Belief persists that Patriots plan to keep Garoppolo beyond 2017

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The Browns reportedly will make a run at Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. (The fallback may be Kirk Cousins.) The Patriots, based on who you believe, will listen — or they won’t. Their standoffishness comes either from an effort to maximize the trade offer or from a genuine desire to keep Garoppolo around.

As one high level employee of an AFC team recently told PFT, there’s a persistent belief within league circles that the Patriots truly want to keep Garoppolo.

First, Father Time eventually is going to whack Tom Brady over the head with whatever Father Time’s weapon of choice is

source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/16/belief-persists-that-patriots-plan-to-keep-garoppolo-beyond-2017/