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Butler, Garoppolo stay put after the draft but what about 2018?

Now that the NFL draft has come-and-gone, it is quite clear that both Jimmy Garoppolo and Malcolm Butler will be members of the 2017 New England Patriots team, but what happens after that?

For months, rumors swirled involving both players and their potential new landing spot. Garoppolo had been linked with Cleveland for months. Butler had New Orleans hot on his trail around the time of the Brandin Cooks trade.

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However, after weeks of assuming both players were a lock to be elsewhere in 2017, nothing ever came to fruition.