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Fox News
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Cowboys quarterback takes swipe at former teammates as he embraces fresh start
The Dallas Cowboys acquired Joe Milton from the New England Patriots in the offseason to add some more depth behind starting quarterback Dak Prescott for the 2025 season. Milton spoke glowingly about his new Cowboys teammates and took a swipe at the Patriots' locker room in the process. New England selected Milton in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, and he was in a quarterback room with Drake Maye and Jacoby Brissett last season. Jerod Mayo was the head coach for the Patriots last season. "Dak is a great leader. All respect to him. He literally goes out of his way to help me, no matter if the coach is talking in the meeting, he literally goes out of his way to help. I've been in another building. I know how that goes. It's just very different over here," Milton said on Friday, via The Athletic. He said he "preferred" to have a fresh start somewhere new. "That was something me and my team put together. They were able to get it done, I really didn't have to do much or say much. So just shout out to my agent, that's pretty much it." Milton only appeared in one game for the Patriots last season. He was 22-of-29 with 241 passing yards and one touchdown pass. He's considered to have massive potential, should he ever get a shot at becoming a starter in the NFL. Milton is projected to be the backup quarterback heading into the regular season behind Prescott. Will Grier is slotted at QB3. Prescott will look to stay healthy for Dallas. He only managed to play in eight games in 2024.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Joe Milton prefers playing for the Cowboys over the Patriots
After playing sparingly for the Patriots as a rookie last season, quarterback Joe Milton was traded to the Cowboys in April. He thinks he's in a better place now. Milton said at Cowboys training camp that he and his agent orchestrated the trade so he could get a fresh start. "Definitely, I preferred it," Milton said, via the Cowboys' website. "That was something me and my team put together. They were able to get it done, I really didn't have to do much or say much. So just shout out to my agent, that's pretty much it." Milton praised Cowboys starting quarterback Dak Prescott for being a great teammate, and he suggested that wasn't the case in New England. "Dak is a great leader," Milton said. "All respect to him. He literally goes out of his way to help me, no matter if the coach is talking in the meeting, he literally goes out of his way to help. . . . I've been in another building. I know how that goes. It's just very different over here." Milton didn't mention either of the other two quarterbacks in New England last season, Drake Maye or Jacoby Brissett, by name, but he indicated that one of the things he prefers about Dallas is sharing a quarterback room with Prescott.
Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Tennessee quarterback Gaston Moore signs with USF, Alex Golesh
Former Tennessee quarterback Gaston Moore is essentially coming out of college football retirement to play for former Vols offensive coordinator Alex Golesh at South Florida. On July 22, Moore signed with USF, according to numerous reports. He entered the transfer portal in December following UT's 2024 season but didn't join another team. It was assumed that he had moved on after football. But now he's a late addition for Golesh, who enters his third season at USF's coach. It is Moore's third college program. In 2020, Moore redshirted at UCF under coach Josh Heupel. In 2021, he followed Heupel by transferring to Tennessee as a walk-on. Moore played four seasons with the Vols as a reserve quarterback who could operate Heupel's offense. He was 26-of-44 passing for 273 yards, two TDs and three interceptions in 14 games, mostly as a backup to Joe Milton in 2023 and Nico Iamaleava in 2024. JOEY AGUILAR He won over Tennessee teammates. Now he must win QB job When Moore left UT in late December, Iamaleava was set to return as the starting quarterback, and Jake Merklinger was stepping into the backup role. George MacIntyre had also arrived as an early signee. Since then, Iamaleava transferred to UCLA, which led to UT's quarterback competition heading into the 2025 season. Former Appalachian State standout Joey Aguilar transferred to UT from UCLA. He'll compete with Merklinger and MacIntyre. Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at Get the latest news and insight on SEC football by subscribing to the SEC Unfiltered newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox. This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Gaston Moore: Tennessee QB signs with USF, Alex Golesh | Reports


