The Cowboys added some quarterback insurance coverage Thursday.
Dallas is buying second-year quarterback Joe Milton III from the Patriots, in keeping with a number of studies.
Dallas despatched a fifth- and seventh-round decide to New England in change, NFL.com reported.
It comes following the departure of Dak Prescott’s longtime backup, Cooper Rush, to the Ravens earlier within the offseason.
Thursday information comes on the heels of current studies that New England had obtained “multiple trade inquiries” about Milton, a sixth-round select of Tennessee in final yr’s NFL draft.
Milton, who noticed regular-season motion in January when he went 22-for-29 for 241 yards and a landing within the Patriots’ season finale, was apparently open to a transfer, with a supply telling Mass Stay he “would prefer to be on a roster that best gives him a chance to compete for the starting job.”
He was behind Drake Maye and Jacoby Brissett on the Patriots’ depth chart final season.
The Cowboys, coming off a forgettable and injury-plagued 7-10 marketing campaign, had been wanting so as to add depth behind Prescott with the exit of Rush, who had been on his second stint with the crew.
Third-string quarterback Trey Lance is at the moment a free agent and has drawn curiosity from the Canadian Soccer League.
