{"id":422741,"date":"2026-09-01T10:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/422741\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:18:13","slug":"cowboys-waive-joe-milton-as-broderick-jones-competes-to-start-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/422741\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys waive Joe Milton as Broderick Jones competes to start \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Cowboys waived backup quarterback Joe Milton<\/a> on Monday while saying the newly acquired Broderick Jones will compete with Terence Steele to start<\/a> at right tackle.<\/p>\n

The move with Milton presumably means Sam Howell has won the No. 2 job behind Dak Prescott<\/a>, a spot that Milton held last season. The Cowboys could bring Milton back on the practice squad.<\/p>\n

Before the team announced the move, coach Brian Schottenheimer<\/a> said the competition between Milton and Howell was still open. The Milton move was to clear a spot for running back Emari Demercado, who was claimed on waivers from Kansas City.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys got Jones in a trade with Pittsburgh on Saturday, sending picks in the third and sixth rounds of next year\u2019s draft while getting a fourth-rounder in return.<\/p>\n

Steele emerged as an undrafted free agent six years ago but has struggled<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n

Schottenheimer called third-year left tackle Tyler Guyton to tell him the move didn\u2019t affect Dallas\u2019 2024 first-round pick. Schottenheimer made the same call to Steele \u2014 with a different message.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to move Broderick around,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cAs you guys can imagine, Terence Steele was the ultimate pro, \u2018Schotty, I get it. I appreciate the phone call. You didn\u2019t have to make the phone call.\u2019 I said, \u2018I did because I respect you that much as a teammate and a player.\u2019 So Broderick will be competing with Terence to be the starting right tackle of this football team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones was the 14th overall pick out of Georgia in the 2023 draft. He started 38 of the 45 games he played in three seasons with the Steelers.<\/p>\n

Jones missed the final six games last season after an awkward hit to his neck on Nov. 23 against Chicago. The 25-year-old went on injured reserve and had season-ending fusion surgery that required a lengthy rehab.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s some fundamental things that we\u2019re excited that we feel like we can kind of tighten up,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cI know he\u2019s really excited to be here. Sometimes a change of scenery is a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steele was a bright spot in an otherwise dismal 2020 pandemic season for Dallas. Undrafted out of Texas Tech, he started 14 of 16 games as a rookie. He has started all 17 games each of the past three years.<\/p>\n

Jones said the change could do him some good, and he was encouraged by Schottenheimer saying right away that the club didn\u2019t plan to move him around.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just pumped up,\u201d Jones said. \u201cHe made it clear where he wants me. So I\u2019ve got to do my part and show up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Nov<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tPhilip G. Pavely-USA TODAY SportsPhilip G. Pavely-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n

Nov 2, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Broderick Jones (77) in a game against the Tennessee Titans at Acrisure Stadium.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Steele\u2019s performance has been spotty in recent seasons and didn\u2019t improve much in training camp this year, leading to the trade.<\/p>\n

Milton was efficient in the first two preseason games but not quite as sharp as the starter in the preseason finale, a 27-24 loss to New Orleans. Howell erased a 15-point deficit by throwing a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes and running for a tying 2-point conversion.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Dallas<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tAP Photo\/Lindsey WassonAP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Terence Steele looks on during a preseason NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, in Seattle. Steele agreed Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, on an \\$86.8 million, five-year extension, a huge payday for an undrafted player coming off an ACL injury. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys waived backup quarterback Joe Milton on Monday while saying the newly acquired Broderick Jones will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,113,104,103],"class_list":["post-422741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}