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$.01—This year’s NFL trade deadline was a lot more active than usual. Several trades went down involving notable players. The most pertinent trade came from New England, where the Patriots shipped backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo to San Francisco for the 49ers’ second-round pick. This move says a lot about the two franchises on opposite ends of the NFL spectrum.New England will get the No. 33 or No. 34 pick in the draft, because the 49ers remain terrible. Garoppolo did not play in his first game for the Niners, a 20-10 loss to lowly Arizona in front of a half-filled Levi’s Stadium. After watching rookie starter C.J. Beathard get hit 16 times behind a porous line missing standout left tackle Joe Staley (broken eye socket) and throwing to a receiving corps highlighted by 5’8” undrafted rookie Trent Taylor, perhaps Garoppolo might want to struggle to pick up the new playbook in an act of self-preservation.On Garoppolo:I’ve never been a huge fan. There are certainly some positive traits. Garoppolo has a live arm and can
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