The Dallas Cowboys land their backup QB, Joe Milton!

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Mauricio Rodriguez breaks down the Dallas Cowboys trade for New England Patriots QB Joe Milton!

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00:00So the Dallas Cowboys have traded for a quarterback and let me tell you something

00:04it's already a better deal than the one that they got for a Trey Lance

00:11Hey what's up everyone it's Mauricio Rodriguez here at ADZ Sports Dallas

00:14we knew this was probably gonna happen and we already talked about Joe Milton last month but

00:20now it is official he is a Dallas Cowboy and I grade the trade as a very positive one for

00:27Dallas and I'll tell you exactly why. First and foremost and I think this is one of the

00:31most important things about evaluating this trade is it really didn't cost the Cowboys much

00:36they're giving up a fifth rounder which was one of their compensatory picks and they're getting

00:41a seventh rounder in return which originally belonged to the Tennessee Titans. If you do the

00:46math they're actually moving back only 46 spots in day three and landing a quarterback in the

00:53process. Now we knew the Cowboys were looking for a quarterback in this year's NFL draft and the

00:59reasoning that we laid out for this potential trade in March was well who are they really

01:05going to get in the fifth round in the sixth seventh round in what is considered a very thin

01:10draft class. Well instead of picking somebody in the fifth round now they're getting Joe Milton

01:16which at least has some upside really. Now when I say that I do want to be very clear Joe Milton

01:23who knows if he's going to be good right but he does have a freakish arm. There's a clip from

01:28Jacoby Brissett over in training camp from last year with the Patriots where he goes Milton might

01:33have the best arm in the league as far as arm strength goes. He is an insane prospect in that

01:39sense. The problem is he has struggled with playing quarterback he did in Tennessee we haven't seen

01:45much of him in the NFL I'll talk more about that later in the week but at the end of the day this

01:51is somebody that has some accuracy issues that has some trouble staying calm in the pocket that

01:57has some trouble reading defenses but he has the traits to become somebody in the NFL. By the way

02:04good news for the Cowboys they don't need him to be a starting quarterback they just need him to be

02:08a quality backup to Dak Prescott and if in the future they decide you know what Dak Prescott

02:14it's time to move on from him maybe like in 2027 2028 when it really makes sense Joe Milton is not

02:20going to be the guy they replace him with so lower your expectations for Joe Milton a little bit

02:26now not only did Joe Milton cost less than Trey Lance who the Cowboys got for a fourth rounder

02:32in 2023 but they're also getting a better deal just based on contract length when they acquired

02:38Trey Lance they did so with a fourth rounder and they had two years of control with Joe Milton they

02:44moved back 46 spots in day three as I said give up a fifth rounder get a seventh in return but they

02:49have a guy that is under contract for three years on a cheaper deal now yes I know they've got some

02:56different profiles because Lance was a number three overall pick Joe Milton was a sixth rounder

03:01but at the end of the day the bet is pretty much the same right it's somebody that has traits but

03:06that has really not played quarterback very well as of late now what we have seen from Joe Milton

03:13though is a week 18 game last season a lot of people have been excited about that one let's

03:18just keep in mind it wasn't against starters the Bills were playing their backups the Patriots were

03:23as well that's why Joe Milton got the start that day but he was pretty decent he had a completion

03:29percentage of over 75 that's more or less what do you want to see in a game where they're not

03:34really having a very awesome game plan out there they're just trying to get through week 18

03:39so Joe Milton man he's looking like the Cowboys backup quarterback I think Will Greer is going to

03:45take the backseat on this one Joe Milton is likely going to have the inside track but what I like the

03:51most is that they're getting a guy on the chip three-year control this is what the Cowboys want

03:56to do man and I'm excited about it just because I think it's a good move it might not be the

04:00quarterback of the future but this is what you want your front office to do maximize draft picks

04:05filling needs ahead of the NFL draft and in this case getting some upside in return this is a move

04:11to be excited about don't think it's going to change the future of the franchise

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