USA Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Cowboys 53-man roster projection sees former 1st-round pick with fully guaranteed deal cut
Could the Cowboys offense undergo an unexpected shakeup this summer? Status quo should not be counted on. It's finally time. The Dallas Cowboys have packed up the team buses and filled the charter plane, heading west to Oxnard, CA to begin their 2025 training camp. With practices commencing on Tuesday, what better time to predict what things will look like come the end of August when the 90-man roster is whittled down to 53 than the present? Dallas is deep in some areas, like edge rusher with a ton of high-pedigree bodies of all ages, and shallow in others, like the defensive interior. The team took a sharp turn from their 2024 talent acquisition process, grabbing veterans on both the free agent and trade market to offset some of their losses. In that vein, here's an updated projection for the team's 53-man roster, which will be decided in full on August 26 following the third and final preseason game. The savvy reader will add up the counts and see there are only 52 names on the main roster; the suspicion is Dallas is going to make some sort of move to bring in a starter from somewhere else before Week 1. Quarterbacks (2 on roster, 1 on practice squad) Expecting a strong summer performance from both Dak Prescott and second-year acquisition Joe Milton. Milton may not be active on game-day to start the year, though, as the club might allow Will Grier to be the practice-squad call-up for the first several games and then decide whether to roster him. This was the method they used with Cooper Rush, to allow them to protect another player on the 53-man roster until an IR trip opened up a spot. Roster Locks Practice Squad Running Backs (3 + 2) The two veteran offseason signings are going to make the club. When he was OC in Seattle, Schottenheimer never carried a fullback, though in his third of three seasons did employ bigger backs Carlos Hyde and Bo Scarborough, who were only about 5-7 pounds lighter than Hunter Luepke. We have Luepky getting a practice squad spot if he clears waivers, until the team is comfortable with giving Phil Mafah snaps in games that count. Roster Locks Pretty Secure Practice Squad Cut Candidate Tight Ends (3 + 1) I think it's a strong possibility that when it gets time to trim the roster, the Cowboys are going to trade Luke Schoonmaker. It seems a real possibility that Brevyn Spann-Ford will surpass him in the hierarchy, and the team may be able to recoup a Day 3 pick for the former second rounder. The idea is laid out here. Roster Locks Pretty Secure None Think They Make It Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash Cut or Trade Candidate Wide Receivers (6 + 3) The infusion of talent in the trade acquisition of George Pickens took this group from questionable into the conversation for one of the league's best. Instantly the Cowboys have a WR3 in Tolbert who has skins on the wall, a big-play gadget WR4 in Kavontae Turpin, and the upside of young players such as Jonathan Mingo and Ryan Flournoy where if either shows future WR2 capabilities it's one of the deeper groups in the NFL, led by First-Team All-Pro candidate CeeDee Lamb. Roster Locks Pretty Secure None Think They Make It Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash Cut or Trade Candidate Offensive Linemen (10 + 2) Predicting the Cowboys roll with 10 offensive linemen on the initial roster makes us a little more comfortable than recent versions of the projections. Six linemen are here for sure, with another two seeming like very smart bets. Outside of those eight, there's a player who was stashed with an injury last camp, a veteran looking to return after a year away from the game, and then a late-round flyer and late FA addition who the team. The youth along the offensive line breeds both hope and anxiety, and how well they've developed and can play out the gate under the new regime dedicated to their play is going to define how the club's season goes. Roster Locks Pretty Secure Think They Make It Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash None Cut or Trade Candidate Defensive Ends (5 + 1) Perhaps the easiest group to size up, the Cowboys should have one of the league's best edge rusher rotations in 2025. Led by 2021 first-round pick Micah Parsons, the group has spent draft capital (three second-round picks) and free agency dollars on high-pedigree additions, including two former first rounders added to the fold. Training camp battles will be about earning a place in a deep rotation, and for a handful of others, likely fighting for one practice squad spot. In this iteration, we see Dallas letting Payton Turner go, despite his $1.4 million contract being guaranteed and his former first-round pick pedigree. Roster Locks Pretty Secure