I think some fans are forgetting he was a 6th round pick a year ago.....right now he's barely ready for a consistent backup. There is no way in hell he or his coaches will think about starting until he proves it on the field. Dallas QB situation is stable over the next two, BUT a lot of short-term and long-term issues can offer him a chance to seriously compete within the next couple of years
Right. At best, Dallas hopes he can build on what he showed and prove to be the heir to Dak. But if you asked the coaches if they expect him to compete with Dak for the starting job, they'd laugh in your face. This was just about getting a backup (which we were going to try to do in the draft anyway) with the potential to become more than that.
Well the truth be told they would have honest competition and I might add especially at the qb position. Let the best players start after they have earned it in camp and or preseason. But Jerry lets little things like contract dictate the starter. Hope Joe can sit anyway to develop and get better. He looked the part in college just as did Will Grier. We wait and see I guess.
I'll be interested to see if Dak actually plays in preseason now or if they will just protect him as per the norm.
Mainly because people didn't like what they saw from Lance. People didn't like giving up a 4th round pick for what they thought was a bad quarterback.
But then why not go to PIT?
As stated in another thread......they could have easily signed a veteran backup but they know with Daks, age, health and contract, now is the time to take a shot at developing a young guy behind him.
I like Milton’s upside for sure, but he is going to have to play at some point soon to develop and what if Prescott doesn’t get hurt? This isn’t Michael Penix.
In some ways, this may be my favorite move of the offseason. Milton didn't cost us much and may fail, but we're not absolutely counting on him so it's worth the shot. With players like Elam and Taylor we also didn't give up much but we're counting on them to replace proven vet starters (Lewis and Kendricks).
Because even if the Steelers sign Rodgers, they are likely to use a first-round or second-round pick on a future starter. He could have gone there and bet on them viewing him as the future starter, but I don't think anyone was promising him that. Here, he knows that we are contractually obligated to Dak and unlikely to draft an early-round QB at this point to be his eventual replacement.
My issue with the lance trade is they didn't let him get on the field. We should have let him play when dak went out at least a few games to see what we had
I don't take an issue with either trade, even though the Lance one didn't work out. Glad to take some later round swings and I hope Milton will work out better.
We are close to one decade of failure with him as the starting QB.
Yes he should because its a fact
It will be interesting to see what happens. Dak is starting to breakdown. If he gets hurt again, he might not get his job back. This kid is bigger, faster and has a better arm. It could get interesting.
They're 2 different QBs, but speculation was other teams offered a 5th for Lance so yeah the Cowboys paid a little more than others. Typically the team that offers more gets the deal done, and we got lucky this time we didn't have to. Milton and Lance both only had 1 full starting season in college, while Milton got some more experience but spent a lot of time on the bench the 5 or so years he was in school.
