We made a bit of a change to Blogging The Boys on Tuesday that you may have missed. Things look a little different and the site runs faster for users who are logged in. There is a whole new discussion area known as “The Feed” and all of these things are explained in more detail right here.
As exciting as the changes are they did interfere a bit with Tuesday’s Dallas Cowboys news and therefore Tuesday’s scrimmage against the Los Angeles Rams. For the most part it was what you expect out of training camp and Jerry Jones predictably threw chum in the waters of Micah Parsons, but something of note was that quarterback Joe Milton hurt his thumb and sat out a bit.
First of all it is great to see that Milton was deemed alright by the team’s medical staff. Obviously the Cowboys have a preseason game on Saturday evening against the same Rams who they scrimmaged so keeping Milton fully and totally healthy is important.
It goes without saying that keeping Milton healthy in general is a pretty top priority. While Milton is the team’s backup quarterback, he is so on a team with a starter in Dak Prescott who is somewhat injury-prone lately. Dak missed significant time in 2020, a single game in 2021, a handful in 2022 and over half of the season in 2024. These times missed were all due to different ailments so it’s not like there is one specific thing plaguing Prescott, but it all underscores how necessary it is for the Cowboys to have a backup quarterback who they can depend on.
Interestingly, Prescott also hurt his thumb once upon a time (that was why he missed the handful of games he did in 2022). For a quarterback the digit is essential, and so it makes sense for the Cowboys to lean towards the side of caution with Milton.
Many Cowboys fans were looking forward to seeing Joe Milton in action throughout the preseason. We might get that at some point and it is possible that we even do on Saturday at SoFi Stadium, but just keep in mind that the Cowboys have to make it to the regular season. That is priority number one for everyone.
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