{"id":26278,"date":"2025-06-19T15:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26278"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:16:01","slug":"breaking-cowboys-predicted-to-cut-ties-with-former-highly-touted-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26278","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Predicted to Cut Ties With Former Highly Touted Quarterback"},"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\/03\/GettyImages-2173809681-e1742267855824.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2173809681-e1742267855824.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2173809681-e1742267855824.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2173809681-e1742267855824.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys Predicted to Cut Ties With Former Highly Touted Quarterback\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Getty The Cowboys face several roster decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys made a significant move this offseason to have some insurance behind Dak Prescott heading into 2025. Prescott is coming off a season-ending hamstring injury, and the Cowboys struck a trade with the New England Patriots for Joe Milton.<\/p>\n<p>The deal puts Will Grier\u2019s future in doubt as the veteran battles Milton for the backup quarterback gig. It remains to be seen if Dallas will keep three quarterbacks as the team finalizes their 53-man roster ahead of Week 1. USA Today\u2019s Ben Grimaldi projects Milton will win the QB2 role and predicts the team will cut Grier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere shouldn\u2019t be much surprise in these two taking the quarterback spots for the Cowboys,\u201d Grimaldi wrote in a June 18, 2025, story titled, \u201c53-man roster prediction for the Dallas Cowboys after OTAs and minicamp.\u201d \u201c(Prescott) is among the best QBs in the league and the team traded for Milton to be his backup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rocket Joe takin\u2019 off \ud83d\ude80<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qbjayy7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Qbjayy7<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Invisalign?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Invisalign<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C6J7vlwNLy\">pic.twitter.com\/C6J7vlwNLy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys\/status\/1930006236961092085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere had been some buzz about Will Grier possibly being behind Prescott, but that would be a major surprise. Milton\u2019s tools, athleticism, and work ethic will earn him the QB2 role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is what you need to know about the Cowboys quarterback battle.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>There Are Mixed Predictions on the Cowboys Backup QB Battle Between Joe Milton &amp; Will Grier<\/h2>\n<p>Not everyone is on the same page about the Dallas backup quarterback spot. Athlon Sports\u2019 Mike Fisher projects Grier will not only earn a roster spot, but beat out Milton for the backup gig.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big watch here, is who will back him (Prescott) up,\u201d Fisher detailed in a May 19, story titled, \u201cGeorge Pickens Leads New Cowboys 53-Man Roster Projection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/RXFMGI7X3GLDVG6X3S7FPUH4XY.jpg?auth=dd37e2aa828c50a9d1ecebda74b7b7ba31410d7a725be0ee1eda68efece7f3a2&amp;height=553&amp;width=830&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys acquire QB Joe Milton in trade with New England Patriots\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrier returns to the Cowboys still under contract, but has seen very little time away from the practice squad. He does have familiarity with the building over sophomore stud Joe Milton, however, who was acquired in a trade with New England earlier this offseason. Backup quarterback is one of many competitions throughout the roster worth keeping tabs on at camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grier was once mentioned as a potential first-round pick after a standout college football career at West Virginia. Ultimately, Grier fell to the third round of the 2019 NFL draft where the Carolina Panthers selected the quarterback with the No. 100 overall pick.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer on Joe Milton: \u2018He\u2019s One of the First People in the Building\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>As for Heavy Sports, if forced to pick, it makes sense to go with the quarterback who the Cowboys just gave up draft capital to land. It also helps that Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer has spoken glowingly about Milton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRENDING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> head coach Brian Schottenheimer took Dak Prescott, Joe Milton, Will Grier, and their families to learn how to do Greek dancing.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer has completely changed the culture in Dallas.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/np8AkbHOyP\">pic.twitter.com\/np8AkbHOyP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1931779329383338347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was excited about Joe before we got him,\u201d Schottenheimer noted on May 21, per The Athletic\u2019s Jon Machota. \u201cWhen you go into these deals and you\u2019re talking about making trades, we all reach out to people that you know, people that you trust, people that have been exposed to said player at college, different programs, friends that have been around him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 But from the time he\u2019s been here, the work ethic is incredible. He\u2019s one of the first people in the building. He\u2019s one of the last to leave. The way he\u2019s attacked the playbook and picking it up has been incredible. And it\u2019s been fun for me to watch Dak and Will, but really Dak take a mentorship role with Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There continues to be a growing buzz that a former highly touted quarterback is a cut candidate for the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26278","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Cowboys Predicted to Cut Ties With Former Highly Touted Quarterback - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26278\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Cowboys Predicted to Cut Ties With Former Highly Touted Quarterback - 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