The Cleveland Browns are still looking for a quarterback and the New England Patriots' backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is still one of their target signal-caller. But head coach Hue Jackson is adamant that they won't be trading the No. 1 draft pick to acquire a QB.
According to a report from Metro, Garoppolo desperately wants to be a starting quarterback in the NFL and it likely won't be with the Patriots. The defending Super Bowl champions still have Tom Brady.
Though he is already turning 40-year-old this year, the superstar quarterback was able to show during the Super Bowl championship game last season that he still has a lot of gas left in the tank. The report said that the most likely landing spot for Garoppolo if he will be traded this offseason would be Cleveland.
The Browns still favors Garoppolo to be their starting signal-caller, even ahead of current starter Cody Kessler, should they acquire him. But Garoppolo is not the only quarterback that Cleveland could acquire, as the Cincinnati Bengals' A.J. McCarron, who is the backup to starting quarterback Andy Dalton, can be a target as well.
The Dawgs By Nature (via the SB Nation) reports that Jackson said "anything is a possibility until it's not," when asked about the possibility of trading for McCarron. The only quarterback that Jackson definitely wouldn't acquire is Colin Kaepernick, who is currently a free agent.
The report said that Jackson has not watched Kaepernick this offseason and is actually asking why he would need to. But one thing that is clear, is that Jackson won't relinquish the No. 1 draft pick to acquire their quarterback.
The report said that it's obvious Jackson already has someone in mind when it comes to the first pick of the draft. Though the coach didn't say who it was, it's likely to be defensive end Myles Garrett. Check out more NFL trade rumors in the video below.
This article is copyrighted by Travelers Today, the travel news leader
