Yes, I do believe that Garoppolo will start for the Niners in 2021.
I believe that bringing back Scangarello will be HUGE for him, and I do think we will see him back to 2017 form this year. I think this is our shot at an SB, and Garoppolo’s improvements this offseason will be a huge boost. Him and Scangarello really click, and we saw that in 2017 before Scang departed. I think Scangarello’s signing tells us that Shanny and Lynch are investing in Jimmy for this year (and our QBs later on) and that they believe Jimmy gives us a shot at 6.
That being said, we have a snowball’s chance in hell of hoisting a 6th Lombardi with the IOL situation we have now. We have learned that Richburg cannot be trusted to be healthy, and Garland is decent but not a permanent option at C. Brunskill is a solid RG for us (neutralized Aaron Donald HIMSELF) but had to be moved to C because of Grasu. I think we need to re-sign Brunny since he is an ERFA and is quality depth at worst. For the OL, I think the plan needs to be 1) Re-sign Trent Williams, 2) Cut Richburg, and 3) Draft Center Josh Myers in the 2nd Round. This is, IMO, the perfect plan for our OL for this offseason, and we will be SB contenders if this happens.
Lastly, since the cap is projected to be at 185 instead of 175 (yay), that means we likely retain Verrett and Moseley and/or Spoon, and that makes me happy.
Great Job on this article, that amount of detail you put in is crazy. Injury prone is the word for me. He just get hurt way too much to be a franchise qb. Could be a case of bad luck for him but it costing this team SB opportunities. I rather roll the dice and sign/trade for a high quality starter(stafford) or draft a qb.
He seems a good QB, sometimes a very good one, but like a 10-6 season. And it is very difficult to say what will be better about him. I can't see a clear path, only some different options almost equal from the risk/reward point of view. I can only hope the FO has all the informations we don't have, about his real physical conditions, and about the evaluation of the available draft prospects (it is easy to dream about the new Mahomes or Josh Allen, but we all know the real odds). And maybe it could be important what they just saw about Rosen. I wouldn't like a trade for Cousins, I don't think Watson will be really available and if yes he would be too expensive now (but maybe manageable in the next couple of years), and it would depend by the price for a trade about Stafford. My hope is the FO will do the right thing, I don't know what it will be but we will see the result on the field in the next years. At least the 2020 is over and the 2021 seems starting with the right foot.
Very in depth article and well written, so we know that Kyle Posey didn't write it. lol One thing that I agree with 100% is that Shanny was protecting Jimmy G. in 2019. Shanny was protecting Jimmy's knee, while it may have been healed enough to play football, it was far from being 100%. Even with the knee situation we were 2nd in points scored and we went to the Super Bowl. While Jimmy may not be perfect, I believe that he is perfect for Shanny's system. As far as injuries go, it is not Jimmy who is injury prone, it is the Niners who are injury prone. Jimmy may never get hurt again or he may get hurt every year, we don't know and past injuries don't dictate future injuries otherwise Verrett never would have made it through the 2020 season. As far as the Super Bowl goes Jimmy was 18 of 22 before the hit to the head and I believe 2 of 9 after the hit. Anybody that doesn't believe that that hit affected him must not be familiar at all with concussions/bumps to the head. Here is why I understand how a hit to the head can affect you; when I was 16 we had a school trip to the river, I was climbing up a boulder to dive off of it and I slipped and smacked the side of my head on the boulder. I slid down that boulder and took a minute to take stock of my situation, there was no blood and I felt fine so I climbed up that boulder and dove off it a half a dozen times or so. Like I said, I felt fine but then it was time to go catch up with the rest of the group and I couldn't remember where they were, I had to ask somebody if they had seen our group. A buddy of mine came up carrying a couple of fish, I asked him who caught those, he looked at me funny and said that we did, so I asked him who caught the bigger one and he told me that I did, that was when we knew that there was something wrong as I was very competitive back then. My point is that while Jimmy may have felt fine after that hit, he wasn't. A QB has so much to process in 2 or 3 seconds and if he is off in his processing, he is off in his pass.
Man, I wish this article could reach a Niners Nation sized audience. It's really great stuff, and heavily shifted my perception of Garoppolo. He's A LOT more limited than I realized. Shanahan's playcalling makes a lot of guys look better than they really are, and our YAC monsters like Kittle, Deebo, and now Aiyuk inflate QB stat lines well beyond the QB's actual play.
Excellent article. I really don’t have an opinion. I trust Shanalynch to do their job. Based on this data, I wouldn’t mind a different direction. However, I do NOT blame Jimmy for the SB loss. Historically, Rodgers isn’t amazing in the playoffs and I’d still love to have Rodgers. I believe in not blaming QBs for choking, unless it is an true choke job; however I do think it’s important to give credit to clutch QBs like Brady and Montana. Baseball savants will tell you the data doesn’t support “clutch” - well the data says that Rodgers and Wilson should both be more than 1-time SB Champions. I’m rambling. The point is the truly great ones are gifts. We can’t expect greatness from any QB. But we can hope for lightning in a bottle, eg Flacco, E Manning (he did it twice though - he could be considered clutch) and even Jim Kelly. I’d take Jim Kelly - I don’t care about his SB record. Heck, Elway was a SB bum before his final two years.
Yes, I do believe that Garoppolo will start for the Niners in 2021.
