again right now. Yeah.
If the 49ers cut Jimmy Garoppolo before week 12
the Seahawks on him. Well then
you know we got some of this quarterback talk right now but
do you let's get into this you want because if I'm the 49ers
would Trail ants and the way that looked
I'm not, I'm not letting Jimmy Garoppolo go right now. Here's
my signal to the 49ers in my friend, Kyle, Shanahan because
I was going to talk about this next period, next subject. But
Going to talk about it now.
Offer offer Jimmy Garoppolo less money and see if he'll
stay with the football team. Jimmy Garoppolo
stay with the 49ers.
What do you want to go to the crappy? Seattle Seahawks, don't
go there, stay with the 49ers, take less money, Trail ants, he
might get hurt.
I don't know if he can, hold on to the job with the way he
looks right now. So where I would go. Jimmy Garoppolo your
best place to be of all the NFL after looking everything here.
How the preseason is falling out and everything? No, major
injury
stay with the 49ers, stay with the 49ers and if you reduce
your level, your a pay cut or whatever, you know, and okay,
gym and train land starts to do well,
and it's week, seven or eight and things are all great. Okay,
it's trade time your, maybe there's no market for you, to
go to a team. Now that makes sense, and plus you won't be 25
million dollars on
the books. But so that would be my answer to that in Mike
the for
Niners right now, have a Super Bowl team. And by far
the biggest question on their team is their quarterback. It was
shaky as held the other night and other than one passed down
the left sideline and preseason game. Number one,
it wasn't all that great then either. And I'm, that would
scare me to death. If I was running that organization.
I agree with everything you just said with one exception.
Yeah,
Jimmy Garoppolo should not offer to take a penny less than
what he's do to make this year and it's a base salary of 24.
Two million but that's without the 17th game check. When you
factor in the 17th game, check its twenty five point, six
million that's 5.4 two million per game at this point. After
they've squatted on him all this time.
I would say if you're going to keep me around. Oh, by the way,
he has a little leverage in his favor because Lance has
maybe created some concern as to whether he's ready and he
could get injured.
My position is cut me.
Bye. Week one,
and let me become a free agent, or if you're going to keep me,
you're paying me 1.42 million per week. Well, and if you
trade me at some point, that's a different issue. We get past
the trade deadline, maybe we work, something out where
I don't accept, all of my termination pay, if I can be
released and go play
for someone else,
but I'm not reducing my salary below, twenty five point six,
two million. Not at this point, it's too late for the 49ers to
get that deal if they want to keep him, they got to pay him.
Well, I mean yes maybe but here would be my rebuttal to that
to a degree. And I'm again, I'm always toward the player
getting their money. I'm not trying to, but I would go cut,
you and go, where where are you going to go? That's so great
right now. Oh, you're gonna go play for the Seattle Seahawks
who can't protect the
quarterback and you know, have a lot of issues. I don't know
if that's necessarily going to put you in the best spot to be
where you want to be in 2023. But you know, the Houston
Texans and you know, be behind me, the eight ball as
far as the offense and stuff behind Davis Mills. And then
what if you don't beat him out by week 10? When everyone's
going to go, what he couldn't beat out, Davis Mills, we can't
give him a
so that's where I go
and they can find a sweet spot. Maybe that makes sense because
we're getting to the point here where I go. It doesn't make
sense or Jimmy Garoppolo to go anywhere else. There's nowhere
else to go that's where I go
stay with the Niners and the Niners with Kyle Shanahan and
and Jed York and all their Steve Young, tough talk and all
will keep them and they did that. Well, then damn. Do it.
Let's see it because I think you're being really. Be risky.
That team is Super Bowl. It's the best roster and football.
And I wouldn't just let Jimmy Garoppolo go
people. If you have to sit Trail ants
at some point during the year
and Jimmy Robbo comes in and does, well,
yeah, there's going to be people that are gonna get on
you all man. Yeah, you was the number three pick and he traded
these pics away. But if you start winning games and go to
the playoffs and get to the Super Bowl, do that,
the people will forget, it's okay.
You know, you're gonna have to take some lumps here but I
don't think you just take you a
huge lump or a cross to the face
to ruin a Super Bowl chance. If Trey Lance gets hurt
or really struggles just because you're trying to save
face because of a movie made two years ago in the draft to
get Trail Ends,
we can pull up the tape from months ago but early on in this
process in the offseason I said what they're going to do.
They're going to squat on Jimmy Garoppolo
until right before the start of the season and they're going to
go to him and say, Jimmy you're not the starting quarterback,
we'd love to Keep you around,
but we can only pay attend million dollars. Either. Take
10 million from us or you become a free agent just as
the season is starting and all the depth charts are set, right?
You got nowhere else, is anybody gonna pay you 10 or 12
million dollars? Like we will. That's the other question. You
got to throw on there too
or they maybe they find that sweet spot. 14 million to go. Hey
here's 14 million.
You know if we release you I don't think anybody else is
going to give you 14 million this year. I don't think he's
gonna get that, I don't. So that's where I would be
interesting and And, you know, again,
I don't talk about these matters. I haven't talked to my
buddy caution in a long time. I'm literally talking to him
right now. Is a friend, like trying to yell through
the microphone because that's the, that's what I came to after
this weekend after watching that game on Thursday night,
for sure. One last point to, I know, we
have to take a break but it may not necessarily be
in Jimmy, garoppolo's worst interest to not play at all.
This year, I hear using argument from last season,
wasn't bad. It didn't hurt to Sean Watson. I know DeShaun
Watson is a much better quarterback than Jimmy
Garoppolo. And
Got you didn't hurt him. Did not play a year.
So why do I want to get thrown into some bad situation?
I mean, hurt myself. Exactly. I just, I sit here and wait,
I sit here and wait
and I hear, you know what,
the more you think of, how do you keep going sit here? And,
wait, the 49ers makes the most sense for him and I think it
honestly makes sense to the 49ers,
you know, I wouldn't. So what you're gonna have to deal with
some public backlash? I don't know at the end of the day,
I would want that protective Jimmy garoppolo's my backup if
this
Guy doesn't work out or he gets hurt. Okay, at least I got him
and yeah, you're gonna have to take some crap. So, what
I mean,
the 49ers started Steve Young in 1988 and game two of
the Year. Joe Montana. Two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback.
They started steam young. They went up and it does not going
to work. Let's get them out.
Joe, came back in, they won the Super Bowl, they won the Super
Bowl. Joe gets hurt in the NFC championship game. See, you
later then it's Steve Young in 1991. So
again, you know, as much as No, we all want it right now. Now
you know patience is a virtue. They say and maybe this is one
where you got to do it here.
Boy, you're getting wise in your old age. So Garoppolo
either either sits and doesn't play. And last year, becomes
a perfect closing argument for free agency next year, or he
stays with the 49ers. And if he's called upon to play at
some point, he's in a position where he plays well, enough,
that he only enhances his status
next year, instead of Landing with some team where it all
goes to crap, and And and people are going to view them
differently next year. I
who knows who knows? What's going to make some sense letter
believe he's not going to be on the team. Yeah maybe that
changes we got to take a break.
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