{"id":33023,"date":"2017-10-30T21:05:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T01:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=33023"},"modified":"2017-10-31T00:08:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T04:08:21","slug":"patriots-trade-jimmy-garoppolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/10\/30\/patriots-trade-jimmy-garoppolo\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots Trade Jimmy Garoppolo to San Francisco 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GaroJi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a><\/strong> has reportedly been traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in exchange for a 2018 second-round draft pick. Garoppolo has been the backup quarterback to <strong>Tom Brady<\/strong> for the reigning champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a>\u00a0since being drafted in 2014.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Major QB shakeup: 49ers trading 2018 2nd-round draft pick to New England for Patriots\u2019 QB Jimmy Garoppolo, sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/925154828577378304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>New England Patriots Trade Jimmy Garoppolo to San Francisco 49ers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The San Francisco 49ers have struggled in recent years at the quarterback position. The 49ers only won two games in 2016, largely due to problems on offense. <strong>Kyle Shanahan<\/strong> left his position as the offensive coordinator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> to take over the Niners head coaching job.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid another 2-14 season, San Francisco signed journeyman quarterback\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HoyeBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Hoyer<\/a><\/strong> to a two-year contract in 2017. The team passed on several promising quarterbacks in the draft, eventually\u00a0taking <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BeatC.00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C.J. Beathard<\/a><\/strong> in the third round. Beathard, who took over for Hoyer, has failed to post a completion rate above 60 percent in three starts this season. On Monday, sources reported that the 49ers had traded a second-round draft pick to the New England Patriots for Garoppolo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To repeat: 49ers are trading a 2018 2nd-round draft pick for Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo, sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/925155198858944514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Garoppolo, who turns 26 on November 2nd, was the subject of much speculation in the off-season in a quarterback-starved league. During <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Brady<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s 2016 suspension, Garoppolo proved himself capable before falling victim to a sprained AC joint. He posted a surprising win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cardinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> to begin the season, completing 72.7 percent of his passes. But it was his three touchdowns against the Miami Dolphins that turned heads across the league.<\/p>\n<p>Trading Garoppolo leaves the quarterback depth chart for the Patriots looking a little slim. The Patriots traded <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BrisJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacoby Brissett<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> at the beginning of the 2017 season. Garoppolo will be able to have an immediate impact for the winless 49ers. San Francisco has lost five of their eight games by three points or fewer.<\/p>\n<p>After the addition of Garoppolo, Schefter also reported that the Niners released Brian Hoyer. Should Hoyer find employment before the end of the 2017 season, he will sign with his seventh team in nine seasons.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: initial; font-family: initial; font-size: initial; font-style: initial; font-weight: initial; text-align: initial;\">And another shoe drops: 49ers are releasing QB Brian Hoyer, per source.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/925161527916810240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a id=\"NYkcXaUASOpAcCWNmZTl-A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/867844990\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'NYkcXaUASOpAcCWNmZTl-A',sig:'3ByfFAgNN2u1J6J-MRjxBFICTtRiC368SzYs6xtBqPE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'867844990',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Garoppolo Traded: The New England Patriots have reportedly traded Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for a 2018 second-round draft pick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2167,"featured_media":33030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,5,31],"tags":[682,633,2965,61,401,38,40,52],"class_list":["post-33023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-patriots","category-49ers","tag-afc-east","tag-brian-hoyer","tag-c-j-beathard","tag-football","tag-jimmy-garoppolo","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}