It was
news, I guess. Yesterday, when Adam schefter of ESPN reported,
that the 49ers have officially given Jimmy Garoppolo
permission
to seek a trade. It was News until
we found out that
it was news in March. That John Lynch, the GM of the 49ers
actually told, Matt, mayuko of NBC Sports Bay Area
that
the team.
Had given
Jimmy Garoppolo
permission to seek a trade late March nearly four months ago.
So what's changed?
Nothing has changed?
Nothing at all is changed. And look,
I don't want to get myself in any more trouble than
I naturally get myself in. I don't want to anger anyone.
I don't want any more unfollow. Zahn, social media, God forbid,
I may be blocked, probably have been muted,
but this is a tangible example of
the trade-off that
Happens.
When somebody with a nine point, six million follower
account on Twitter,
decides to throw out something meaningless gratuitous old news
because it operates as trying to pull the ripcord on, a lawn
mower to get a trade
possibility, moving at a time. When it just isn't,
why do we need to be reminded?
Now that Jimmy Garoppolo has permission to seek a trade,
he's had permission to seek a trade.
This is an effort to breathe life into a dead.
IE Jimmy, garoppolo's trade prospects. Nothing is going on.
We know that he's been throwing for the past few weeks. There
was a report from NFL media on Tuesday, that will be fully
cleared in the middle of August. Well, now
the report is he's been cleared to practice, okay?
Where's the team that's going to trade for him? Who's going
to do it? Although we are in the aftermath of yesterday's
old news. News, that Jimmy Garoppolo has permission to
seek a trade. Is it the Browns aren't interested? Now,
look,
I think the Browns aren't interested for one very
important reason. To first of all, I don't think the Browns,
believe they're going to be without DeShaun Watson for
the full season. I think you're only interested in Jimmy
Garoppolo. If, you know, you don't have to Sean Watson
for all of 2022.
Secondly,
I think the Browns are not interested in being in
a position where they have to give up more may be
dramatically more for Jimmy Garoppolo, then they got for
Baker. Mayfield,
what do they get for Baker? Mayfield, the paying him 10.5
million to go away instead of 18 point eight million to stay,
and they got a fifth-round pick that maybe becomes
a fourth-round pick
2024, that's what they got. Well,
if they would Again, this is a big, if,
if they would lose DeShaun Watson for the full season, all
of a sudden 49ers have leverage,
all of a sudden, 49ers can say, hey Cleveland, we want
a second-round pick and Jimmy Garoppolo can say, hey,
Cleveland. If I'm going to agree to this trade, I want my
24 million dollars this year fully
guaranteed or I want this or I want that
Browns have no leverage if they seem desperate in their pursuit
of Jimmy G. So they're just saying we're out. We don't want
him and look does that mean that if Garoppolo
I would want to play for them on a bargain-basement deal
or the 49ers would basically give them away that they would
change their mind,
can't rule out anything in this league, you know, that anything
and everything can and will happen. But I think that this
position that the Browns is
Browns, Browns is the Browns, the Browns are putting out there.
Is driven more by the fact that it would be very embarrassing
for the team to give up significantly more to get Jimmy
G than what the team got for trading
Baker Mayfield, so,
we'll see what happens. I continue to think he's going to
end up with the Texans. I just choose to believe that this has
been a slow play by Nick Castillo. The GM of the team,
who
slow-played, the DeShaun Watson situation into a great outcome
for Houston. He drafted Jimmy G back in 2014,
they To think they're all in with Davis Mills. Maybe they
are. Maybe they aren't. If this is part of an effort
to just play the cards, right? Keep them close to the vest.
Wait for the right time to move. This is exactly how it
would play out. So,
Texans are the team that I continue to guess, I don't
know, but I guess that's where Jimmy G is going to
end up.