Giardi on the Milton deal:
BSJ ANALYSIS
I'm surprised the Pats moved on from Milton for this price, but he and his people haven't been quiet about wanting to move on from the situation he was in. I'm sure this isn't their preferred destination, but there was no reason for Vrabel and company to show loyalty to a player who a) they didn't draft and b) was making noise without any real accomplishments. That said, I believe there would have potentially been more value post-draft (for a team that missed out on a QB) or even in training camp if another team had suffered an injury at the quarterback position.
I think if Milton didn’t get traded now that there was a very real chance he’d get cut by the end of training camp and they’d get nothing for him. Moving him (a 2024 6th rder) and a 2025 7th rder and getting a 2025 5th rder in return isn’t amazing, but it’s more than nothing. Milton has always struggled with his progressions and his cannon of an arm comes with very little in terms of touch and accuracy. That’s not going to work in a Josh McDaniels offense.
Lost his job at Michigan to a QB who has since transferred to two other schools (McNamara), transferred himself to Tennessee and lost the job there too (Hooker), only getting it back after Hooker’s injury. Didn’t produce all that much, at an SEC school, and despite how enamored teams get with physical traits, no team thought enough to draft him until Mayo’s team did in the 6th round. What’s between his ears may be the bigger problem. If he seriously thinks he’s owed a chance at a starting job after spending all season on the inactive list except for the glorified preseason game in Week 18, then he’s as delusional as his fanboys are. He didn’t want to have to earn the backup job in New England, well now he’ll have to do that in Dallas. Hopefully for his sake he has better luck than Trey Lance did. Will Grier should pose less of a challenge than Joshua Dobbs, so there’s that.
This sounds like it comes with extra salt and bitters.
No rockaction, you’re right, I’m super butthurt about trading away our third string QB.
(Also feel free to add to the conversation and refute what I actually said when you’re done making jokes. I’ve read your posts and I know you’re capable of better than this. Much appreciated.)
Oh, don’t be so sensitive. It sounds like wagon circling and the best possible way and most generous way to look at it from the Pats’ side.
They spent a year developing and giving reps and attention to a guy who then went out and dominated a game that cost them the first pick while showing remarkable physical talent that doesn’t come along every day.
Once the league called their bluff because they knew New England had to move him, he was moved for about twenty slots and one pick less. Before we discuss the twenty spots, let’s discuss the lost pick and the hit rates of late fifth-round picks. I guarantee you that very few fifth-round compensatory picks at premium positions have anywhere near the success in the NFL for their career than Milton just had in his one year (his one game and change).
If you think the Pats either did well in this deal or did well by the player, I think you’re looking at it with homer blinders. You lost a pick and moved up some spots and sent the guy to Siberia. Josh Dobbs is a great team guy and someone to pull for but is nowhere near the talent Milton is. Nobody is mentioning Maye’s concussions this year. If they can’t protect him and that trend continues, this deal looks even worse and is worse than a QB room where a guy thinks he can start.
And that’s about it. Don’t see how the Pats come out of the deal winners, and now Milton is buried on the Cowboys behind Dak. Nobody but Jerry Jones made out in this deal, and that should disappoint any football fan.