Think They Make It None Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash None Cut or Trade Candidate Defensive Tackles (5 + 2) It's a pretty wild drop off from the amount of talent in one of the DL rooms to the other, but here goes. Roster Locks Pretty Secure Think They Make It Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash None Cut or Trade Candidate Linebackers (5 + 1) The Cowboys are probably worse at linebacker heading into 2025 than they were 2024, due to the injury to up-and-coming star DeMarvion Overshown. There's hope, however, due to the new DC being a linebacker guru. Matt Eberflus brought an up-and-coming player with him, as well as a high-pedigree veteran who joined via trade. Roster Locks Pretty Secure Think They Make It Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash Cut or Trade Candidate Cornerbacks (6 + 2) A change here, as we're including Trevon Diggs on the opening roster. While I don't believe he's ready to go for Week 1, I do think that he will practice some in training camp and the team won't be able to put him on PUP. What about Returnable IR to start the year? Instead of making him wait a minimum of four games and using one of eight returnable slots, Diggs is just inactive for the first few weeks. Roster Locks Pretty Secure None Think They Make It Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash None Cut or Trade Candidate Safeties (4 + 1) The Cowboys are going to be deploying a split safety look, so this depth chart feels a bit shallow. Perhaps an addition from outside the roster happens. Roster Locks Pretty Secure Think They Make It None Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash None Cut or Trade Candidate Special Teams (3 + 1) Roster Locks Pretty Secure Think They Make It Practice Squad PUP/NFI/IR Stash None Cut or Trade Candidate None
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cowboys Will Cut Dak 'Folk Hero' Backup In Subtly Smart Prediction
Cowboys Will Cut Dak 'Folk Hero' Backup In Subtly Smart Prediction originally appeared on Athlon Sports. FRISCO - One of the advantages of being a backup quarterback in the NFL? Do just a little something worthwhile ... and don't screw anything up too badly ... Advertisement And you get to be a local folk hero. Will Grier surely recognizes how that is happening now with "Bazooka'' Joe Milton and his big-armed athletic promise; Milton is suddenly the people's choice around here to serve at the backup to Dak Prescott. And Milton, based on our observation of OTAs and minicamp, seems to be the choice of the new Brian Schottenheimer-led coaching staff as well. Some are predicting a tight training camp competition between sudden No. 2 QB Milton (acquired via trade this offseason) and journeyman Grier (who was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft). Advertisement As we've explained here, Dallas having given up draft capital to land Milton can mean the front office wants to be right ... and wants him to get and retain the job. We've predicted that he'll do so. Our colleague, The Athletic's Jon Machota, adds on that he thinks the Cowboys will do so while only keeping two quarterbacks. This means Grier won't have a job when Dallas finalizes the team's final 53-man roster. ... and the logic is obvious and simple. Grier almost had a backup job won a couple of years ago - behind Dak and Cooper Rush (who is now with the Ravens). He performed impressively in a final preseason game and became that aforementioned "local folk hero.'' Advertisement But a few days later, the Cowboys quarterback room changed when the team traded for Trey Lance walk in free agency. And that was the end of Grier here ... for awhile. He's hung on more recently and is well-liked here inside The Star. But once the Cowboys were able to land Milton from the New England Patriots in a trade? Time for a new folk hero. As Machota writes, "There's really not much to debate about here. Rush was a more experienced player, but Milton has the higher upside.' And there is something else. If the Cowboys cut Milton? Other teams might see that upside and that cheap contract and want to claim him. Advertisement If the Cowboys cut Grier? It's a subtly smart thing to do because it's also an easy bet that he'll go unclaimed, and then boomerang back to Dallas to join the practice squad ... and get a job here once again. The best solution at quarterback, of course? Milton excels in preseason. And Grier does, too. And then the regular season begins and we never see them again in 2025 because Dak starts 17 games for a team that figures to push to the playoffs if he does. Related: Jerry Jones' Cowboys Announce $500,000 Donation Following Texas Flooding Tragedy Related: Cowboys' Dak Prescott Top 'X-Factor' In NFC East Race This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 7, 2025, where it first appeared.