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5 Quarterbacks the New England Patriots Could Draft to Replace Jimmy Garoppolo

By Shawn Spencer

HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 19: Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the New England Patriots looks for a receiver in the third quarter against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on August 19, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 19: Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the New England Patriots looks for a receiver in the third quarter against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on August 19, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /
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Mason Rudolph Patriots
PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 16: Mason Rudolph #2 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys celebrates after a touchdown by Dillon Stoner #17 (not pictured) during the first quarter against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Heinz Field on September 16, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) /

#1 Mason Rudolph (Oklahoma State)

With the 32nd pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the back-to-back Super Bowl champion New England Patriots select Mason Rudolph, quarterback from Oklahoma State University. Of course, the best-case scenario for the Patriots would be to win Super Bowl LII and have the 49ers finish with the worst record in the league. That would give the Patriots back-to-back picks in the draft to go along with back-to-back titles.

If that happens, the Patriots will hold the 32nd and 33rd picks in the 2018 NFL Draft. With a fifth-year option available for first-round picks, odds are the 32nd pick would be a QB. That would keep Rudolph under contract through the 2022 season, giving the Patriots insurance until Brady turns 46. There’s little chance the greatest of all time would still be playing at that point, so Rudolph will do what so many others before him couldn’t; outlast Tom Brady in New England.

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Rudolph has helped his draft stock this season, but he’s slightly overrated at this point. That’s more of a knock on the rest of the 2018 NFL Draft QB class than it is to Rudolph, but he’s the type of prospect who should be in the late first or early second-round discussion.

If that’s where he winds up on the big board come April, the Patriots may have the future face of the franchise fall right into their lap at the end of round one.

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