Milton will push the cowboys over the top

[SlammedZero]

At this point, I think we fans are just clinging to wishful thinking and dreams of something great happening to this franchise. If Milton’s the answer, so be it! lol

 

[exciter]

He’s exactly the playmaker we need. Reminds me of a mix between Vick and Herbert

It will be an exciting day as a cowboys fan to see this guy starting. Get him another weapon, and I see a top 5 offense.

I’m just happy we have hope for the future and #4’s days are looking to be numbered.

April Fools is on the 1st, not the entire month!

 

[noshame]

So trading the 171st overall (comp) pick for a project quarterback that the Cowboys hope can be the backup is an "obvious" sign the Cowboys realized Dak is not the guy?

I mean I know many fans are eager to move on from Dak, but this is getting kind of ridiculous.

So you pick up a guy with some potential, real potential, and see if he's got anything at all. If he doesn't, you're going to be at the top of the draft board for a quarterback next year.
On a rookie salary.
I promise you Dak will not be playing the entire season or probably even the bulk of it,
Either by injury or meltdown.
We'll find out shortly if they' acquire a number 2 quarterback, or if they just run with Milton, if they do run with Milton, Dak's head is going to be spinning from the day OTAs start.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

At this point, I think we fans are just clinging to wishful thinking and dreams of something great happening to this franchise. If Milton’s the answer, so be it! lol

exactly. some fans did the same with Lance.

 

[charron]

Barring injury Milton will get zero regular season playing time. So unless he can help Dak in some way he ain't helping anything

 

[Captain-Crash]

can we sticky a thread at the top for us dak guys who hate Milton? chasing4 for the win, superbowl chasing4

 

[DuncanIso]

Barring injury Milton will get zero regular season playing time. So unless he can help Dak in some way he ain't helping anything

Truth.

Also, he has problems throwing the football.

 

[DuncanIso]

We have to draft a QB.

This is ridiculous.

 

[Sandyf]

WAY too many people aren’t understanding that Prescott is just now entering his record setting deal, and it’s not at all structured as team friendly.

Finally some one with sense. Dak has a no trade clause also in the contract. Even if he should agree to a trade, the cap hit would totally screw the Boys for 2 or 3 years because the total guarantee is $195 MILLION so trading or cutting him anytime this year or next is at least a $129 million cap hit, roughly half of our cap.

Hate Dak all you want hut reality is that he is on the team at least 2 more years.

 

[b0xZZ]

He’s exactly the playmaker we need. Reminds me of a mix between Vick and Herbert

It will be an exciting day as a cowboys fan to see this guy starting. Get him another weapon, and I see a top 5 offense.

I’m just happy we have hope for the future and #4’s days are looking to be numbered.

He's a low IQ stiff QB with a monster arm and bad accuracy. Look at his tape from Tennessee, he is not in any way polished.

 

[DuncanIso]

He's a low IQ stiff QB with a monster arm and bad accuracy. Look at his tape from Tennessee, he is not in any way polished.

SHotty can’t be happy.

 

[Roadtrip635]

The kid is a Phenom!

 

[mrmojo]

I cant say because Ive never seen the guy play..........the new guy is always a fresh shiny toy until he plays a quarter or two...

 

[leeblair]

I cant say because Ive never seen the guy play..........the new guy is always a fresh shiny toy until he plays a quarter or two...

I've watched Milton play.
He's a legitimate candidate to be a franchise qb for many years.
He has a cannon for an arm, and he has poise.
Dak will look bad just warming up near Milton.
There's no comparison. Milton is the real deal.
His only drawbacks are experience- which can be given, and the fact that he blew out his knee as a senior at Tennessee.
Otherwise he'd have been a top twenty draft pick.
The guy can sling it.

 

[kskboys]

Marc Bulger? Maybe? But, good point.

Excellent name!!!! 6th rounder who I believe was let go by ATL and BALT. Not sure he ever made an active roster before his Cards career began.

 

[leeblair]

I've watched Milton play.
He's a legitimate candidate to be a franchise qb for many years.
He has a cannon for an arm, and he has poise.
Dak will look bad just warming up near Milton.
There's no comparison. Milton is the real deal.
His only drawbacks are experience- which can be given, and the fact that he blew out his knee as a senior at Tennessee.
Otherwise he'd have been a top twenty draft pick.
The guy can sling it.