I believe that bringing back Scangarello will be HUGE for him, and I do think we will see him back to 2017 form this year. I think this is our shot at an SB, and Garoppolo’s improvements this offseason will be a huge boost. Him and Scangarello really click, and we saw that in 2017 before Scang departed. I think Scangarello’s signing tells us that Shanny and Lynch are investing in Jimmy for this year (and our QBs later on) and that they believe Jimmy gives us a shot at 6.
That being said, we have a snowball’s chance in hell of hoisting a 6th Lombardi with the IOL situation we have now. We have learned that Richburg cannot be trusted to be healthy, and Garland is decent but not a permanent option at C. Brunskill is a solid RG for us (neutralized Aaron Donald HIMSELF) but had to be moved to C because of Grasu. I think we need to re-sign Brunny since he is an ERFA and is quality depth at worst. For the OL, I think the plan needs to be 1) Re-sign Trent Williams, 2) Cut Richburg, and 3) Draft Center Josh Myers in the 2nd Round. This is, IMO, the perfect plan for our OL for this offseason, and we will be SB contenders if this happens.
Lastly, since the cap is projected to be at 185 instead of 175 (yay), that means we likely retain Verrett and Moseley and/or Spoon, and that makes me happy.
One word? "Handsome"
Great Job on this article, that amount of detail you put in is crazy. Injury prone is the word for me. He just get hurt way too much to be a franchise qb. Could be a case of bad luck for him but it costing this team SB opportunities. I rather roll the dice and sign/trade for a high quality starter(stafford) or draft a qb.
He seems a good QB, sometimes a very good one, but like a 10-6 season. And it is very difficult to say what will be better about him. I can't see a clear path, only some different options almost equal from the risk/reward point of view. I can only hope the FO has all the informations we don't have, about his real physical conditions, and about the evaluation of the available draft prospects (it is easy to dream about the new Mahomes or Josh Allen, but we all know the real odds). And maybe it could be important what they just saw about Rosen. I wouldn't like a trade for Cousins, I don't think Watson will be really available and if yes he would be too expensive now (but maybe manageable in the next couple of years), and it would depend by the price for a trade about Stafford. My hope is the FO will do the right thing, I don't know what it will be but we will see the result on the field in the next years. At least the 2020 is over and the 2021 seems starting with the right foot.
Very in depth article and well written, so we know that Kyle Posey didn't write it. lol One thing that I agree with 100% is that Shanny was protecting Jimmy G. in 2019. Shanny was protecting Jimmy's knee, while it may have been healed enough to play football, it was far from being 100%. Even with the knee situation we were 2nd in points scored and we went to the Super Bowl. While Jimmy may not be perfect, I believe that he is perfect for Shanny's system. As far as injuries go, it is not Jimmy who is injury prone, it is the Niners who are injury prone. Jimmy may never get hurt again or he may get hurt every year, we don't know and past injuries don't dictate future injuries otherwise Verrett never would have made it through the 2020 season. As far as the Super Bowl goes Jimmy was 18 of 22 before the hit to the head and I believe 2 of 9 after the hit. Anybody that doesn't believe that that hit affected him must not be familiar at all with concussions/bumps to the head. Here is why I understand how a hit to the head can affect you; when I was 16 we had a school trip to the river, I was climbing up a boulder to dive off of it and I slipped and smacked the side of my head on the boulder. I slid down that boulder and took a minute to take stock of my situation, there was no blood and I felt fine so I climbed up that boulder and dove off it a half a dozen times or so. Like I said, I felt fine but then it was time to go catch up with the rest of the group and I couldn't remember where they were, I had to ask somebody if they had seen our group. A buddy of mine came up carrying a couple of fish, I asked him who caught those, he looked at me funny and said that we did, so I asked him who caught the bigger one and he told me that I did, that was when we knew that there was something wrong as I was very competitive back then. My point is that while Jimmy may have felt fine after that hit, he wasn't. A QB has so much to process in 2 or 3 seconds and if he is off in his processing, he is off in his pass.
Man, I wish this article could reach a Niners Nation sized audience. It's really great stuff, and heavily shifted my perception of Garoppolo. He's A LOT more limited than I realized. Shanahan's playcalling makes a lot of guys look better than they really are, and our YAC monsters like Kittle, Deebo, and now Aiyuk inflate QB stat lines well beyond the QB's actual play.
We need a new QB.
Excellent article. I really don’t have an opinion. I trust Shanalynch to do their job. Based on this data, I wouldn’t mind a different direction. However, I do NOT blame Jimmy for the SB loss. Historically, Rodgers isn’t amazing in the playoffs and I’d still love to have Rodgers. I believe in not blaming QBs for choking, unless it is an true choke job; however I do think it’s important to give credit to clutch QBs like Brady and Montana. Baseball savants will tell you the data doesn’t support “clutch” - well the data says that Rodgers and Wilson should both be more than 1-time SB Champions. I’m rambling. The point is the truly great ones are gifts. We can’t expect greatness from any QB. But we can hope for lightning in a bottle, eg Flacco, E Manning (he did it twice though - he could be considered clutch) and even Jim Kelly. I’d take Jim Kelly - I don’t care about his SB record. Heck, Elway was a SB bum before his final two years.
Incredibly well done article my brother