The Dallas Cowboys took the league by surprise last week when they traded a fifth-round pick to the New England Patriots for in exchange for quarterback Joe Milton and a seventh-round pick. In one sense,

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.

Fans around New England who had become enamored with backup quarterback Joe Milton III were disappointed when the Patriots traded him along with a seventh-round pick to the Cowboys for a fifth-round pick earlier this month.