I made a mistake on this post.
It was Hendon Hooker who blew out his knee at Tennessee.
Joe Milton has good wheels.
But, as some have already noted, he does make bad decisions at times.
He has the tools, but how he develops will be the key.
My apologies; the Vols have had a slew of quarterbacks, and Joshua Dobbs was/is in my opinion, the best. Oddly enough, the Patriots kept Dobbs. He is still there.
Milton has the potential.
He can't be worse than what the Cowboys have had for the past eight years.

 

[blueblood70]

It would be a big eat in 2026 and 2027, though. I mean, since his 2026 salary is already fully guaranteed, it would cost $129 million to cut him after this year ($74 million to keep him, if it's not restructured). Then, if he's here through next March 16 (when his base guarantees), it would cost us $95 million to cut him ($68 million) to keep.

Best bet if we wanted to get out from under his contract before 2028 would be to get him to waive his no-trade clause, which means someone else would take on that $40 million base. Of course, we'd still be responsible for his bonus money, so the hit would be at least $55 million (with no restructure next year). Of course, that would be a $13 million cap savings.

One that's not what I said I said after the 2026 season which would be the 2027 off season.. That's what I'm saying you have to make that decision before the new league year of 2027 then how much would it cost what's the number if you cut him or got him to waive his no trade clause before March 16th of 2027 what is gonna be the cap hit and again I said it'd be much like Russell Wilson who played two years under his new deal with Denver and then got moved for how much like it was definitely 80 million or in that general zip code and they did it... That's what these preparations are for trying to find a guy like lance or f....s a possibility of being the next guy..

So you have to be thinking about this no I didn't say 2026 he's playing two years under his new deal that would be this year and in 2026 after that I said it's more doable but again maybe he would waive his no trade clause for certain teams... Somebody might want him look what's going on right now in the NFL where it's always gone on literally hey quarterback starved league, they will pick guys up surprisingly and take some of this money and draft capital...

Tom Brady, Russell Wilson, and manning all up in years managed to get off teams in trays and paid good money to play elsewhere.

 

[blueblood70]

I cant say because Ive never seen the guy play..........the new guy is always a fresh shiny toy until he plays a quarter or two...

Yes this is true happens but doesn't mean we can't want the guy to do well I mean at worst case scenario he becomes tyrod Taylor or a closer comp might be Joshua Dobbs and be a really good backup for a lot of years to come still worth the trade... I mean in my opinion he'd be better than Cooper Ross with his athleticism maybe he takes a little longer you know like Sam darnold Baker Mayfield and even Gino Smith resurrected their careers... This guy could just be slow to get there but that doesn't mean he can't get there so we're allowed to be a little positive about the trade..

 

[gimmesix]

One that's not what I said I said after the 2026 season which would be the 2027 off season.. That's what I'm saying you have to make that decision before the new league year of 2027 then how much would it cost what's the number if you cut him or got him to waive his no trade clause before March 16th of 2027 what is gonna be the cap hit and again I said it'd be much like Russell Wilson who played two years under his new deal with Denver and then got moved for how much like it was definitely 80 million or in that general zip code and they did it... That's what these preparations are for trying to find a guy like lance or f....s a possibility of being the next guy..

So you have to be thinking about this no I didn't say 2026 he's playing two years under his new deal that would be this year and in 2026 after that I said it's more doable but again maybe he would waive his no trade clause for certain teams... Somebody might want him look what's going on right now in the NFL where it's always gone on literally hey quarterback starved league, they will pick guys up surprisingly and take some of this money and draft capital...

Tom Brady, Russell Wilson, and manning all up in years managed to get off teams in trays and paid good money to play elsewhere.

I didn't mean to imply that you were talking about 2026. I just wanted to throw that in to explain the difficulties with cutting him.

We'd actually have to make the decision for 2027 by the fifth league day of 2026. That's when his base salary fully guarantees. So we'd have to cut him in 2026 in order to avoid paying his base salary in 2027. We're already on the hook for everything he's due in 2026, so we'd have to pay him that even if we cut him to avoid the 2027 guarantee.

I think the only reasonable way to get out of his contract before 2028 is if, like you said, we can get him to waive his no-trade clause and trade him. Even then, whoever trades would face a challenge taking on his base. He'd have to be willing to renegotiate his contract to bring that number down for his new team or we'd have to agree to pay some of the base to get them to take him.

 

[DallasEast]