-five, 246 pound Milton\u2019s elite athleticism and rocket arm \u2014 at one point he threw the second-fastest pass (61.7 mph) ever recorded in the NFL \u2014 that turned Milton overnight from a third-stringer who was picked 193rd in the 2024 draft to one of the most talked-about trade commodities in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots reportedly received \u201cmultiple inquiries\u201d about what it would take to acquire him.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, on April 3, the Dallas Cowboys became the team to pull the trigger on a Milton, sending the 171st pick in the draft to New England for Milton and the 217th pick.<\/p>\n<h2>Damaging Leaks About Milton\u2019s Character Since Trade<\/h2>\n<p>Since the trade, however, it seems as if reporters who cover the Patriots have had little good to say about Milton. Tom E. Curran of <em>NBC Sports Boston<\/em> accused Milton of \u201centitlement\u201d for reportedly believing that he should be allowed to compete with first-round pick (No. 3 overall) Drake Maye for the starter\u2019s job.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Friday, another longtime New England reporter, Greg Bedard of <em>Boston Sports Journal<\/em>, reported on his podcast that he had been told by a source within the Patriots organization that Milton was \u201cnot a good dude\u201d, and risked upsetting the chemistry of the quarterback room if he was not shipped out.<\/p>\n<p>Later that same day, Bedard\u2019s report received some pushback, sort of, from <em>NFL Network<\/em> Patriots analyst Mike Giardi, who said on WEEI Radio that Milton was simply, \u201cimmature.\u201d At the same time, he suggested that Milton could still be a \u201cproblem\u201d for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Giardi was asked if he believed Milton was \u201cnot a good dude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never got that experience with him or had that experience with him,\u201d Giardi replied. \u201cMy thing about Joe, and I think it\u2019s one of the reasons why Joe ended up going in the sixth round \u2026 is that Joe\u2019s very immature. I think the immaturity could be at times maybe confused with not being a good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Giardi went on to say, \u201cI think in his first year, (Milton) didn\u2019t necessarily get some of the teachings that they wanted him to put forth on the field. Like don\u2019t be a pain in the a**. That\u2019s always a good lesson to start with. But, you know, hey, what can you what can you do? He\u2019s Dallas\u2019s problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Gm97eqPTiOcvCOHDqjlKkg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQ0ODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/athlon_sports_articles_610\/0735717f04139a6a916986c0934520da\" alt=\"Cowboys QB Trashed in Shocking Insider Trade Report - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Both Cowboys and Patriots Got Results From Milton Deal<\/h2>\n<p>The way the season unfolds, of course, will determine whether Milton turns out to be a \u201cproblem.\u201d With his high level of physical ability, Milton\u2019s upside appears considerable, and the trade had another benefit for Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Milton\u00a0\u2014 on the second year of his four-year, $4.2 million rookie contract \u2014the Cowboys received pick No. 217, which they used on 342-pound UCLA defensive lineman Jay Toia, who was described by <em>ESPN<\/em> draft expert Field Yates as \u201cone of the best run defenders\u201d in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>But the Patriots also made out well in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Through a series of trades, New England parlayed the 171st pick they received from Dallas into three draft picks.<\/p>\n<p>They used them to upgrade their special teams, taking Miami\u2019s Andres Borregales, considered the best placekicker in the draft, long snapper Julian Ashby out of Vanderbilt, also considered the best available player at his specialized position, and a developmental cornerback in Kobee Minor from Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys may have taken on an expected &#8220;problem,&#8221; one insider says, when they traded for former Patriots practice squad quarterback Joe Milton III.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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