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Just watch. I called it 2 years ago.
He was not that spectacular last season before being injured vs KC. JAG.
Jimmy Average Garropolo
injuries can change players abilities and ceilingsYeah, what a crappy player. Belichick was ready to make him TB12’s successor with a huge grin on his face.
Maybe. But this is a preseason game. I doubt Jimmy G is playing for his job. as good as Mullens and Beathard look the 49ers will want to justify the salary they paid him.Having a "struggle period" is one thing, but this guy threw 5 consecutive interceptions in practice, and followed it up with a 0.0 QB rating. If I was a 9ers fan, I'd be quite a bit worried.
Yes there is. But it doesn't come from this preseason game. It comes from the fact that every time he's been asked to carry the load of starting, he's gotten hurt. Which has a lot to do with his bad habit of trying to extend plays outside the pocket when he should be throwing it away to avoid taking exactly the kinds of hits that injured him.It is fair to say that there is *some* uncertainty regarding Jimmy's future.
This is the two injuries that have taken time away from Jimmy G. Take a look at them and pay especial attention to how far away he is from any of the guys assigned to protect him
First the shoulder injury in 16
He's more than 10 yards from the nearest guy with a number in the 60s and 70s on his back. He was flushed, but Tom Brady dumps that ball at someone's feet, takes a controlled hit and lives to play another down. Garoppolo is trying to do a hero move instead and he pays the price.
Now the play in San Fran last year
Once again, he's flushed from the pocket and lets himself get herded until he's more than 15 yards from the nearest OL or TE. He's trying to convert a 4th down and the Chiefs break up the designed play, so he junks it and tries to play 1 v 11. At that point he's just begging to be hurt.
This is what he's got to cut out if he wants a long career. You can't put your body on the line like that for individual plays. He needs to learn to surrender the play in order to win the game.
Side note: I don't know who coaches the OL in San Francisco, but I wouldn't trust them to run a McDonald's. EVERY SINGLE ONE of the offensive linemen stop running once Jimmy G is flushed. Garoppolo isn't so fast that one of those big guys shouldn't be at least trying to close the distance using the angle in his favor and try to protect his guy. We've seen offensive linemen provide blocking down field for our players because Scar will get in their faces if they don't. There was no discipline in that crew of OLinemen and that helped their QB get hurt.
If I was a 49ers fan (and had some attention to detail) I'd be PO'd at the Oline coach
It wasn't a big hit, but Garoppolo was focused on making a throw rather than protecting himself, and he had a bad fall. This, again, happened because he scrambled away from his protection and did not make good use of his blockers, and got hurt trying to make an all-or-nothing play in a situation that didn't require it.Yeah, we'll see. I think the shoulder injury suggests he may not be durable since that seemed to be a pretty standard hit. The ACL injury was a bad a choice by JG, but it was still a freak injury that is rather random. You would expect he might have gotten smashed by the defender for making that mistake, not this type of knee injury. At least that's how I viewed the play, that he tore his ACL before the contact.
Exactly, not setting feet, rushing throw, inaccurate. I'm a Jimmy G fan but it was a scary performance. Clearly mental, hope he can overcome it.He looked skittish. Kind of reminded me of Hayward coming back at first after the ankle injury.
This is the two injuries that have taken time away from Jimmy G. Take a look at them and pay especial attention to how far away he is from any of the guys assigned to protect him
First the shoulder injury in 16
He's more than 10 yards from the nearest guy with a number in the 60s and 70s on his back. He was flushed, but Tom Brady dumps that ball at someone's feet, takes a controlled hit and lives to play another down. Garoppolo is trying to do a hero move instead and he pays the price.
Now the play in San Fran last year
Once again, he's flushed from the pocket and lets himself get herded until he's more than 15 yards from the nearest OL or TE. He's trying to convert a 4th down and the Chiefs break up the designed play, so he junks it and tries to play 1 v 11. At that point he's just begging to be hurt.
This is what he's got to cut out if he wants a long career. You can't put your body on the line like that for individual plays. He needs to learn to surrender the play in order to win the game.
Side note: I don't know who coaches the OL in San Francisco, but I wouldn't trust them to run a McDonald's. EVERY SINGLE ONE of the offensive linemen stop running once Jimmy G is flushed. Garoppolo isn't so fast that one of those big guys shouldn't be at least trying to close the distance using the angle in his favor and try to protect his guy. We've seen offensive linemen provide blocking down field for our players because Scar will get in their faces if they don't. There was no discipline in that crew of OLinemen and that helped their QB get hurt.
If I was a 49ers fan (and had some attention to detail) I'd be PO'd at the Oline coach
Agreed. I felt bad for the guy. Foot work looked very inconsistent. Telegraphing passes and long windups. Looked nothing like the player he was in NE. Is SF coaching trying to chance his technique? Hope not.He didn't just struggle. He looked terrible, his play was horrendous, but worse than his play was the look on his face. It was bad.
Why is anyone surprised? it's his first game back after missing extensive time, I would have been amazed if there wasn't a struggle period.
He's probably out there to get his reps and is focused more on physical recovery than performance right now. It's something that every athlete who's dealt with knee damage has had to adjust to. Even Brady wasn't fantastic his first couple games back after getting Pollarded.
I'm not going to bury a guy for a bad practice (PRACTICE?!) and a preseason game, but I really don't trust his durability at all at this point.
Imagine how incredibly stupid dumping Brady for Jimmy G would have been though. They started seriously calling for it in 2014 and then Brady got 3 more rings lmao.