The Browns have the ammunition to acquire Jimmy Garoppolo and will try to put together a strong package that the Patriots will accept.
The Browns have two first-round picks and two second-rounders this year, and now three second-round picks in 2018.
The Browns
will likely be willing to part with their No. 12 overall pick this year for Garoppolo, and at least one of the second-round picks next year.
One league source close to the situation told cleveland.com the Browns' No. 12 likely won't get it done, and that the Patriots will want the Browns' No. 1 overall pick this year.
The thinking is that there are some top five players they want, whereas the No. 12 doesn't interest them as much. But the Browns will have no intention of doing that. They plan to take Myles Garrett No. 1 overall and won't want to part with the top pick for the 2014 second-rounder.
The source said the Patriots will likely want a Browns' first-rounder this year and a first-rounder next year.
In the end, it remains to be seen if the No. 12 and one or two of the second-round picks will get it done.