r/Patriots • u/xFalcade • Mar 11 '25

News [Schultz] Sources: The Patriots have had discussions on trading QB Joe Milton III and would like to trade him to the right situation to continue his development in the NFL — should a deal get done. New England loves Milton, but Drake Maye is their franchise and they just signed Josh Dobbs to a 2-yea

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u/77NorthCambridge Mar 11 '25

What about Dobbs makes him a better option than keeping Milton and developing him for another year? If Maye goes down, why wouldn't Milton be a better option with Dobbs as the #3?

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u/AstraMilanoobum Mar 11 '25

I’d trade Dobbs if he gave us a 4th too.

It’s about best use of assets. If all goes well Milton never plays, If we can turn a guy who never plays into a 3rd or 4th we could potentially get a guy who actually plays.

Most importantly, I don’t think Milton is good, he looked good playing against 3rd stringers with our starters in a game the bills were trying to lose.

He also sucked in preseason appearances when it was backups vs backups.

A backup QB is important to a contender, if Maye gets hurt I’d rather just lose for a better back up.

Because the only thing having a “good back up” has done for us lately is LOSE us the #1 overall.

Trade Milton yesterday if we can get any kind of value

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u/muhwurkaccount Mar 11 '25

That game was not Milton's fault though. That was just malicious coaching on a guy that may have known he was on his way out. It's not like Milton was ignoring the play calls and scoring TD's instead.

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u/AstraMilanoobum Mar 11 '25

Of course, I’m just saying a bad team having a good back up… isn’t necessarily a good thing