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This team has a ton of Free Agents. "As presently constituted" does not include 5 WRs, 2 TEs, 3 quality RBs.The Cost of insurance, short term.
I doubt that anyone believes that the Team as presently constituted will not be a favored Superbowl LII contender. They get back two great players missing on the LI squad. Gronkowski and Vollmer. Although Vollmer may retire. Both or even one would add to the Teams might in persuing Lombardi #6.
Several young players will probably get better. Thuney, Mason, Andrews, Mitchell, Floyd on Offense and Flowers, Van Noy, Rowe and McMillen are candidates to improve with another full training camp. Only the loss of Hightower, Ryan to FA, and age to Branch, may detract from the Defense. The only age on the Team is Branch, Ninkovich, and Tom Brady
There is ample depth everywhere now. The team has 5 startable WRs, and two TEs, three quality RBs and 10 Offensive linemen This includes three QBs of which two are trained and starting caliber unless one is traded. .
It does not include Hightower, Ryan or Branch.
This teams needs a lot of work to be ready to compete for a SB.
BB has never felt this way.If Garappolo is traded the Pats need to acquire a startable backup QB. Who are qualified and what would they cost, if for whatever reason, health, age or ineffectiveness should beset Brady and the Team in 2017 as they seek Lombardi #6?
I take it as a given, that Brisset is not polished or ready as a sophomore, nor is the Team for him as a SuperBowl QB. IMO he needs, as a minimum of 3 years of a couple or three training camps at the finishing school before he can step in and win. A Romo or Safford, if available, would likely cost a 1st and 4th and a minimum of 5-10 million.
Are you honestly suggesting trading a 1st and a 4th for Tony Romo or Matthew Stafford so they could become backups and sit on our bench all season? Really?
You want to go out and get a starting QB as a backup?There goes ALL THE PUTATIVE BENEFITS of the draft pick haul of trading Garappolo. The salary needed, adds more costs to the CAP.
Lesser QBs with lower expectations might cost half as much. But can they win a Superbowl with them,if needed?
Gambling with the QB depth and finding someone like a McNown for a year, reduces the Garappolo trade benefits by only half or more. Yet BB would have to make one or the other, as prudent choices in the event he trades Garappolo.
Every year a handful teams are favorites to contend for the SB.Teams are seldom in a favored position to win a Superbowl.
If Jimmy G can truly bring a mid to high first, your plan says you would trade a mid to high first to have a backup QB for 1 year.The Team needs to be fully staffed and prepared. The 2017 edition of the Patriots is such a Team. Spending a 1st for insurance to win Lombardi with no chance of recovering much, is worth it for a chance at Lombardi #6, say many "Go for it" fans.
Why would you potentially shoot yourself in the foot in such a case? Belichick is ahead of the game doing exactly... NOTHING.
So why do it?
I think the last mid to high first we had was Mayo. You are saying that Mayo's career as a Patriot was so insignificant you would have rather traded it for a backup QB that stayed one year?