Dallas has seen life without Dak Prescott before, and it wasn’t pretty. Back then, Cooper Rush stepped in. But Rush is wearing purple now, and on August 16, he showed flashes of what Dallas lost. Meanwhile, Joe Milton — the new project quarterback brought in to develop behind Prescott — didn’t come close to matching that presence.
That’s why the noise around Frisco has grown louder, with many urging head coach Brian Schottenheimer to pull the plug on Milton. And then, the national lens came in sharper. NFL Network’s Jane Slater broke down Milton’s struggles in detail, posting a clip on X that summed up the frustration. “Well, if you’re looking at the first two games in the preseason, it shouldn’t give you a lot to be excited about. I mean, just looking at this game on Satur