Would you trade Garoppolo to the Cowboys?

I'm not saying I would, but I've seen the suggestion floated on Twitter.

So, assuming the Patriots could find a backup QB to replace Garoppolo, would you make that trade?

None of the above. But I'd at least think about trading him for Zach Martin.

mayoclinic said:

None of the above. But I'd at least think about trading him for Zach Martin.

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I didn't include him because the salary cap rules basically make it almost impossible for the Patriots to trade for him this season.

ctpatsfan77 said:

I didn't include him because the salary cap rules basically make it almost impossible for the Patriots to trade for him this season.

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????

Please explain. He's a rookie with a reasonable cap hit.

He!! No

Only for a 1st. Or a 2nd + an o-lineman

romo is back so all this is moot

until next week

mayoclinic said:

????

Please explain. He's a rookie with a reasonable cap hit.

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The reason is that there is a fixed rookie salary cap that is based on the picks each team exercised in the draft (e.g., if you use the 1st pick in the draft, you get $X; if you use the 2nd pick you get $X – a bit, etc.).

If you trade for a rookie after the draft is over, you don't get that rookie's salary cap allotment. So they would have to fit Martin's salary cap hit into the existing rookie salary cap (essentially a cap-within-the-cap).

FreeTedWilliams said:

romo is back so all this is moot

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Rivers played the 2007 AFCCG on a torn ACL. We don't know that he's OK, just that he's a "warrior."

Yes... for Zac Martin or a 1st and a 2nd. But why are we talking about this?

jsull87 said:

Yes... for Zac Martin or a 1st and a 2nd. But why are we talking about this?

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As I said, the suggestion was floated on Twitter.

No way. The Galloping Chicken is heir apparent. Keep grooming that handsome bastard.

ctpatsfan77 said:

The reason is that there is a fixed rookie salary cap that is based on the picks each team exercised in the draft (e.g., if you use the 1st pick in the draft, you get $X; if you use the 2nd pick you get $X – a bit, etc.).

If you trade for a rookie after the draft is over, you don't get that rookie's salary cap allotment. So they would have to fit Martin's salary cap hit into the existing rookie salary cap (essentially a cap-within-the-cap).

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Interesting. I wasn't aware. Thanks for the information. But Garoppolo is also a rookie, so presumably we'd be subtracting half his cap hit. The difference in their 2014 cap hits is about $1M, which over 8 games of 2014 would work out to $500K. So you're saying that the Cowboys could find about $300K in rookie pool cap room for Garoppolo (half of his 2014 cap hit), but we couldn't find about $500K to make room for Martin? The rookie cap pool is based on the number of picks and their spot in the draft order, and given that we cut 3 of our 2014 picks (Halapio, Thomas and Gallon) I would think that we would have that much space within the rookie pool. But I'm not a capologist, and I would defer to Miguel or other authorities.

I presume this rather arcane rule applies only to trading rookies and not picking up ones who have been cut, as teams do that all the time (for example, Chris Jones last year). It doesn't seem to make much sense, so it must be true.

Obviously, this is all speculative.

mayoclinic said:

Interesting. I wasn't aware. Thanks for the information. But Garoppolo is also a rookie, so presumably we'd be subtracting half his cap hit. The difference in their 2014 cap hits is about $1M, which over 8 games of 2014 would work out to $500K. So you're saying that the Cowboys could find about $300K in rookie pool cap room for Garoppolo (half of his 2014 cap hit), but we couldn't find about $500K to make room for Martin? The rookie cap pool is based on the number of picks, and given that we cut 3 of our 2014 picks (Halapio, Thomas and Gallon) I would think that we would have that much space within the rookie pool.

Obviously, this is all speculative.

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True, it might be possible, then. Luckily I can now add options to the poll.

Thank god the trade deadline is only hours away.

Nope, I think we might have something special there and qb is the most important position. They would have to make an insane offer to even consider it.

Had to delete my last post, as I'd misread Bryant's contract. Bryant's deal is up after this season.

If Brady gets injured who plays the rest of the year ... a huge gamble IMO