Patriots Player Departure Jimmy Garoppolo traded to SF for 2018 2nd round draft pick

[shmessy]

Who the hell is our back up?

 

[BradyFTW!]

You don't send away top 2nd rounder for tryout. They wanted him as their franchise QB before draft and since they didn't draft QB probably believed they can get him.

Yeah, to give up the 2nd I think they're already pretty sure he's the long-term answer for them. But 8 games to make sure that's the case can't be a bad thing, if only because it helps you make sure you aren't getting into another Brock Osweiler fiasco. Which they aren't, and I would think anyone who watched them both play understands that, but I still get the value of making the trade now. Plus they can tag him now.

 

[XLIX]

Who thought that?

Several people.

 

[bigballas]

Not after they win half of their remaining games with a real QB.

haha hilarious. im confident Brisket wins more game rest of season then Jimmay

 

[qbno12]

 

[Fixit]

Damn, I'm going to be up all night waiting for that call from Bill.

 

[ForThoseAboutToRock]

BACKUP OPTIONS
1) Hoyer
2) Kaepernick
3) trade a lower pick for someone else.
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BTW, we can now start guessing about tomorrow's trade.

It's never boring being a Patriots fan.

 

[mgteich]

???

Write on the blackboard 25 times

JAG was NOT Brady's successor.

JAG's contract ends at the end of the league season, and the team had no intention of franchising him.

Just seems odd we have a 40 year old QB and traded a future starter when he was considered the successor. Only logical thing I can think of is them loading up for something big

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

Who is our practice squad QB?

 

[PatriotReign]

What

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

I smell a big trade coming and it's likely for defensive help. I don't know if it's for offense.

 

[Big-T]

It makes no sense that they did not trade him in the offseason now.

Or they wanted to see if Brady was going to decline or show any signs of it happening any time soon. He still looks like his old self so they decided to trade Jimmy now.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Likely to back up brady.

 

[qbno12]

 

[stelfans]

I absolutely hate this move. Not because I thought Jimmy would be the heir, but because we have no backup in the middle of the season, which is the worst time to acquire a new quarterback and make him ready for game action. This is horrible for depth, which BB usually cares about.

This team is going nowhere without Brady. I could be the backup.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Hoyer is a high end backup QB. That makes me feel better if he's coming back.

 

[shmessy]

He was traded because he was freelancing too much?????

.

 

[mosslost]

This is bull ****. If you have a true successor, which we did, you pay them both and deal with it.

Timing was wrong for Jimmy. Brady is playing like an MVP still. Just draft another one.

 

[zoostation]

Several people.

well crack is whack

 

[jah]

I'll admit that if we do indeed re-sign Hoyer, I'll be satisfied. I like him as a backup despite what everyone has been saying for years and years. I'll never give up on the guy.