Per the report , owner Robert Kraft effectively forced Belichick to trade Garoppolo, whom the head coach and many others in the organization saw as the franchise’s quarterback of the future.
Other details from the ESPN piece include a story of Garoppolo setting up a meeting with Brady’s trainer, only to find the door locked:
But after Garoppolo was knocked out of his second start with a shoulder injury, he set up a visit at TB12, [the training facility headed by Alex Guerrero, Brady’s trainer].
In early September, Belichick did trade third-string quarterback Jacoby Brissett to the Colts for wide receiver Phillip Dorsett .
The Patriots repeatedly offered Garoppolo four-year contract extensions, in the $17-18 million range annually that would go higher if and when he succeeded Brady.
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