After months of speculation, the Patriots made the call to trade second-year QB Joe Milton III to the Dallas Cowboys for a fifth-round pick last week.
Given Drake Maye’s emergence as a potential franchise QB last season and the offseason signing of veteran signal-caller Joshua Dobbs, Milton looked like the odd man out on the depth chart, even with his impressive performance in New England’s Week 18 win over the Bills.
But, the decision to trade Milton ahead of the team’s voluntary offseason workout program raised a few eyebrows.