Browns interested in trade for Garoppolo

Also, I'm pretty confident we will get a Top 12 pick for Garopollo.

San Fran #2
Chicago #3
Cleveland #12



Cardinals #13, and Carson Palmer is a deteriorating 37 year old QB that they should probably move on from. Not sure what his contract situation is, but Jimmy G.

Redskins #17. Kirk Cusins isn't a lock to return. Not sure what the exact situation is with Franchising and whatnot, but things happen... I wouldn't write it off completely.

Houston Texans #25. They're already paying Osweiler a boatload of money, but they could afford Jimmy G for a year on his rookie contract and then work things out after. They're already Patriots South, so I wouldn't put it past them.



But like I said, most likely we get a Top 12 pick for him because this years QB class is terrible. Those top 3 teams listed would be silly to draft someone and wait a couple years to see if they develop, rather than trade for Garopollo who looks like a franchise QB already. Simply put, Jimmy G is better (and more ready to start) than any of the QBs available in the draft.


Im sure Belichick loves having a competent back up QB and wouldn't trade him if the value isn't there. But he also wouldn't want to part ways with a solid QB and get nothing in return when he's groomed him for the past few years. I think the Pats push hard to offload Jimmy Garopollo, and in the NFL you really don't have to push too hard to get failing teams to take a potential franchise QB. A deal shouldn't be too hard to make. It's just a matter of what we get in return. #12 from Cleveland seems like the most "fair" deal, so it's the most likely trade to happen.

Cleveland has (2) 1sts and (2) 2nds so a trade can be definitely worked out.
Clevelands' 1st and Tenn's pick in 2nd for Pats JG and a 4th or some-other swap of picks to equal things out.

Brady IS remarkable. And to "keep JG" until Brady retires no longer seems to make any sense. Add to that, the fact that NE seems to love Brissett's toughness & leadership, and I think JG moving this spring is more likely than ever.

And if they can pry away that 12th overall : I'm not as set on moving back. Cassell brought in Chung. Looking back : wow. The SF pick became Mayo. If JG brings in a player like those guys : score.

stinkypete said:

"they’ll attempt to trade for him, depending on how their evaluations of this year’s draft prospects go in the coming weeks"

This, to me, is the key phrase. It depends on their evaluation on the prospects.

Watson and Trubisky are grading out as fringe top 5 picks. If this article is correct, then it sounds like Hugh Jackson's job depends on his ability to find a starter. He can't afford to reach big and fail at #1 overall. Pick 10 is tricky, they would likely have to trade up from that spot to get either QB.

Cleveland holds pick #33, a big value pick. I assume that, if interested, they will try to move this pick for Garoppolo.

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In what world would Watson and Trubisky grading out as top 5 picks. Watson had 17 college kids pick him off. The only thing he offers to a FO that picks him, is that the NEXT FO will reap the benefits of their pick IF he turns out to be any good 2 or 3 years down the road. The same pretty much hold true for Trubisky. Only Kinzer has the POSSIBILITY of offering any hope in his first or 2nd year for a team, and that's just a possibility.

I would be very surprised if at least one of the top 3 QB prospects aren't available to Cleveland at 12. But WTF would they want one there, when they can have JG

I'm with Ken here. Those guys have no business top 5. HOWEVER, the teams picking at those spots are doing so BECAUSE they suck. So, it is likely one of those bad teams WOULD indeed pick Watson.

There are so, so many bad decision makers out there. Thank goodness for BB.

JG gets us something good. There is too much smoke. This isn't Hoyer/Mallett.

I would ask for the 12th pick and the 65th pick for jimmy. Browns have alot of picks. We can improve our defense and still draft a QB.

Jimmy is worth the number 1 pick, If you are going to trade him, you dont settle for less

patfanken said:

In what world would Watson and Trubisky grading out as top 5 picks. Watson had 17 college kids pick him off. The only thing he offers to a FO that picks him, is that the NEXT FO will reap the benefits of their pick IF he turns out to be any good 2 or 3 years down the road. The same pretty much hold true for Trubisky. Only Kinzer has the POSSIBILITY of offering any hope in his first or 2nd year for a team, and that's just a possibility.

I would be very surprised if at least one of the top 3 QB prospects aren't available to Cleveland at 12. But WTF would they want one there, when they can have JG

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If trubisky kills it im his pro day and at the combine, someone in the top 10 will take him. I do not see watson as a good pro, and kizer is a big time project

borisman said:

Cleveland has (2) 1sts and (2) 2nds so a trade can be definitely worked out.
Clevelands' 1st and Tenn's pick in 2nd for Pats JG and a 4th or some-other swap of picks to equal things out.

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Lol we are not getting Clevelands 1st. More like 12 and Philadelphia 2nd or Phillys 2nd next year.

All the best to JG, but we are all about the Pats. If JG is going to be traded we want as much draft value as we can get.
Just business and keep the Dynasty rolling along.

