Ex-Patriots QB Joe Milton Dishes On Rumored Feud With Drake Maye

The rumors say Joe Milton III talked his way out of New England by making Drake Maye uncomfortable last season. The former Patriots quarterback says otherwise.

After the Patriots traded Milton to the Dallas Cowboys last offseason, multiple reports indicated the 2024 sixth-round pick came on too strong while competing with Maye, the third-overall pick, for spots on the QB depth chart. New England, according to the rumors, wanted to protect Maye from a manufactured quarterback drama, like the one that Mac Jones endured when Bailey Zappe was gunning for his job.

However, Milton set the record straight on Wednesday during an appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Felger & Mazz” show.

“No. Not at all,” Milton said when asked whether he made Maye uncomfortable. “That’s just my personality. I’m a competitor. Like, when I’m at practice, you’re gonna hear me. Like, if I throw a dot, you’re gonna hear me say ‘dot’ while the ball’s still in the air. … That’s just me. That’s just my energy; that’s the way I carry myself. … I’m a person that talks to myself as I’m (playing). … So, I don’t think that’s the reason (he was traded). I didn’t get into his head.

“We talked, but it wasns’t like… we had one competitive conversation. And that was, literally, making a joke about who could throw the ball off one foot. And that was pretty much it. But, other than that, we’d legit just be talking. … There was never no beef, no crap like that.”

Milton made the media rounds this week ahead of Super Bowl LX and was a one-man headline factory. He talked about being “disrespected” by Jerod Mayo, deciding when he wanted to leave New England — and much more.

Milton appeared in four games for the Cowboys last season, completing 15 of 24 passes for 183 yards and one touchdown to go along with one interception.

Maye, on the other hand, authored an MVP-caliber season and led the Patriots to a spot in Super Bowl LX. They’ll face the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET.