The Dallas Cowboys are in the midst of a new era with Head Coach Brian Schottenheimer taking over. Dallas’ offense also got a boost this off-season with the big time addition of George Pickens.
However, the team released a statement regarding one of their quarterbacks with a questionable past.
Cowboys Forced To Make Statement On Quarterback Given “Questionable Past”
Since joining the Dallas Cowboys, Joe Milton has been a model teammate and quarterback. Per head coach Brian Schottenheimer, he is in no way a “locker room problem:”
The Cowboys sent the Patriots a 2025 fifth-round pick (No. 171) in exchange for Milton, who was a sixth-round pick in 2024. Dallas also received a 2025 seventh-round pick (No. 217) in the deal. The Cowboys needed a capable backup with Cooper Rush leaving in free agency for the Baltimore Ravens.
Milton was an exciting acquisition to give the Cowboys a young quarterback with upside to learn behind Dak Prescott. However, Greg Bedard said on the “Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast” that Milton burned some bridges within the organization in New England and laid out some character concerns.
“Joe Milton — and this is a direct quote from someone in the organization — is not a good dude,” Bedard said on the Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast. “Knowing your role, playing your role, being part of a harmonious quarterback room — that was going to be an issue. It wasn’t about Drake Maye. It was just about the room.”
Schottenheimer’s impression of Milton so far has been quite the opposite of the rumors. The first-year head coach said he spoke with multiple sources around the league to get some background on Milton and is excited.
“I was excited about Joe before we got him. When you go into these deals and you’re talking about making trades, we all reach out to people that you know, people that you trust, people that have been exposed to said player at college, different programs, friends that have been around him,” Schottenheimer said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “And you just dig and you ask and you get different opinions, and there’s always an outlier, good and bad, with each of them. You try to peel those away.
Here is a look at Milton’s college stats:
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| 2018 | Michigan | 4 | 0 | — | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | 146.8 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Michigan | 4 | 0 | — | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 59 | 8.4 | 1 | 1 | 132.2 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Michigan | 6 | 5 | 2−3 | 80 | 141 | 56.7 | 1,077 | 7.6 | 4 | 4 | 124.6 | 38 | 109 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 8 | 2 | 1−1 | 27 | 55 | 49.1 | 375 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 113.5 | 28 | 129 | 4.6 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Tennessee | 9 | 2 | 2−0 | 53 | 82 | 64.6 | 971 | 11.8 | 10 | 0 | 204.3 | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 | 8–4 | 226 | 348 | 64.5 | 2,769 | 7.2 | 20 | 5 | 141.4 | 75 | 292 | 3.9 | 6 | |
| Career | 43 | 21 | 13−8 | 329 | 540 | 60.9 | 4,303 | 8.0 | 37 | 11 | 142.5 | 153 | 620 | 4.1 | 11 | ||
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