FOXBOROUGH — The Patriots subtracted from their quarterback room earlier this month — trading Joe Milton III to the Cowboys in exchange for a 2025 fifth-round pick.
While New England recouped a draft pick (No. 171 overall) higher up from where the team initially drafted Milton in the 2024 NFL Draft (No. 217), the case can be made that the Patriots could have secured an even larger haul for Milton — given the impressive performance he put forth against the Bills in the team’s regular-season finale in January (22-of-29, 241 yards, 2 total TDs, 0 interceptions).