The transition will end up being controversial for many unless Garoppolo ended up going somewhere else fully of his own accord (Osweiler style), and subsequently falling on his face. Which I don't wish for the guy, he seems like a good dude and under any other scenario I'd be thrilled to see him getting his shot, and even hopeful as a fan that there was another potential franchise QB around. But I'm of the mind that the Pats fully expect Brady to, at the very least, play out his current deal and maybe two more years (if we're all so fortunate?). So yeah, you get what you get for Grop, wish him the best, and if that means the 2023 Patriots kinda suck.....oh well.
Call it what you want - Brady-fan-not-NE-fan, overly optimistic about TB12's confidence in himself to remain elite into his 40's - I hope Brady gets to play as long as he wants in NE. Even if he drove the whole thing into the ground. I never want to see him forced out in a passing of the torch or in another jersey. It's unfathomable. If he has a 9 TD, 17 INT season (he won't) it should be in NE. "Better a year too early than a year too late...." I've always liked as a mantra. Except Tom. Lord knows he's earned it. He built the damn thing. I trust him that he'll quit "when he sucks" but if he was elsewhere the other side of that is that I would have to equally have to root for and hate watching him chase a SB with some other team.
Aside: Montana-Young and Favre-Rodgers are the obvious comparisons on the crass presumption that Grop also becomes a HOFer, but it's hardly an exact corollary. Montana had not been as durable over his career as TB, and ultimately lost his job due to injury while chasing a 3-peat - and he would've gotten it back in '92 if Young hadn't improved on a pretty ****ty '91 season that Montana missed entirely (ok not just "improved", Young won the MVP but they had a legit QB controversy at that point). Favre was ****ing with GB about retiring every year starting around '04 before they even drafted Rodgers, and was always a little reckless for the new coach especially when compared to what they were seeing with Rodgers. The fanbase was as sick of Favre's **** as the coaches were and ready to move on, though I do wonder how that would have played differently if Favre had pulled off winning the SB in '09 with Minnesota before Rodgers led GB there the next year.