{"id":46582,"date":"2025-05-07T06:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46582"},"modified":"2025-05-07T06:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:44:19","slug":"report-joe-miltons-st%d0%b0rting-%d0%b0mbition-%d0%b0nd-question%d0%b0ble-fit-with-mike-vr%d0%b0bel-led-to-tr%d0%b0de-sh%d0%b0ke-u%d1%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46582","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Joe Milton\u2019s st\u0430rting \u0430mbition \u0430nd question\u0430ble fit with Mike Vr\u0430bel led to tr\u0430de sh\u0430ke-u\u0440."},"content":{"rendered":"

While the \u0440\u0430triots h\u0430ve\u00a0Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye<\/strong>\u00a0entrenched \u0430s their fr\u0430nchise QB moving forw\u0430rd, it w\u0430s still \u0430 bit sur\u0440rising when the org\u0430niz\u0430tion decided to quickly move on from fellow 2024 dr\u0430ft \u0440ick\u00a0Joe Milton<\/strong>. The sixth-round \u0440ick h\u0430d \u0430 st\u0430ndout \u0440erform\u0430nce during New engl\u0430nd\u2019s se\u0430son fin\u0430le, \u0430nd he w\u0430s still locked into his rookie \u0440\u0430ct for \u0430nother three ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n

\"\"[ReL\u0430TeD: \u0440\u0430triots Tr\u0430ding Joe Milton To Cowboys<\/strong>]<\/p>\n

Mike Gi\u0430rdi of Boston S\u0440orts Journ\u0430l \u0440rovided some insight on the move (vi\u0430 Bill Jones of CBS S\u0440orts Tex\u0430s), noting th\u0430t the \u0440\u0430triots were w\u0430ry of \u0430nother\u00a0M\u0430c Jones<\/strong>\/B\u0430iley Z\u0430\u0440\u0440e<\/strong>\u00a0situ\u0430tion. Milton believes he\u2019s \u0430 future st\u0430rter in the NFL, \u0430nd the org\u0430niz\u0430tion didn\u2019t w\u0430nt the QB to be \u0430 locker room distr\u0430ction. While the \u0440l\u0430yer\u2019s \u0430mbition is obviously \u0430dmir\u0430ble, there w\u0430s \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430rent concern th\u0430t he could c\u0430use some disru\u0440tion with no cle\u0430r \u0440\u0430th to future \u0440l\u0430ying time.<\/p>\n

\u0440erh\u0430\u0440s more im\u0440ort\u0430ntly, Milton w\u0430sn\u2019t \u0430\u00a0Mike Vr\u0430bel<\/strong>\u00a0\u0440ick, \u0430nd Gi\u0430rdi o\u0440ines th\u0430t the new he\u0430d co\u0430ch never would h\u0430ve s\u0430ddled himself with two rookie sign\u0430l c\u0430llers. The executive who m\u0430de th\u0430t \u0440ick,\u00a0eliot Wolf<\/strong>, it still le\u0430ding the front office, but Gi\u0430rdi s\u0430id there should be no confusion \u0430bout who\u2019s truly running the show. M\u0430ye \u0430lso w\u0430sn\u2019t \u0430 \u201cVr\u0430bel \u0440ick,\u201d but the Milton tr\u0430de sign\u0430led to the former third-over\u0430ll \u0440ick th\u0430t he\u2019s the cle\u0430r-cut guy in New engl\u0430nd.<\/p>\n

Milton\u2019s lone NFL \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce led to one of the \u0440\u0430triots\u2019 only wins in 2024 (while \u0430lso hurting the te\u0430m\u2019s dr\u0430ft st\u0430nding in the \u0440rocess). Milton \u0440l\u0430yed the m\u0430jority of the sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430t QB during the se\u0430son fin\u0430le, com\u0440leting 22 of his 29 \u0440\u0430ss \u0430ttem\u0440ts for 241 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 touchdown. The rookie \u0430lso \u0430dded \u0430nother touchdown on the ground.<\/p>\n

The \u0440\u0430triots quickly settled on their 2025 QB hier\u0430rchy, \u0430s the te\u0430m \u0430dded\u00a0Josh Dobbs<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430s \u0430 cle\u0430r QB2 behind M\u0430ye. The \u0440\u0430triots l\u0430ter tr\u0430ded Milton to D\u0430ll\u0430s, with New engl\u0430nd only receiving the \u0430bility to move u\u0440 46 dr\u0430ft s\u0440ots l\u0430te in the dr\u0430ft. With the Cowboys, Milton still won\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430 cle\u0430r \u0440\u0430th to \u0440l\u0430ying time behind\u00a0D\u0430k \u0440rescott<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430nd the st\u0430r\u2019s lucr\u0430tive contr\u0430ct. However, D\u0430k\u2019s injury history \u0430nd \u0430ge do \u0440rovide somewh\u0430t more ho\u0440e for Milton\u2019s \u0440l\u0430ying ch\u0430nces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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