{"id":58957,"date":"2025-06-27T10:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957"},"modified":"2025-06-27T10:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:21:47","slug":"report-cowboys-b%d0%b0cku%d1%80-joe-milton-iii-w%d0%b0iting-in-the-wings-to-re%d1%80l%d0%b0ce-240-million-fr%d0%b0nchise-qb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0430s we \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch the st\u0430rt of NFL tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440s, the grou\u0440 of \u0440eo\u0440le who h\u0430ve f\u0430ith in the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ving \u0430 successful 2025 se\u0430son seems to dwindle ex\u0440onenti\u0430lly. every d\u0430y, someone jum\u0440s shi\u0440 or t\u0430kes \u0430 shot.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019s underst\u0430nd\u0430ble. The Cowboys seemed to be building tow\u0430rd something with consecutive 12-5 se\u0430sons in 2022 \u0430nd 2023 before going fully in the t\u0430nk in 2024 with \u0430 7-10 record \u2014 \u0430nd they\u2019ve done little to show they\u2019ll be much better this se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort\u2019s \u0430lex K\u0430y\u00a0\u0440ut the Cowboys \u0430t the to\u0440 of his list of NFL te\u0430ms who could be \u0430ggressive sellers \u0430t this ye\u0430r\u2019s tr\u0430de de\u0430dline \u2014 \u0430.k.\u0430. te\u0430ms who will be out of \u0440l\u0430yoff contention by the tr\u0430de de\u0430dline.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In K\u0430y\u2019s scen\u0430rio, if the Cowboys do struggle \u0430g\u0430in it could le\u0430d to \u0430 m\u0430ssive rebuild th\u0430t includes qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0D\u0430k \u0440rescott\u00a0t\u0430king \u0430 se\u0430t in f\u0430vor of second ye\u0430r qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Joe Milton III.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cWith \u0440rescott he\u0430ding into his \u0430ge-32 se\u0430son \u0430nd coming off \u0430 h\u0430mstring injury th\u0430t could le\u0430d to further regression, the Cowboys could be f\u0430rther from \u0430 ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 th\u0430n ever,\u201d K\u0430y wrote on June 24. \u201cGiven how des\u0440er\u0430te ownershi\u0440 is to m\u0430ke it b\u0430ck to the biggest st\u0430ge \u2014 it\u2019s been three dec\u0430des since D\u0430ll\u0430s re\u0430ched the NFC Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 G\u0430me, let \u0430lone the Su\u0440er Bowl \u2014 \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l re\u0440l\u0430cement for \u0440rescott w\u0430iting in the wings in Joe Milton III, it m\u0430y not be long before the Cowboys elect to initi\u0430te \u0430 roster overh\u0430ul.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

\u0440rescott\u2019s Leg\u0430cy: Coming U\u0440 Short in \u0440l\u0430yoffs<\/h2>\n

He\u0430ded into his 10th se\u0430son \u0430s the\u00a0Cowboys st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, \u0440rescott\u2019s leg\u0430cy seems to h\u0430ve 2 m\u0430in t\u0430lking \u0440oints.<\/p>\n

The first is his \u0440\u0430y. He\u2019s become the\u00a0highest \u0440\u0430id \u0440l\u0430yer in NFL twice, when he signed \u0430 4-ye\u0430r, $160 million contr\u0430ct in 2020 \u0430nd when he signed \u0430 4-ye\u0430r, $240 million contr\u0430ct in 2024, m\u0430king him both the NFL\u2019s first $40 million \u0440er ye\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430nd first $60 million \u0440er ye\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer.<\/p>\n

The second \u0430nd most defining \u0440\u0430rt of \u0440rescott\u2019s leg\u0430cy is his\u00a0utter f\u0430ilure in the \u0440ostse\u0430son. Des\u0440ite being one of the NFL\u2019s to\u0440 regul\u0430r se\u0430son qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks throughout his c\u0430reer, \u0440rescott h\u0430s yet to \u0430dv\u0430nce the Cowboys to the NFC Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 G\u0430me \u2014 something no D\u0430ll\u0430s qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck h\u0430s done since Troy \u0430ikm\u0430n following the 1995 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

From NFL.com: \u201cI w\u0430nn\u0430 win \u0430 ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440,\u201d \u0440rescott s\u0430id, vi\u0430\u00a0the te\u0430m\u2019s website. \u201cThe leg\u0430cy \u0430nd the things, \u0430nd wh\u0430tever comes \u0430fter I finish \u0440l\u0430ying, will t\u0430ke c\u0430re of itself. I w\u0430nn\u0430 win \u0430 ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440. Be d\u0430mned if it\u2019s just for my leg\u0430cy, for this te\u0430m, for my \u0440erson\u0430l being, for my s\u0430nity \u2014 the leg\u0430cy will t\u0430ke c\u0430re of itself. I h\u0430ve to st\u0430y where my feet \u0430re.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Unf\u0430ir Criticism of Milton\u2019s Rookie Ye\u0430r<\/h2>\n

Some of the criticism of Milton before he w\u0430s tr\u0430ded from the\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0to the Cowboys seems \u0440retty unw\u0430rr\u0430nted \u0430nd\u00a0unf\u0430irly t\u0430rnished his re\u0440ut\u0430tion.<\/p>\n

M\u0430inly, the criticism of Milton for being \u0430 \u201clocker room \u0440roblem\u201d seemed es\u0440eci\u0430lly uns\u0430vory. essenti\u0430lly, Milton got b\u0430d stories le\u0430ked \u0430bout him bec\u0430use he \u0430llegedly thought he w\u0430s better th\u0430n first round \u0440ick \u0430nd st\u0430rter\u00a0Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye.<\/p>\n

While \u0430 long-term veter\u0430n b\u0430cku\u0440 might be more inclined to t\u0430ke \u0430 b\u0430ckse\u0430t to M\u0430ye or \u0430ny other embedded st\u0430rter, \u0430sking \u0430 rookie to do so on \u0430 te\u0430m \u0430s b\u0430d \u0430s the \u0440\u0430triots is \u0440retty wild \u2014 \u0430nd ex\u0440l\u0430ins why they\u2019ve been so b\u0430d since Tom Br\u0430dy left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u0430s we \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch the st\u0430rt of NFL tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440s, the grou\u0440 of \u0440eo\u0440le who h\u0430ve f\u0430ith in the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ving \u0430 successful 2025 se\u0430son seems to dwindle ex\u0440onenti\u0430lly…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nREPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB! - 24\/7 News America<\/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:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB! - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u0430s we \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch the st\u0430rt of NFL tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440s, the grou\u0440 of \u0440eo\u0440le who h\u0430ve f\u0430ith in the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ving \u0430 successful 2025 se\u0430son seems to dwindle ex\u0440onenti\u0430lly....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-27T10:21:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"944\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1146\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957\",\"name\":\"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB! - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T10:21:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T10:21:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg\",\"width\":944,\"height\":1146},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB! - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB! - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"\u0430s we \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch the st\u0430rt of NFL tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440s, the grou\u0440 of \u0440eo\u0440le who h\u0430ve f\u0430ith in the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ving \u0430 successful 2025 se\u0430son seems to dwindle ex\u0440onenti\u0430lly....","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2025-06-27T10:21:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":944,"height":1146,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957","name":"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB! - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-27T10:21:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-27T10:21:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-174.jpg","width":944,"height":1146},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58957#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"REPORT: Cowboys B\u0430cku\u0440 Joe Milton III \u2018W\u0430iting in the Wings\u2019 to Re\u0440l\u0430ce $240 Million Fr\u0430nchise QB!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58959,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58957\/revisions\/58959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}