Jimmy G reportedly gets his deal:

[ScottishPatriots]

That shows how ridiculous the pipe dreams were that he'd sign a bridge deal with the Pats or keeping 2 QBs was possible.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Good for Garrapolo, but that’s a crazy contract.

 

[Pats2000]

I'm thinking he's made up for his 4 years being mentored by the Patriots/Brady.

Good for him, though I'm not sure even prime Brady is worth that contract, I expect Jimmy to be a very good QB in the NFL.

We are seeing prime Brady right now...

 

[Soliel]

I don’t want jimmy. He’s not durable.he is good but this is more money than brady, Amendola, Edelman and Lewis combined. That’s just not smart

 

[Huckleberry1]

He needs to get at least one Super Bowl and one MVP to justify that money.

I don’t think MVP matters, but he definitely needs a Lombardi to justify that deal.

 

[Huckleberry1]

We are seeing prime Brady right now...

So you’re saying he’s halfway there?


Agree completely.

I doubt he will keep playing when MacDaniels gets too old to keep coaching.

 

[Huckleberry1]

I don’t want jimmy. He’s not durable.he is good but this is more money than brady, Amendola, Edelman and Lewis combined. That’s just not smart

I would have loved Garrapolo if Brady had decided to hang them up while he was still here, expecting him to wait it out was unreasonable.

 

[ALP]

he had the 49s wrapped around his pinkie w/ how the situation unfolded

they had nothing in negotiations

 

[captain insano]

wow the cap on that team is screwed.

 

[nabwong]

I don’t think MVP matters, but he definitely needs a Lombardi to justify that deal.

I don't know if he needs to justify that deal with a Lombardi. Look at Matthew Stafford. The guy will probably never win anything. Tom Brady, now 40, has earned $196 million over 17 NFL seasons. If Matthew Stafford plays out his contract, he will have earned $262.5 million in the NFL by age 35—with another potential major extension ahead.

 

[Guts]

That's a lot of money, holy cow. As much as it sucked losing Jimmy G, even if TB was traded away I never envision the Pats paying that much to anybody.

 

[Soliel]

I don’t think MVP matters, but he definitely needs a Lombardi to justify that deal.

Brady gets 14 mill. And guess who jimmy runs into in the bowl? Ivan, I know your a brady fan the likes of myself and die Harders what do you think? Why is an untested q.b making obscene money?

My take is brady don’t want that much money, he wants more players

 

[Huckleberry1]

I don't know if he needs to justify that deal with a Lombardi. Look at Matthew Stafford. The guy will probably never win anything. Tom Brady, now 40, has earned $196 million over 17 NFL seasons. If Matthew Stafford plays out his contract, he will have earned $262.5 million in the NFL by age 35—with another potential major extension ahead.

Fair enough, if he’s a top 5 QB and doesn’t cost them Lombardi's then I suppose he will have earned it. Can’t put it all on him.

 

[BadMoFo]

I'm sure the hamster wheel is turning in Nick Foles' head.

 

[Pats2000]

So you’re saying he’s halfway there?


Agree completely.

I doubt he will keep playing when MacDaniels gets too old to keep coaching.

Prime doesn't mean halfway, it means at their best. Do you think Brady has ever played consistently better? Than he has been for the last 7 years?

 

[Nunchucks]

Jimmy just has to play like an elite QB to earn the money.

I do agree that based on the money, the Patriots should have gotten at LEAST one first round pick.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Brady gets 14 mill. And guess who jimmy runs into in the bowl? Ivan, I know your a brady fan the likes of myself and die Harders what do you think? Why is an untested q.b making obscene money?

My take is brady don’t want that much money, he wants more players

Again, that’s what they were willing to give him. I can’t begrudge what they were willing to pay.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Prime doesn't mean halfway, it means at their best. Do you think Brady has ever played consistently better? Than he has been for the last 7 years?

So you are saying he won’t be playing at 60?

 

[XLIX]

5 years 137 million

And we only got a 2nd. ************

That contract is *why* we only got a 2nd rounder. When, in the history of the NFL, has any team ever gotten that much for a guy with 8 weeks left before free agency?

 

[Huckleberry1]

Prime doesn't mean halfway, it means at their best. Do you think Brady has ever played consistently better? Than he has been for the last 7 years?

My mistake, I thought Prime meant free movies and shipping.