Isn't the quote that they made the deal in 10 minutes w/ SF?
I'm unclear why so many are disputing MMS's take. Clearly there's a "we don't know what we don't know" element, that is always strong with the Pats. That said, based on what we know and can reasonably infer, sure seems MMS's are Occam's Razor-ish, giving all due space to nothing being certain.
He's JG's agent, too. There's probably a lot of ways a player/agent can be non-cooperative when making a deal. Not that they can deep-six it, but I'm sure there's a way for that agent to get a message to the Browns essentially saying that JG wouldn't re-sign if they trade for him (actually, they can probably just SAY this outright, there's no tampering on the agent side, right?)
I don't think tanking works in football anyway. You've got too many players for one guy to make that much of a difference, unless it's an elite quarterback, and even he's going to need help.
Garoppolo's not getting to free agency, but I imagine SF will want to work out something longer-term.
They've got Jax, LA Rams, Titans left outside of the Bears and Texans, so they're not likely to win more than 3 of those games, likely they win only 2 of them.
I have been to some games this year and the fans love Jimmy already. He doesn't have that high a bar to clear to be the best QB the fans have seen in over a decade.
In some kind of intrinsic sense or are you saying it's not that hard to get to the Super Bowl?
No. Not at all. That came out wrong.
To add here, Kap was a momentary blip for Niners fans. It's also been J.T. O'Sullivan, Troy Smith, Ken Dorsey, Tim Rattay, Shaun Hill, Trent Dilfer, ect. And Alex Smith was only competent under Norv Turner and Harbaugh for a year. Otherwise, he would also fall into this category.
Sounds like plenty of reason for optimism in the bay area.
And just to add one last piece...he did lead the game winning drive, a 14 play 86 yard drive.
Reason for optimism, yes. But the level of exuberance in the press out here over a no-TDs QB performance against the pretty meh Chicago Bears is remarkable. Based on the media response to the game last night, you'd think Jimmy G was a combination of Joe Montana and Tom Brady.
Oh yeah. I am supposed to get her a jersey.He did that. So, your wife likes him?
My dream scenario is SF finishing behind the Jets (highly likely), who use their 1st on a non-QB after missing out on the top guys going to the likes of Cleveland and NYG. Pats then steal a QB at the top of round 2, he becomes a stud Brady replacement, and whoever the Jets get falls on his face.
I have a couple of neighbors that still get the Murky News, both couples over 80.
Jimmy is playing better than any other QB they had this year (not a high bar), but I would guess the 49ers still get a top 5 pick.
SF's 3 remaining games are against teams that are likely making the playoffs though. Gonna be tough for them to keep winning.
I had the same thought but really the difference in falling a few spots at that point in the draft is minimal.
We all know BB would pick the same guy at 34 or 38 so whatever. He'll probably trade down anyway.
You can.
