Yet you so conveniently forget that next March JG is going to be a FA. He is NOT going to be here in 2018. So whether he is going to to be a franchise QB or not really doesn't matter. Unless of course, you want to dump Brady after next season. And don't give me that "franchise crap" because that is NOT going to happen.
BTW- after you have to call the doctor when that 4 hour JG hard on fails to deflate, you might want to consider that THIS season he isn't even going to be the best QB on the Patriots. It is highly unlikely that he will get to play any meaningful minutes. So tell me again WHY we are keeping an asset that could get us multiple quality picks? Is it so you can tell your friends we have the best back up in the league?
BTW-2 - Get your facts straight those of us who called for the Pats to get first round picks or multiple picks only did so AFTER JG played so well to start the year and AFTER it became clear that no one in this year's QB class is capable of starting for an NFL team this season.
BTW-3 There is no reason for Browns or any other team to trade for JG before the 27th of this month, so the fact a trade hasn't happened to this point isn't relevant.
So in the end you can ball wash JG all you want, but UNLESS you are committed to seeing the Brady era come to an end after this season, it will be meaningless, because if Brady is here for the 2018 season Garapolo won't be.