The Cleveland Browns will be in search of their next quarterback during the offseason, and Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is reportedly on their radar.

According to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, the Browns’ interest in Garoppolo is “real” and they’ll “strongly consider” a deal for the 2014 second-round pick after putting together their draft evaluations on Mitch Trubisky and Deshaun Watson.

Garoppolo started two games for the Patriots in 2016, impressing in six quarters of work as Tom Brady's fill-in before suffering a Grade 2 AC joint sprain against the Dolphins in Week 2.

When asked about his future on NFL Opening Night, Garoppolo said, "I haven’t even thought about it to be honest, sorry.”

With Garoppolo heading into the final year of his rookie deal, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard potential Garoppolo-to-Browns talk .