The Joe Milton Experience has taken a turn for the worse for the Dallas Cowboys.
For the second straight preseason game, the former New England Patriots backup quarterback was a disappointment. This time, it was a 31-13 loss to the Baltimore Ravens where he completed 50% of his passes, threw a pick and was sacked for a safety.
The final numbers were actually an improvement from his first half numbers, when Milton had a QB rating of 0.0.
Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk summed it up pretty well:
“A week ago, Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones said of acquiring quarterback Joe Milton, ‘I have to pinch myself.’
“Now, Jerry may want to punch himself. Or someone else.”
This marks Milton’s second straight preseason game where he’s struggled in Dallas.
After showing great potential in flashes last season in New England, Milton arrived with the Cowboys with high expectations as a backup behind Dak Prescott.
Clips of Milton throwing lasers in practice can do a lot to fuel the engine on the hype train. But his performance in games has dumped a bucket of cold water on all of it.
“I wouldn’t say I’m concerned. We didn’t get into a rhythm offensively. … It wasn’t just Joe,” Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said.
Milton gave himself a tough grade in his performance against the Los Angeles Rams last week, saying he’d give himself a “D, probably a D-minus.”
How about this week?
“If it wasn’t for the interception, I feel like it would’ve been a smooth C-plus,” Milton said.. “But right now I still feel like I give myself a D. Just because I got to clean my eyes up.”
In a twist of fate, all of this occurred while former Cowboys backup Cooper Rush was having a strong showing for his new team.
However, Schottenheimer said he wasn’t surprised to see Rush do well. He argued that Milton is still young and that the struggles were a product of the offense as a whole/
“Joe Milton’s in year two. So, I’m not panicked,” Schottenheimer said. “Again, it’s not just them. It’s us as coaches. It’s the other players. It’s all that.”
Like any NFL contender, the Cowboys will be doing everything in their power to keep their starting quarterback healthy. No team wants to rely on its backup quarterback.
But from the looks of things, if Dak Prescott goes down, Dallas could really be in trouble.
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