In what was a big surprise, Milton was cut by the Cowboys after seemingly making the initial 53-man roster.
The Dallas Cowboys made a couple of surprising moves on cut-down day, with Jaydon Blue the one we didn't see coming.
But then the franchise did it again 24 hours later, cutting Joe Milton.
The move has caused widespread angst and confusion among Cowboys Nation, as Dallas now has just two quarterbacks on the roster: Dak Prescott and Sam Howell.
With Milton impressing in preseason, and so too Howell, the decision was going to be a tough one as to which way Dallas would go.
Well, on cutdown day, we believed Dallas would keep three quarterbacks on the roster because that's exactly what they did.
Many are unsure why the move was made and the timing of it, but for me, the "secret'' is rather simple. ...
Dallas waiting a day means other NFL teams have already figured out their roster at quarterback, so the chances of Joe going unclaimed are higher than they would have been on cut day.
Of course, Milton could still get picked up by another team, but the decision to go forward with Howell over Joe is an interesting conversation starter.
In truth, the key reason why Milton was cut, and Howell wasn't, is that Sam, right now, can bus drive the Cowboys through a game if Dak is injured, whereas there is an unknown with Milton and whether he can do that.
So, we'll wait to see what happens with Milton over the next 24 to 48 hours, and if he goes unclaimed, he'll likely end up on the practice squad in Dallas.
The improvement Milton made this offseason is noteworthy, and prior to the third preseason game against the New Orleans Saints, you could have made the case that Joe was in the lead.
But Howell's second half heroics might have shifted Dallas' thinking on the position.
In fact, our own Mike Fisher revealed that the Cowboys did, in fact, have "trade conversations" leading up to cutdown day, and clearly no team wanted to get into that with Dallas.
Milton has the better upside than Howell, but what Dallas did in cutting Joe is to say rather loudly that they want to win now.
And Howell gives them a better chance to do that than Milton does.
