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At some point, New England Patriots fans are going to have the face the reality that Tom Brady can’t play forever and they will need to transition to a new quarterback and new era for the franchise. Most fans have been hoping that it will be Jimmy Garoppolo to take over after Brady is done but they also know other teams have been very interested in making him their own starting quarterback. Early Friday morning, Garoppolo confused fans throughout New England with an Instagram post referring to him leaving.

So grateful for my time in New England. Peace out Boston ✌?

A post shared by Jimmy Garoppolo (@jimmypolo10) on

Since this was posted, most media has written it off as a hack and experts around the league are adamant no deal for Garoppolo has happened. The interesting thing though is this is now five hours later at the time of me writing this and the post is still up. If it was a hack, it would normally have been deleted a long time ago.

It feels at least that for now, Pats fans can relax as their beloved backup isn’t going anywhere. He may eventually wind up with another team but today doesn’t appear to be the day.

Written by @IamJoeSports