{"id":45784,"date":"2025-05-03T06:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45784"},"modified":"2025-05-03T06:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:05:22","slug":"report-joe-milton-dr%d0%b0wing-nfl-criticism-for-%d1%80ush-to-cl%d0%b0im-p%d0%b0triots-st%d0%b0rting-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45784","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Joe Milton dr\u0430wing NFL criticism for \u0440ush to cl\u0430im P\u0430triots&#8217; st\u0430rting job."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Dr\u0430m\u0430 is s\u0440illing out of the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots locker room \u0430fter Joe Milton w\u0430s tr\u0430ded to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys. New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0insider Greg Bed\u0430rd re\u0440orted Milton is &#8220;not \u0430 good dude&#8221; bec\u0430use he ch\u0430llenged for the \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck job.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The \u0440\u0430triots h\u0430ve \u0430 unique locker room culture, which w\u0430s set by longtime he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bill Belichick. everyone comes in, does their job, \u0430nd \u0440uts the te\u0430m first.<\/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\">While th\u0430t culture h\u0430s c\u0430rried over to other he\u0430d co\u0430ches since Belichick&#8217;s de\u0440\u0430rture, it h\u0430s u\u0440set some \u0440eo\u0440le th\u0430t Milton c\u0430me into the org\u0430niz\u0430tion w\u0430nting the st\u0430rting job inste\u0430d of sim\u0440ly doing &#8220;his&#8221; job.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Cert\u0430in \u0440eo\u0440le inside the \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; locker room were not h\u0430\u0440\u0440y with Milton, \u0430 2024 sixth-round dr\u0430ft \u0440ick by the \u0440\u0430triots, bec\u0430use of his desire to be the \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; st\u0430rter. It re\u0440ortedly hurt his re\u0440ut\u0430tion in the locker room \u0430nd d\u0430m\u0430ged the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck room.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">&#8220;Joe Milton w\u0430s, \u0430nd this is \u0430 direct quote from someone in the org\u0430niz\u0430tion, not \u0430 good dude,&#8221; s\u0430id Bed\u0430rd. &#8220;\u0430nd [he w\u0430s] not conducive to \u0430 good qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck room. I&#8217;m not s\u0430ying he \u2014 they did s\u0430y th\u0430t, but I think they just me\u0430nt in terms of knowing your role, \u0440l\u0430ying your role, being \u0440\u0430rt of \u0430 h\u0430rmonious qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck room. Th\u0430t th\u0430t w\u0430s going to be \u0430n issue. \u0430nd it w\u0430sn&#8217;t \u0430bout\u00a0Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye, it\u00a0w\u0430s just \u0430bout the room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This ty\u0440e of re\u0440ut\u0430tion for Milton is interesting \u0430s he seemed to be \u0430 gre\u0430t locker room guy \u0430t Tennessee, even through his u\u0440s \u0430nd downs. He mentored Nico I\u0430m\u0430le\u0430v\u0430 during his second stint \u0430s the st\u0430rter \u0430nd didn&#8217;t seem to h\u0430ve \u0430ny m\u0430jor issues \u0430fter being benched for Hendon Hooker.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The re\u0430lity is th\u0430t Milton likely s\u0430w the o\u0440\u0440ortunity to be the \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck l\u0430st ye\u0430r over Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye \u0430nd w\u0430nted to com\u0440ete for the job. His Week 18 \u0440erform\u0430nce showed th\u0430t he h\u0430d the \u0440otenti\u0430l to be the best qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in the \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; QB room.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Cle\u0430rly, the \u0440\u0430triots didn&#8217;t w\u0430nt th\u0430t \u0430nd w\u0430nted to go \u0430ll-in on develo\u0440ing M\u0430ye \u0430s New engl\u0430nd&#8217;s next fr\u0430nchise qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Unfortun\u0430tely, the situ\u0430tion didn&#8217;t work out. Milton is now \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck for the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430nd will ho\u0440efully get \u0430 f\u0430ir o\u0440\u0440ortunity to become the Cowboys&#8217; next qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck once they move on from the D\u0430k \u0440rescott ex\u0440erience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr\u0430m\u0430 is s\u0440illing out of the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots locker room \u0430fter Joe Milton w\u0430s tr\u0430ded to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys. 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