Spiderfan On: The Jimmy Garoppolo Trade

this article makes the trade make a little more sense: https://deadspin.com/yes-yes-give-me-all-the-good-patriots-gossip-1821802419

"[Belichick] saw Garoppolo as 'the final piece of his legacy.'"

"Two weeks before the trade deadline, ESPN reveals, Belichick and Robert Kraft held a meeting to discuss the team’s quarterback situation. The meeting ran long, very long. It resulted in Kraft firmly hitching his wagon to Brady, and not to what appears to have been Belichick’s preferred future for the franchise."