TRADED Cowboys trade for Joe Milton

It just occurred to me that Jerry Jones traded a 4th round pick for a QB that hardly played in college (Trey Lance) and today only sent away a 5th round comp pick for a QB that spent six years in college at Michigan and Tennessee. And got a 7th back in the deal.
I certainly don't mind this trade, but don't know why the Patriots were willing to trade him for so little when they just spent a sixth on him last year.
 
I’m glad we got him and I’m really glad we didn’t trade a 3rd. Good developmental guy and on the cheap. Good move for us, very low risk and high reward.
 
I certainly don't mind this trade, but don't know why the Patriots were willing to trade him for so little when they just spent a sixth on him last year.
They had better offers but out of respect to Milton they sent him where he wanted to go. The Patriots are investing everything into Drake Maye and signed Josh Dobbs to be the backup.

Here, Milton has a clear path to number 2 QB and a real chance to develop into Dak's successor.
 
They had better offers but out of respect to Milton they sent him where he wanted to go. The Patriots are investing everything into Drake Maye and signed Josh Dobbs to be the backup.

Here, Milton has a clear path to number 2 QB and a real chance to develop into Dak's successor.
I just read that. Still don't think the trade makes sense from the Patriots' standpoint unless they just wanted to get rid of a young QB without a good return on investment. I mean, it would make more sense to develop him as your No. 3 and see if you can improve his trade value.

This seems more like the Patriots wanted to see what his trade value was and once it was lower than expected, they couldn't go back because Milton wanted out. They had to have respected him, though, or they wouldn't have taken a lesser offer to send him where he wanted to go.
 
No I just know the football God's won't allow Dak to be bad 2 years in a row and not finish seasons with this kind of money owed to him
Dak hasn't been the same QB since he snapped his ankle and then compound that with last years injury and his calf injury hes just not the same but having said that I still dont believe hes the reason we keep coming up short.

We can move on this week and well still keep coming up short if we cant run the ball better and have another threat on offense beyond Lamb. Our Oline has gotten worse each season if they have to pass pro. Then the defensive side of the ball who besides Parsons and Osa scare you. And both of them tend to be less effective later in season.

Dak can ball out and we still fail because we have so many shortcomings. and with Diggs injury and Lewis departure I'm still scared of that side of the ball. Im hoping the first 3 rounds have us grabbing RB, WR and CB or edge.

Im not incredibly optimistic of the FA signings alone but even at that this off season was a ton better than last year
 
Dak hasn't been the same QB since he snapped his ankle and then compound that with last years injury and his calf injury hes just not the same but having said that I still dont believe hes the reason we keep coming up short.

We can move on this week and well still keep coming up short if we cant run the ball better and have another threat on offense beyond Lamb. Our Oline has gotten worse each season if they have to pass pro. Then the defensive side of the ball who besides Parsons and Osa scare you. And both of them tend to be less effective later in season.

Dak can ball out and we still fail because we have so many shortcomings. and with Diggs injury and Lewis departure I'm still scared of that side of the ball. Im hoping the first 3 rounds have us grabbing RB, WR and CB or edge.

Im not incredibly optimistic of the FA signings alone but even at that this off season was a ton better than last year
Do you actually think they're going to be fine with us having a great running game, it would surely help him though
 
Dak hasn't been the same QB since he snapped his ankle and then compound that with last years injury and his calf injury hes just not the same but having said that I still dont believe hes the reason we keep coming up short.

We can move on this week and well still keep coming up short if we cant run the ball better and have another threat on offense beyond Lamb. Our Oline has gotten worse each season if they have to pass pro. Then the defensive side of the ball who besides Parsons and Osa scare you. And both of them tend to be less effective later in season.

Dak can ball out and we still fail because we have so many shortcomings. and with Diggs injury and Lewis departure I'm still scared of that side of the ball. Im hoping the first 3 rounds have us grabbing RB, WR and CB or edge.

Im not incredibly optimistic of the FA signings alone but even at that this off season was a ton better than last year
I agree. But Dak's best seasons (arguably) were 2021 and 2023, after the 2020 ankle injury. Last year the offensive line was still finding it's footing and McCarthy didn't run the ball until a few weeks after Dak was injured. A lot was working against him.

Of course I am not blind to the fact that Dak is now a tenth year player with a long list of injuries. His best football very well may be behind him, but a healthy Dak is still a top 7 to 12 QB in the NFL. Which is certainly good enough in the right situation.

But like you said, the holes elsewhere on this roster are troubling. If things go south again, Dak will be the scapegoat, but he's far from the team's biggest worry.
 
I agree. But Dak's best seasons (arguably) were 2021 and 2023, after the 2020 ankle injury. Last year the offensive line was still finding it's footing and McCarthy didn't run the ball until a few weeks after Dak was injured. A lot was working against him.

Of course I am not blind to the fact that Dak is now a tenth year player with a long list of injuries. His best football very well may be behind him, but a healthy Dak is still a top 7 to 12 QB in the NFL. Which is certainly good enough in the right situation.

But like you said, the holes elsewhere on this roster are troubling. If things go south again, Dak will be the scapegoat, but he's far from the team's biggest worry.
What is the teams biggest worry?
 
What is the teams biggest worry?
Right now cornerback. Diggs may not be ready for week one. Jourdan Lewis is gone. So there's DaRon Bland and any combination of Caelon Carson, Kaiir Elam, or Andrew Booth atop the depth chart. Yikes.

Also would like to add depth at DT, RB, and WR to the list after that.
 
Right now cornerback. Diggs may not be ready for week one. Jourdan Lewis is gone. So there's DaRon Bland and any combination of Caelon Carson, Kaiir Elam, or Andrew Booth atop the depth chart. Yikes.

Also would like to add depth at DT, RB, and WR to the list after that.
Well, I guess we will see how they do in the draft. Jerra is the smartest in the room, so all is good.

Did you know Jerra is in the HOF?
 
I wonder if Milton gets jersey number 19 from Ryan Flournoy, who just switched to that number?

Only other QB eligible jersey number available now is 10, since 8 and 12 are unofficially off limits.
 

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