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The Cowboys' new backup quarterback speaks for the first time.
On Thursday, the Cowboys acquired Patriots quarterback Joe Milton III and a seventh-round pick for a fifth-round selection, as Dallas accomplished their goal of getting younger at the position with a high-upside player to backup Dak Prescott. Even though he only just completed his rookie season, Milton is ready for a fresh start.
"It was great, it's a blessing come true," Milton said of the trade. "That was something that me and my team talked about and was able to get done with the Cowboys, so it's just a blessing to be here."
Milton was the second quarterback that the Patriots drafted last season along with Drake Maye, who was the third overall pick and finished the year as the starter for New England. Milton, a sixth-round pick, used his time to learn about his teammates and grow his own knowledge.
“From my rookie season I grew a lot, football is football at the end of the day, just having fun, enjoying the best thing I can do and that’s going out there and just having fun with it and enjoying my teammates, getting to learn people,” Milton said. “Here now, I’m a Cowboy now, being able to learn my teammates and get to explore and experience different things with them.”
The only playing time that Milton received with the Patriots was in the final game of the 2024 season, where he went 22 of 29 through the air for 241 yards and a touchdown through the air in a 23-16 win over the Buffalo Bills. It was only one game, but he’s looking to approach every week he gets from here on out the same way.
The Cowboys have been active in free agency, but they still need starting caliber additions.
Leave it to the Cowboys to force me to hit you with a pop quiz upon my return from the slightest of vacations.
Quick, how many former first- and second-round picks did Dallas add via free agency or trade this offseason?
I’m not going to make you spend too much time on this one. I believe the answer is eight — five former firsts along with a trio of former second-rounders, suggesting that Stephen Jones’ vow to be “selectively aggressive” was not entirely rebuffed by Dad when he scolded his young co-owner and executive VP for those remarks and sent him to his own wing of the yacht.
A more detailed look at the selections (and the money NOT spent on these players) tells us that first-rounders from 2022 or 2021 or 2020 or...
