A New Star In Dallas?

Joe Milton has been traded to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2025 fifth-round pick. Milton played in one game for the Patriots, but looked good in doing so, going 22/29, 241 yards, and two touchdowns, one being through the air, and the other on the ground. Milton has three years left of team control and looks to be a developmental backup to Dak Prescott.

Joe Milton has all the physical talent in the world. He has a cannon of an arm, can run, and is a large human. Similar to Anthony Richardson, though Milton can struggle with accuracy and hasn’t quite proven that he can read defenses at a high level yet. Milton can learn behind Dak Prescott over the next three to four years, and Dallas can decide whether an extension should be given. 

Joe Milton’s mental game needs a lot of work. Referring back to his time at Tennessee, commentators and journalists marveled at the tools he had, but he just never put it all together. Yes, the Vols love to run the ball, so the stats were never gonna be video game-like, but watching Milton struggle to stay consistently accurate grew increasingly frustrating throughout the year.

Milton has all the tools in the world, it’s been mentioned hundreds of times. This is a great deal for Dallas, they get their potential Dak replacement four years early so they aren’t scrambling to find a guy. Preseason football will be fun again this August.