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Originally Posted by Rotoworld
PFT's Mike Florio reports the NFL offered suspended QB Tom Brady a two-game reduction on his four-game suspension in exchange for a guilty admission.
Per Florio's source, Brady had to admit to having knowledge of whatever ball men John Jastremski and Jim McNally were doing to the footballs, admit to failing to cooperate with the Ted Wells investigation and then apologize. Brady's ban would have then dropped to at least two games and possibly one. It appears Brady is dead-set on taking the NFL to court to get his suspension wiped out completely or he's going to take the heat and sit the four games.
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From Rotoworld on a supposed deal NFL offered to Brady. Wanted him to take full blame for everything regardless on how shaky the Wells report itself was with Deflategate. Then apologize to Goodell probably for both Deflategate and trying to upstage his authority with the legal threats. Doing all of that still wouldn't guarantee a reduction since Goodell still reserved the right to deny the appeal but keep the admission. Since he didn't the league is now "suing" him to get a federal court ruling on their side and prevent Brady's case from happening in a more player-friendly court.
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Originally Posted by SBNation
'I talked to Bill (Belichick) at the combine, and I asked him how Jimmy was doing,' recalled [Garoppolo's QB tutor Jeff] Christensen in a recent phone call. 'He said "(Jimmy) looks like a linebacker. He works out like a linebacker. He acts like a linebacker. I really like him a lot, coach. You did a great job with him. Thank you."'
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Going to assume Garoppolo must be Big Ben type size but laughing at the mental image of him being Wilfork size instead.
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Originally Posted by NFL.com
Too high? Not in my book. I'd much rather have an athletic young backup with upside than some 39-year-old game manager. Garoppolo was intriguing last preseason and played well in relief of Brady in a Monday night collapse against the Chiefs. I'm convinced he'll perform well again if Brady's four-game suspension sticks. New England does an outstanding job of preparing young players and Garoppolo showed good decision-making last season. He isn't afraid to throw the ball downfield and we're talking about a coach, in Bill Belichick, who milked an 11-win season out of Matt Cassel.
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NFL Network released a ranking of all the back up QBs in the league and Garoppolo got ranked #4. Odd dig at Peyton though.