{"id":301661,"date":"2025-08-19T22:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/301661\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:10:14","slug":"joe-milton-iii-to-start-under-center-in-cowboys-preseason-finale-against-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/301661\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Milton III to Start Under Center in Cowboys\u2019 Preseason Finale Against Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>FRISCO, TX \u2014 The Dallas Cowboys are sticking with rookie quarterback Joe Milton III for one more look.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Friday\u2019s preseason finale against the Atlanta Falcons, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer confirmed Milton will get the starting nod at quarterback \u2014 a move that comes despite growing concerns after two rocky showings under center.<\/p>\n<p>Milton has led the Cowboys\u2019 offense in both preseason outings, but his struggles have sparked debate about his readiness and future role. His latest performance \u2014 a 48.8 passer rating in the loss to the Ravens \u2014 did little to silence the skeptics.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Dallas appears determined to give the Milton one more shot to prove he belongs in the quarterback room once final roster cuts loom.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys wrap their preseason slate Friday night in Arlington with several key roster decisions hanging in the balance \u2014 and for Milton, the pressure is on.<\/p>\n<p>\nFacebook<br \/>\nTwitter<br \/>\nLinkedIn<br \/>\nThreads<br \/>\nBluesky<br \/>\nReddit\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; FRISCO, TX \u2014 The Dallas Cowboys are sticking with rookie quarterback Joe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,257,224,7,5646,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-301661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-joe-milton-iii","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115057722898235213","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}