Steelers QB target gets traded to Cowboys..

The New England Patriots have traded Joe Milton to the Dallas Cowboys..

Jarrett Bailey has been the deputy editor for Behind The Steel Curtain since 2023. He also serves as an NFL contributor for The Sporting News, and is the host of The Pump Fake Podcast. He lives in Pittsburgh and is a lifelong Steelers fan.

The Pittsburgh Steelers still only have two quarterbacks on their roster. They signed former Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson ahead of the offseason, and brought back former third-round pick Mason Rudolph after he spent a season with the Tennessee Titans.

Pittsburgh continues to wait out Aaron Rodgers, but even so, the future at the position won’t be on the roster. Needing to throw a few darts at the board while in quarterback purgatory, there were some who thought the Steelers should trade for New England Patriots quarterback Joe Milton, who put together a very good performance in Week 18 against the Buffalo Bills in Week 18. However, they were beaten to the punch by the Dallas Cowboys.

The Cowboys are trading a fifth-round pick in exchange for Milton and a seventh-round pick. This comes after the Patriots signed Josh Dobbs, leading to speculation of a trade surrounding the Tennessee product.

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Ben Roethlisberger has a theory about Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Adam Schefter not only confirmed that theory, but laughed at it because it was basically old news in his mind. Confirmed or not, Rodgers remains a free agent.

On a recent podcast Roethlisberger said “I really believe that he’s going to be a Steeler.” But there’s a reason he’s still a free agent. Roethlisberger continued by saying, “Aaron secretly is still holding out for Minnesota which is why he hasn’t signed with the Steelers.”

They played this clip on Get Up Thursday morning and had Adam Schefter respond.

“That’s not breaking news,” said Schefter. “We’ve been saying that for weeks.”

So that is not only Ben Roethlisberger’s hunch, but what NFL insiders believe to be true and maybe even know. The Vikings are presumably making JJ McCarthy the starter, but even he says he hasn’t actually been told that yet. Considering the Vikings are a playoff team and McCarthy has no NFL experience, you can see why the Vikings might talk themselves into such a high profile veteran.

But as of right now, they haven’t. And so we wait.

ainly is Rodgers or bust for the Steelers this season, sending a Day Three pick for Milton rather than blowing a pick on Will Howard or Tyler Shough would have made sense. Milton went 22-of-29 for 241 yards and two total touchdowns against the Bills in Week 18.