Post by riczaj01 on Feb 11, 2017 9:17:16 GMT -6
www.espn.com/blog/chicago-bears/post/_/id/4704873/is-buzz-surrounding-bears-and-jimmy-garoppolo-real
Jeff Dickerson: Of course. As I wrote last month, the Bears would be foolish not to kick the tires on a potential trade for Jimmy Garoppolo. If the Bears are truly convinced Garoppolo is a future franchise quarterback ... swing a deal with New England and then sign Garoppolo to the long-term deal he wants. There is no substitute to finding the right quarterback. But there are some concerns about Garoppolo’s lack of regular-season experience. So, I can see why some teams may feel a first-round pick and more is too much to give up for a quarterback with only a handful of career starts.
There is no one I trust more when it comes to the Patriots than ESPN’s Mike Reiss, who believes New England will not -- under any circumstances -- give Garoppolo away. The Patriots like him, and Tom Brady (as great as he is) turns 40 years old in August. The asking price for Garoppolo will be steep. And the Bears will hardly be the only team to express interest in acquiring him. But again, there is no price too steep for a star quarterback. This all boils down to the Bears’ internal evaluation of Garoppolo. Whatever they decide, Bears fans just have to hope the team evaluated him properly and made the correct decision.
Few things to point out about this:
1) If the team, Bears or otherwise, think Jimmy G is A franchise qb, you do what it takes to get him, AND you sign him to a long term deal, been saying this for some time, there is no way a team trades multiple picks, likely a 1st and more, and then lets him ride out his final rookie year deal. This is why the risk is great considering the lack of experience. It's going to be multiple picks and it's going to be a lot of cap space.
2) NE isn't going to let him go just to get whatever they can in return. They'll have a high price tag on him, and they are going to let teams like the Browns, Chicago, SF, Arizona, Jets, Bills and possibly others keep the price tag high, if they don't get what they want they aren't going to just let him go though. They can have Brady rework his deal(which I have no doubt he would) to make room for Jimmy if they need to.
3) Also all of this is speculation, no one knows what the Bears think about Jimmy, but speculation(based on other things written) is they have a mid 1st round grade on him, but the #3 is to much, and that the Browns are willing to give up #12. So this idea that NE is out of their mind for expecting a 1st is counter to what is being reported.
Jeff Dickerson: Of course. As I wrote last month, the Bears would be foolish not to kick the tires on a potential trade for Jimmy Garoppolo. If the Bears are truly convinced Garoppolo is a future franchise quarterback ... swing a deal with New England and then sign Garoppolo to the long-term deal he wants. There is no substitute to finding the right quarterback. But there are some concerns about Garoppolo’s lack of regular-season experience. So, I can see why some teams may feel a first-round pick and more is too much to give up for a quarterback with only a handful of career starts.
There is no one I trust more when it comes to the Patriots than ESPN’s Mike Reiss, who believes New England will not -- under any circumstances -- give Garoppolo away. The Patriots like him, and Tom Brady (as great as he is) turns 40 years old in August. The asking price for Garoppolo will be steep. And the Bears will hardly be the only team to express interest in acquiring him. But again, there is no price too steep for a star quarterback. This all boils down to the Bears’ internal evaluation of Garoppolo. Whatever they decide, Bears fans just have to hope the team evaluated him properly and made the correct decision.
Few things to point out about this:
1) If the team, Bears or otherwise, think Jimmy G is A franchise qb, you do what it takes to get him, AND you sign him to a long term deal, been saying this for some time, there is no way a team trades multiple picks, likely a 1st and more, and then lets him ride out his final rookie year deal. This is why the risk is great considering the lack of experience. It's going to be multiple picks and it's going to be a lot of cap space.
2) NE isn't going to let him go just to get whatever they can in return. They'll have a high price tag on him, and they are going to let teams like the Browns, Chicago, SF, Arizona, Jets, Bills and possibly others keep the price tag high, if they don't get what they want they aren't going to just let him go though. They can have Brady rework his deal(which I have no doubt he would) to make room for Jimmy if they need to.
3) Also all of this is speculation, no one knows what the Bears think about Jimmy, but speculation(based on other things written) is they have a mid 1st round grade on him, but the #3 is to much, and that the Browns are willing to give up #12. So this idea that NE is out of their mind for expecting a 1st is counter to what is being reported.