Jimmy Garoppolo’s representation has been given permission to seek a trade by the 49ers, and he’s reportedly been cleared to start practicing. Given that and given that he’s the only decent quarterback now known to be on the trade market, inevitably rumors and discussion are spinning up about his potential landing spot, no doubt fueled by agents looking to generate a bidding war for the 30-year-old quarterback.
After trying and failing to trade for Deshaun Watson with all the grace of a bear with jars of peanut butter on each sticky paw and then unceremoniously flipping Matt Ryan to the Colts, it was probably inevitable that the Falcons were going to be linked to trade options at quarterback.