MrNathanDrake said:

Also, I'm pretty confident we will get a Top 12 pick for Garopollo.

San Fran #2
Chicago #3
Cleveland #12



Cardinals #13, and Carson Palmer is a deteriorating 37 year old QB that they should probably move on from. Not sure what his contract situation is, but Jimmy G.

Redskins #17. Kirk Cusins isn't a lock to return. Not sure what the exact situation is with Franchising and whatnot, but things happen... I wouldn't write it off completely.

Houston Texans #25. They're already paying Osweiler a boatload of money, but they could afford Jimmy G for a year on his rookie contract and then work things out after. They're already Patriots South, so I wouldn't put it past them.

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Houston isn't going to bring in ANOTHER young QB. Not with Osweiler there under that major contract. They also REALLY like Tom Savage and expect him to push Osweiler for the starting job.

Cleveland has a TON of draft capital this year.

They have the 1st overall, the 12th (from Philly).
They also have #33 and the #37 picks in the 2nd round.

They still owe the Pats a pick for Jamie Collins. What that pick is, exactly, remains to be seen and it's the highest compensation that was agreed to. Whatever that actually was since we never truly got a straight answer.

carmelo15 said:

Lol we are not getting Clevelands 1st. More like 12 and Philadelphia 2nd or Phillys 2nd next year.

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Cleveland doesn't have Philly's 2nd this year.. They have Philly's 2nd in 2018. They have the Titan's 2nd round pick this year, which is #37 overall.

Don't they draft high in the 1st round every year?! Cha-ching!

I think #12 is a good value for both teams. NE doesn't need the #1 pick. They'd just be looking to trade down anyways. For Cleveland, you can still get the best non-QB in the draft(likely Garrett) and then get your future starting QB. What else surrounds that remains to be seen. Is it a 2nd? a 4th? a Joe Thomas type? That will likely decide whether a deal can be made or not.

stinkypete said:

"they’ll attempt to trade for him, depending on how their evaluations of this year’s draft prospects go in the coming weeks"

This, to me, is the key phrase. It depends on their evaluation on the prospects.

Watson and Trubisky are grading out as fringe top 5 picks. If this article is correct, then it sounds like Hugh Jackson's job depends on his ability to find a starter. He can't afford to reach big and fail at #1 overall. Pick 10 is tricky, they would likely have to trade up from that spot to get either QB.

Cleveland holds pick #33, a big value pick. I assume that, if interested, they will try to move this pick for Garoppolo.

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They'll get over drafted but in no way shape or form are they being "graded" out that high by any serious football mind.

In terms of eval's none will have a top 40 grade by me and all are projects.

I'd cry if my team took any in the 1st.

There isn't one QB prospect that's even close to NFL QB starter level.

Cleveland fans should be banging the table for this.

Garrett/Garoppolo are 2 faces you can sell and impact players.

Keep Pryor. Draft next best rush/cb w/ next pick and you're ready to at least compete seriously week in/out.


That division isn't that tough for crying out loud. Jimmy might even be the best QB in the division in 2 years.

BaconGrundleCandy said:

Cleveland fans should be banging the table for this.

Garrett/Garoppolo are 2 faces you can sell and impact players.

Keep Pryor. Draft next best rush/cb w/ next pick and you're ready to at least compete seriously week in/out.


That division isn't that tough for crying out loud. Jimmy might even be the best QB in the division in 2 years.

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They have a ton of cap space as well. Money still talks with free agents.

s3antana5757 said:

I think #12 is a good value for both teams. NE doesn't need the #1 pick. They'd just be looking to trade down anyways. For Cleveland, you can still get the best non-QB in the draft(likely Garrett) and then get your future starting QB. What else surrounds that remains to be seen. Is it a 2nd? a 4th? a Joe Thomas type? That will likely decide whether a deal can be made or not.

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We dont need the number 12 pick either. Jimmy for the 12th pick is poor value when he is worth the number 1 pick

Just some food for thought:

Cleveland Host: Browns Won't Ever Have To Worry About QB If They Trade For Garoppolo

“Part of it is what we’ve seen, which is a very small sample size,” Fox said. “But in his two games – or really a game-and-a-half that he played this year – he played about as perfect football as you can ask a guy to play. And then the other part of it is based on my conversations with people around the league. I have some people in New England who work in the front office who I’ve chatted with, and they don’t want to trade him. They don’t want to move him. People love him. They think this is the guy that will be the face of your franchise. One scout last night told me that if the Browns trade for Jimmy Garoppolo, they won’t have to worry about the position for 10 years. So I hear those things from people that I trust who have watched him play.

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This absurdly makes too much sense.
Garoppolo #32 (or 31) and #64 (or 63) for #1 and #33. The Patriots move up to say 8 or 9 with an extra #2 or whatever and the Browns get their QB and still keep the same number of draft picks.