I think the New England Patriots made a huge mistake trading away Garrapolo. I’m not saying he’s going to be great, but in very limited time he looked pretty good and they now have no one behind Tom Brady. Oh, yeah they re-signed Brian Hoyer, as I said no one behind Brady.
I understand that Tom Brady wants to play until he’s 45 and I think he really means it. However, when you get to his age, he can lose it quickly. Just a little bit off the fastball, or just a little bit off the touch and boom he’s throwing interceptions and his football looks like it’s lobbed out there from a third string wide receiver on a trick punt play.
Think I’m wrong, look what happened to Manning. He had it one year and in mid-season 2015, he lost it. It just absolutely fell of the table for him. I have no doubt that if he still had it, he would be playing right now. If it happened to Peyton Manning at 39, it can happen to Tom Brady at any moment, perhaps even this year. I know he’s looking great and it probably won’t happen to him this year, but what about the next? Or the next one after that? Bottom line, I don’t think he’s going to be playing at this level for more than a year and they traded away a possible future for a second round draft pick.
They could not keep both on the roster. I think the idea was to see if Brady still had "it", (if he didn't they bring in Garropolo), Brady apparently does still have "it" so they certainly weren't going to trade him away.
They got a high 2nd round pick in the deal - Belichek's "sweet spot" for drafting - means they draft No. 32 and No. 33 next year.