Jimmy Garoppolo utilizing Richard Sherman to improve his quarterback play

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman has seen it all throughout his nine NFL seasons. His ability to haul in some interceptions of his quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, during training camp shouldn't come as a surprise. Sherman, after all, was the league's highest-graded cornerback by Pro Football Focus last season.

Garoppolo has been using plays like that as a learning experience. The quarterback was asked on Wednesday if he ever gets together with Sherman to figure out what the cornerback is seeing on the practice field that allows him to make a play on a pass.

"Oh yeah. All the time," Garoppolo responded. "Sherm plays DB, but he sees the game kind of as a coordinator, offensive and defensive, at times. Whenever we have a play like that, or if he jumps a route and gets his hand on it, whether it's asking him what tipped it off, did we do something, did he hear something?"

Just because Garoppolo asks doesn't mean Sherman is always willing to give up all his secrets. You would think the veteran cornerback would be willing to do whatever it takes to help his teammate improve, but Sherman is still a competitor at heart.

That competitive nature can also motivate the 49ers quarterback to improve.

"He won't always tell you," Garoppolo revealed. "He's a competitive guy, at the end of the day too. But those are the competitions you love in training camp.

"It's only going to make us both better, so I always pick his brain, whenever I can."