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So many threads on Jimmy vs Brady. In the end: Pats wanted both. Couldn't.
After they looked like the only NFL team with present+insurance and possibly future QB situation looked after . now they find themselves in a position of most NFL teams: searching from scratch for their QB of the future.
It was not about Jimmy being just another QB backup. It was not about Pats not paying. It was simply about Jimmy wanting to play..
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Here an inside story by Breer:
In the end, Jimmy Garoppolo wanted to be a starter, and the Patriots—having failed to make him happy—finally relented. Inside the shock trade at the deadline that sends Tom Brady’s backup to San Francisco to become Kyle Shanahan’s main man:
Jimmy Garoppolo Trade: Insider Patriots-49ers Deal
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They were willing to pay to make it happen. They were willing to wait on him to close the deal.
But late on Monday night, the Patriots finally gave up hope, because they couldn’t give Jimmy Garoppolo what he really wanted: playing time.
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As I understand it, the Patriots put potential solutions in front of Garoppolo in the spring and summer to try to extend their window to pass him the torch that Tom Brady has carried for the last 17 seasons. It would have cost them a lot, but they were willing to carry two starting quarterback contracts on their books to do it. Garoppolo, however, made it clear he that want to be a starter, not just a guy paid like one.
After they looked like the only NFL team with present+insurance and possibly future QB situation looked after . now they find themselves in a position of most NFL teams: searching from scratch for their QB of the future.
It was not about Jimmy being just another QB backup. It was not about Pats not paying. It was simply about Jimmy wanting to play..
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Here an inside story by Breer:
In the end, Jimmy Garoppolo wanted to be a starter, and the Patriots—having failed to make him happy—finally relented. Inside the shock trade at the deadline that sends Tom Brady’s backup to San Francisco to become Kyle Shanahan’s main man:
Jimmy Garoppolo Trade: Insider Patriots-49ers Deal
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quote:
They were willing to pay to make it happen. They were willing to wait on him to close the deal.
But late on Monday night, the Patriots finally gave up hope, because they couldn’t give Jimmy Garoppolo what he really wanted: playing time.
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As I understand it, the Patriots put potential solutions in front of Garoppolo in the spring and summer to try to extend their window to pass him the torch that Tom Brady has carried for the last 17 seasons. It would have cost them a lot, but they were willing to carry two starting quarterback contracts on their books to do it. Garoppolo, however, made it clear he that want to be a starter, not just a guy paid like one.
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