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Former Tennessee Vols QB Joe Milton goes viral for showing up at the most random time during NBC's Sunday Night Football
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Former Tennessee Vols QB Joe Milton goes viral for showing up at the most random time during NBC's Sunday Night Football

Originally posted on A to Z Sports  |  By Zach Ragan  |  Last updated Sep 29, 2025 7:01 PM ET

The Week 4 Sunday Night Football matchup between the Dallas Cowboy and the Green Bay Packers on NBC was easily one of the most hyped games of the first month of the NFL season.

That's because it was Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons' first time playing in Dallas since he was traded by the Cowboys to Green Bay this past offseason.

The game, however, won't be remembered for Parsons' return to Dallas as much as it will be for how it ended -- in a 40-4o tie.

Former Tennessee Vols QB Joe Milton goes viral for showing up at the most random time during NBC's Sunday Night Football matchup between the Cowboys and the Packers

Green Bay tied the game at the end of regulation via a long field goal. With the game heading to overtime, each team sent a player out to midfield for the coin toss.

The Packers sent out kicker Brandon McManus for the coin toss, while the Cowboys sent out former Tennessee Vols quarterback Joe Milton, which caught plenty of fans off guard.

The Cowboys lost the coin toss, but they got the ball first in overtime after Green Bay elected to kick (both teams get a chance to posses the ball no matter what under the new overtime rules).

Ultimately, the outcome of the coin toss didn't matter as the game ended in a tie.

Still, it was quite random to see Milton, who is in his first season as a backup quarterback with the Cowboys, at midfield handling coin toss duties in what was one of the wildest games of the season so far.


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This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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