{"id":59479,"date":"2025-06-05T02:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=59479"},"modified":"2025-06-05T02:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:20:14","slug":"report-wild-prediction-sees-cowboys-bench-240-million-qb-for-sixth-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=59479","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Wild Prediction Sees Cowboys Bench $240 Million QB for Sixth Round Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2175519787-e1748986518494.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Joe Milton III\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to a promising, somewhat unknown quarterback, we can all become prone to flights of fancy.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the case of Dallas Cowboys backup quarterback Joe Milton III, who the franchise obtained in a trade with the New England Patriots on April 3, giving up a 2025 fifth round pick and 2025 seventh round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Milton, a 2023 sixth round pick (No. 193 overall), came to the Cowboys almost solely on the power of a single start in 2024, when he went 22 of 29 passing for 241 yards and a touchdown during a 23-16 Week 18 victory over the Buffalo Bills, who sat the majority of their starters for the game in preparation for the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>It was a meaningless game in terms of overall standings, but not in terms of the Patriots\u2019 future. That\u2019s because beating the Bills cost New England the No. 1 overall pick in the\u00a02025 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<div id=\"1898f3fc99c24fba6fd804451056a898\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-twitter-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chase6D\/status\/1907802552965410948\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ft_adame&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1907802552965410948&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fdallas-cowboys%2Fquarterback-dak-prescott-benched-joe-milton%2F&amp;sessionId=1ff26617e601e0a2cbec00395776c19c9f9c16e4&amp;siteScreenName=heavyonsports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1907802552965410948\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The problem for the Cowboys in bringing in Milton to be the backup to longtime starter\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0is that they\u2019re still a team coming off a 7-10 record and Prescott is still the quarterback who looked lost last season before a hamstring injury limited him to just 8 games.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why\u00a0Bleacher Report\u2019s Alex Kay\u00a0put Prescott on his list of \u201c5 NFL Quarterbacks Who Could Be Benched in 2025\u201d \u2014 a wild theory that wouldn\u2019t seem quite so wild if it\u00a0didn\u2019t have a kernel of truth to it.<\/p>\n<p>Prescott signed the largest contract in NFL history before the 2024 season. It was a 4-year, $240 million deal that made him the first player in league history to make $60 million in a single season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2024, Prescott only posted a completion rate of 64.7 percent, averaged 247.3 passing yards per game and tallied a meager 11 scores with a concerning eight picks in the eight starts he made prior to injuring his hamstring,\u201d Kay wrote on June 3.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cThe biggest reason Dallas may put Prescott on the bench is the presence of Joe Milton III, who the Cowboys traded for earlier this offseason. The 25-year-old is one of the more intriguing young backups in the league \u2026 While his presence could light a fire under Prescott, it could also spell the end of his longstanding tenure as the Dallas starter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Bad Vibes Abound Around Milton<\/h2>\n<p>The vibes have been off ever since Milton joined the Cowboys in a trade \u2014\u00a0partly through his own doing\u00a0after he decided it would be a good idea to take a few passive aggressive swipes at his former team.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s way different,\u201d\u00a0Milton said on a video posted to the Cowboys official YouTube channel on May 29. \u201cThis offense here brings me back more to my college days. My last offense was more everybody get tagged on which routes. This offense here is more fast and for sure explosive \u2026 I went in (the Week 18 game) and did what the play caller and head coach wanted me to do, and that\u2019s win the game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patriots reporter Greg Bedard broke more\u00a0unflattering news about Milton\u00a0following the trade, putting out a report that Milton was a less than ideal teammate during his short time playing for the Patriots.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJoe Milton \u2014 and this is a direct quote from someone in the organization \u2014 is not a good dude,\u201d\u00a0Bedard said\u00a0on the \u201cGred Bedard Patriots Podcast\u201d on May 1. \u201cKnowing your role, playing your role, being part of a harmonious quarterback room \u2014 that was going to be an issue. It wasn\u2019t about\u00a0Drake Maye. It was just about the room.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to a promising, somewhat unknown quarterback, we can all become prone to flights of fancy. 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