Pats again turn down Browns' inquiries for Jimmy Garoppolo

ByABC News
April 28, 2017, 1:46 PM

— -- The Cleveland Browns inquired Thursday night about trading for Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and were told, once again, New England was not interested, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Patriots have been adamant they are not trading Garoppolo. A 2014 second-round pick, Garoppolo is entering the final year of his rookie contract with a base salary of $820,077.

Colossal prices were paid Thursday night for quarterbacks by the Chicago Bears (No. 2, Mitchell Trubisky), Kansas City Chiefs (No. 10,? Patrick Mahomes II) and Houston Texans (No. 12, Deshaun Watson). The Chiefs and Texans each gave up 2017 and 2018 first-round picks -- in addition to other high selections -- to take those quarterbacks, while the Bears dealt this year's first-rounder among four picks in this draft and next.

The 25-year-old Garoppolo started the Patriots' first two games of 2016 as Tom Brady served a four-game suspension as part of the NFL's Deflategate penalties. In those two games, Garoppolo completed over 71 percent of his passes for 496 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.

ESPN Patriots reporter Mike Reiss contributed to this report.