Jimmy Garoppolo Speculation

Tour2ma

@gftchris said:
We have five second round picks over the next two years.

Of course that's also a lot of value to move up to draft whomever the QB du jour turns out to be next year...

darren15

Offer them a 2nd rounder in 2017. 2018 and 2019

stillmotion

I've heard a rumor patriots want the #1 pick in the draft. lol

TexasAg1969

@stillmotion said:
I've heard a rumor patriots want the #1 pick in the draft. lol

We're not giving up our raptor for anything.

gumby73

@texasag1969 said:
We're not giving up our raptor for anything.

I take today's OL boost as a sign that OL Coach Bob Wylie's magic card OL memory tricks at combine was far to tough for rookie OLmen interviewed. I picture Gregg Williams saying "do what you want but leave my #1 out of it"

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@boo-fagley said:
Too bad a 2018 2nd round pick is actually a 3rd.

You mean "basically" a third since we'll be winning the Super Bowl this year?

Jeez, dude. Thanks for that, that's really nice. Personally, I think we're still a few years away...but I love the optimism.

hoorta

@tour2ma said:

Interesting... Bill loves those 2nd rounders...

And our OL must be looking better to Jimmy to boot.

Makes me wonder, if we are negotiating a long-term deal with Jimmy through the Pats behind the scenes. Taking a flyer on Collins with a R3/4 cusp pick is a helluva lot easier than laying out two or three R1/2 picks on a last contract-year player.

All I can say Tour- if we trade for this guy- it had better work. By now you know I'm dead set against it.

With all the dominoes that have just fallen- if we're interested in the New England Wunderkid, the Browns will set the market price- as me and Gip have said all along- starting with #52. There is zero pressure on the Browns to sell the ranch for a qb that's thrown 94 passes. LOL I trade 'em Oswieler and the rights to Josh Gordon and give up zero picks- sounds fair to me.

Let's take a look at what's transpired.

49ers- signed Hoyer, and want Cousins.

Bears signed Glennon.

Jets- May well roll with Hackenberg to see what they've got. + If Bill thinks Jimmy is a franchise qb, would he be dumb enough to trade him in the division?

Bills- renegotiated Taylor

So as it stands, if the Patriots are selling Garropolo, they have one potential buyer- who may or may not be interested. Probably less interested than the media who's trying to sell Jimmy to the Browns "because they have all those picks".

LondonBrown

"So grateful for my time in New England. Peace out Boston."

Mr. Make-Believe

Legit?

LondonBrown

NBC radio in Providence says he's been traded to the Cleveland Browns...

LondonBrown

Ian Rapoport says there have been no trade talks with the Cleveland Browns

Houston maybe?

Mr. Make-Believe

It's three thirty in the morning where I am. Laying in bed doing draft research... If I'm being fucked with here, I'm blaming the hour for my gullibility.

LondonBrown

It's all over twitter take a look

Mr. Make-Believe

I thought Romo was a cinch for Houston.

My hopes are officially up... Rappaport be damned.

LondonBrown

Rumours his IG account has been hacked now haha

Mr. Make-Believe

What's the harm in another late night scotch?

LondonBrown

Go for it man!

LondonBrown

Confirmed hoax, delete if you want to Mods

Osiris

@boo-fagley said:

Future draft picks in a trade are discounted down 1 draft slot.

You guys told me that one. Thanks!

There Is no rational basis for this belief, which is one more reason why Browns punked Houston in this trade. Houston imagines they gave up the equivalent of a third round pick in 2017, but this is self-delusion. All things being equal, a second round pick is a second round pick whether it's slated to become a player now or later. In fact, for a young front office like Cleveland, the chances of turning a 2018 second round pick into a good player are slightly higher than turning a 2017 pick into one because they will have one more year of experience in player evaluation and one more year of refining their processes.

Tour2ma

@mr.-make-believe said:
It's three thirty in the morning where I am. Laying in bed doing draft research... If I'm being fucked with here, I'm blaming the hour for my gullibility.

lmao... well, someone has to man the graveyard shift...

Damn, but yesterday was fun with a capital F-U-N...