The way it all played out sucks. Milton balls out final week, costing us the #1 overall pick, and then ultimately we still only traded him for like a 5th rounder. I would have rather kept him even as a 3rd backup (or with Dobbs as QB3) but my guess is he expressed that he wanted to leave and find an opportunity elsewhere.
Still blame Jerod Mayo for letting this happen. Felt he knew he was getting canned so he sabotaged the Patriots
Hard to know what's in someone's head. I was (still am) pretty disgusted that the Pats won the game but I think coaches and players always try to win. Mayo did play his third string QB and of course Milton had to give it everything he had because he's trying to show what he can do. Could Mayo have played worse players? I don't really know that he could have. Pats roster was pretty bad. Bills had the excuse that they were resting players for the playoffs. I doubt that sabotage was on Mayo's mind - that's an ugly thing to put on display if you want to coach again. You put your best foot forward and you try to win.
Yes, exactly, hard to argue that the plan was to screw the team by starting Joe Milton. The problem was that no one told Joe he was not supposed to win. And like you say, this was his one chance all season, of course he is going to play his best.