New England Patriots for Jimmy Garoppolo
Stay with us, there’s a lot of layers here. Seattle wouldn’t be acquiring Garoppolo to have him somehow replace franchise signal caller Russell Wilson. And for their part, the Patriots are not about to part ways with Malcolm Butler and a high-round pick for Sherman. Heck, New England doesn’t even have a selection in the first two rounds of this year’s draft.
Instead, the idea would be for New England to pick up Sherman while finding a way to trade Butler to another team. That would give the defending Super Bowl champions a tremendous corner duo of Stephon Gilmore and Richard Sherman. It would also enable them to pick up another first-round pick by moving Butler in a trade (hello, New Orleans).
From a Seahawks perspective, this is a bit more simple. They would then flip Garoppolo to the Cleveland Browns for the 12th pick that Hue Jackson and Co. have reportedly been willing to offer New England for the backup quarterback.
Heck, the Seahawks might even be able to squeeze more out of Cleveland here, potentially even Joe Thomas. Think about that for a second before throwing this whole idea out the window. It actually makes a ton of sense for both sides.