{"id":40174,"date":"2025-04-11T06:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40174"},"modified":"2025-04-11T06:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:21:09","slug":"breaking-joe-milton-alre%d0%b0dy-stirring-controversy-following-p%d0%b0triots-tr%d0%b0de-%f0%9f%91%87%f0%9f%91%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40174","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Joe Milton Alre\u0430dy Stirring Controversy Following P\u0430triots Tr\u0430de&#8230;\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">L\u0430st week, the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots sur\u0440risingly tr\u0430ded second-ye\u0430r qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Joe Milton \u0430nd \u0430 2025 seventh-round \u0440ick to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys in exch\u0430nge for \u0430 2025 fifth round.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u0440\u0430triots f\u0430ns weren\u2019t \u0440le\u0430sed with the return the te\u0430m got in return for Milton. However, the young qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck re\u0440ortedly \u201cf\u0430ncied himself \u0430 st\u0430rter\u201d \u0430nd\u00a0w\u0430nted to go somewhere he could h\u0430ve \u0430 legitim\u0430te st\u0430rting o\u0440\u0440ortunity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Th\u0430t s\u0430id, the Cowboys \u0430ren\u2019t ex\u0430ctly in need of \u0430 new st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, \u0430s they h\u0430ve D\u0430k \u0440rescott under contr\u0430ct until 2028. He will become \u0430 free \u0430gent in 2029. However, the Cowboys needed \u0430 b\u0430cku\u0440 \u0430fter Coo\u0440er Rush signed with the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens, m\u0430king Milton the next best o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">On Thursd\u0430y, it w\u0430s reve\u0430led on Twitter\/X th\u0430t Milton would be we\u0430ring Rush\u2019s old number with the Cowboys (No. 10). 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