After weeks of questions and rumors about what the New England Patriots would do with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, the team has decided that they will retain him.
With veteran quarterback Tom Brady turning 40 by the time preseason football begins, "Jimmy G" will remain with the Patriots for the 2017 season and possibly beyond.
The Patriots like Garoppolo, as he has meet the team's standards in practice and when he has had opportunities in games. Garoppolo was productive for New England while starting the first two games of the 2016 season in place of Brady, who was sidelined with a four-game suspension in loom of 'Deflategate'. Garoppolo led the Patriots to wins over the Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins, but ended up suffering a right shoulder injury against Miami that knocked him out of the lineup.
A second-round selection out of Eastern Illinois in 2014, Garoppolo will be entering the final year of his rookie contract with the Patriots. He is due to make a salary of $820,077.
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