Joe Staley went to a Super Bowl with Jimmy Garoppolo as his quarterback in 2019. That’s not the version of Jimmy Garoppolo that was under center for the 49ers on Sunday night, however.
Jimmy G and the 49ers had an evening to forget in a bizarre 11-10 loss to the Denver Broncos, one in which the San Francisco offense was inept throughout.
So, what did Staley think of Garoppolo’s first start since 2021? He didn’t think the QB looked like himself, and that Jimmy’s comments postgame about not having an offseason to get ready are easy to say after the fact.
“It’s easy now hindsight saying like well he didn’t have training camp and all that stuff,” Staley said on KNBR “He’s coming back from a shoulder injury but yeah, it just wasn’t a great game. He looked off. Throws weren’t quite there. Even stuff to the sideline. Quick screen passes or swing passes out to the receiver looked high, low, it wasn’t there completely.”
Garoppolo did indeed not practice with the team during training camp, but that was also the case last week when he looked pretty damn good vs. the Seahawks. It’s clear that the Broncos defense is better, but it seems a little silly to mention a lack of training camp when Garoppolo has been with the 49ers since 2017.
“From my vantage point in the stands it just wasn’t clicking, and I’ve been there,” Staley concluded. “We’ve had really good teams where just one day it wasn’t there. Offensively hopefully this isn’t the Niners offense we’re going to see the rest of the season. Hopefully, this was just a blip.”
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