Inside Joe Milton’s Long Road to an NFL Start | The Story with Rachel Nichols

Backup Tanner McKee is out. Joe Milton is in. And Sunday will be the first start of his NFL career, which is almost hard to believe given how long we've been hearing about him. Milton spent six seasons in college, starting at Michigan and finishing at Tennessee, you know, where he led the Vols past seventh-ranked Clemson in the Orange Bowl. Now, Milton played exactly one game in New England in the final week of his rookie season. Then the Patriots traded him to Dallas, where he spent last year backing up Dak Prescott. Then this preseason, in Dallas, he threw for 378 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions. Still, Dallas gave Sam Howell the backup job. Here's the thing, though, about today's NFL. You wait long enough, and someone is going to need a quarterback. In this case, that someone was Philadelphia. Now it's Milton's turn, and honestly, it may be his last real shot. He's 26, he's on his third NFL team, and he's already been cut once this year. So whatever he puts on tape against the Giants, it's what the rest of the league is going to remember. And frankly, I'd say it may be the Eagles' last chance this season, too.