{"id":75423,"date":"2025-08-09T10:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T10:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75423"},"modified":"2025-08-09T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T10:31:12","slug":"cowboys-coach-speaks-out-on-new-qbs-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75423","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys Coach Speaks Out On New QB&#8217;s Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228983047-e1754702462836.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228983047-e1754702462836.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228983047-e1754702462836.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228983047-e1754702462836.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys Coach Speaks Out On New QB's Progress\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Joe Milton New England Patriots<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The attention of the Dallas Cowboys is currently squarely focused on \u2013 at least media wise \u2013 attempting to solve both Micah Parsons\u2018 contract extension dispute, after the All-Pro pass rusher submitted a trade request last week, and the ever-increasing offensive line injury issues the team is currently facing.<\/p>\n<p>However, one bright spot comes from some of the work done by the quarterback \u2013 no, not that one. Instead, backup Joe Milton has reportedly been doing some excellent work in the offseason ever since his trade from the New England Patriots back in April, according to his quarterbacks coach, Steve Shimko, via The Athletic\u2019s Jon Machota, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cowboys QB coach Steve Shimko on Joe Milton: \u201cHe\u2019s great fundamentally, his feet are getting better every day as well, but his biggest jump (has been) taking every practice rep like it\u2019s a game, like he could really get hit. That ball\u2019s coming out, he\u2019s finding completions, he\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1953494944037187879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys QB Coach Impressed With Milton\u2019s Improvement<\/h2>\n<p>After his move to Dallas, much of the critique coming Milton\u2019s way from his old employers, via beat reporters came at the expense of his character. Yet, according to Shimko, he has been taking his role as backup very seriously \u2013 and the team have been impressed with his professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s great fundamentally, his feet are getting better every day as well,\u201d Shimko said on Thursday, via Machota, \u201cbut his biggest jump (has been) taking every practice rep like it\u2019s a game, like he could really get hit. That ball\u2019s coming out, he\u2019s finding completions, he\u2019s really running the offense. Instead of just trying to show off his arm, which we all know he has one of the best arms in the world, he\u2019s now playing quarterback. And he\u2019s doing a phenomenal job with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Shimko Happy With Milton\u2019s \u2018Very, Very High\u2019 Game IQ<\/h2>\n<p>The new Cowboys QB coach also spoke about how whilst many spoke about the ex Patriot\u2019s notorious physical attributes, his ability to learn and his high intellect for the game will be the thing to propel him forward over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe sees the big picture of the game. He\u2019s very good. Seeing new pictures, unscouted looks, that\u2019s where he\u2019s going to keep getting better. A guy like Dak, there\u2019s really no unscouted looks, he\u2019s kind of seen everything that a defense can do. With Joe, it\u2019s just a matter of reps and seeing those different things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Shimko believes that the play has the potential to only get better with each passing year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only his second year, but his knowledge and his growth has been amazing. I\u2019m talking to those guys from New England last year to the point where he is now, you can see the work (put) into it and just his IQ in general is very, very high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Arwas Daniel Arwas is a sports writer who covers the NFL for Heavy.com.\u00a0Daniel began his career in sports writing in 2022 and has covered the NFL and college football for Gridiron Heroics\u00a0and\u00a0The Hammer. More about Daniel Arwas<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Cowboys quarterback coach, Steve Shimko, had some encouraging words to say about the progress of new backup QB, Joe Milton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":75424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cowboys Coach Speaks Out On New QB&#039;s Progress - NEWS USA<\/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:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75423\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cowboys Coach Speaks Out On New QB&#039;s Progress - 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