If you could just bottle up what Garoppolo has shown over 93 NFL passes and assume hed keep doing that in a different environment for the next 10 years, youd be thrilled to trade just a first and fourth for him. But we know thats not guaranteed. Brock Osweiler had seven promising starts with the Denver Broncos last season, he was a former second-round pick and the Houston Texans gambled a big contract on him. That didnt work out. Osweiler was benched for Tom Savage two games ago. No matter how good Garoppolo has looked in limited action, youd be trading a lot for a player who will be making his third career start on opening day next season.
And unlike a potential Garoppolo trade, the Texans didnt even have to give up any draft picks to get Osweiler. Garoppolos rookie contract is up after 2017, so a team would have to give up the picks in a trade and give him a mega-deal to him before he hits free agency no team is sending a first- and fourth-round pick to New England for one year of Garoppolo