Will they play by the rules?

You better believe it.

This, as we like to say in this program, is Felger and Mass. Suck, suck, suck. On 985. I want to make that clear. The Sports Hub. All right, 403 here in the afternoon. Chris Gasper, Boston Globe, join us at our Ace Ticket Studios, Gaspers. What do you make of the Patriots not biting on Jimmy Garapolo? and you have to know that they got a good offer last night.

You just have to think they got a good offer last night.

You just have to think they got a good offer given the fact that three teams traded up in the first round to get quarterbacks.

Two teams gave up future first round picks at the price to move up.

Again, quarterbacks were taken last night at numbers 2, 10, and 12. Trubitsky,

Mahomes and Watson, respectively. The teams to get there, Chicago sent two threes and a four

to move up one spot from three to two. They got fleeced. Kansas City sent a three, and their

2018 first, to move from 27 to 10. And then Houston gave and their 2018 first to move from 27 to 10 and then Houston gave up their

2018 first to move from 25 to 12. Shefter reports that the Browns called last night on Garapolo

told and we're told no by the Patriots. If the Cleveland Browns are calling last night, you have

to believe that it involved at least a first round pick because they called in the first round. If they were only offering second rounders or picks next year, they'd call today or tomorrow or next week. So the fact that they called last night, lead you to believe that they were offered a first round pick for Jimmy Garoppel and they turned it down. What does that tell you? I think it says how much Bill

likes Jimmy Garapolo as a player. I think it also sort of speaks to maybe their approach this year, if you look at the whole offseason, that they're in a situation where they feel really good about their team and about their chances of winning a Super Bowl and why shouldn't they? If you can win three out of four again. I mean, I think that would be huge historically for Bill.

And it makes sense that the low salary number Jimmy is at to carry him this year as Tom Brady insurance,

if Brady gets hurt or if there's some sort of, you know, decline.

Sorry for the shot.

But the decline you guys have been talking about since 2009, if it actually comes to fruition,

it makes sense. And then you can franchise them at the end of the year and auction them off again. Okay. Okay. But so, and I'm sorry, Mike. Yeah. The whole idea, though, and I'm starting to get fascinated by this now, that you keep them as an insurance policy, meaning if Brady goes down, well, then you believe that you can win with Garapolo.

Absolutely, yeah. I would think that they would. So then why auction them off at all? Well, you're sort of kicking the can down the road. At some point, you're going to have to make a decision, right? Brady Garapolo. Yeah. But you're hoping the decision gets made for you prior to the time that you actually have to make the decision, right? Yeah, I just, I'm of the mindset that when the time comes, you pick Garoppolo.

And when I say that, it's in no disrespect to Tom Brady other than the fact that he's 40 years old. You pick the young guy. Again, if you think that he's good enough to win the Super Bowl with, keeping him as an insurance policy says that we think we can win the Super Bowl if Brady goes down with Garapolo. Well, then why get rid of him ever? Why would you get rid of a 25-year-old quarterback that you think you can win a Super Bowl with? But not every backup guy, and he's certainly, I think, better than these guys, but that comes in, you know, Jeff Hostetler on the 1990 Giants. I mean, was he good enough to win a

Super Bowl with over the long term of an entire season where he was the starter? Probably not, but as a backup on that team, yeah, he was good. Trent Dilfer with the 2000 Ravens, there are guys who can step in as a backup and your season's not going to fall apart. Jimmy's better than those guys, but I'm just saying, like, just because you think you can win a Super Bowl with a guy if he has to come off the bench for eight games,

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