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San Francisco will have a decision to make on Garoppolo after this season. Some wonder if the team might even look at opportunities before the November 2 trade deadline.
Former Patriots teammate bashes Jimmy Garoppolo
Don't count former New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett among Garoppolo's biggest fans. Bennett bashed his former teammate during an appearance on the Double Coverage podcast with Jason and Devin McCourty. The comments about Garoppolo surrounded the quarterback's performance during Tom Brady's four-game suspension in 2016.
"Bro, we lost two games," Bennett said via NBC Sports Boston (h/t to Pro Football Talk). "One of them was because Jimmy Garoppolo was being a b--ch. He decided not to play right before the game. Jacoby (Brissett) came out and played with a f---ed up thumb and played his heart out, but Jimmy was just being a b--ch about it all.
"That's why he ... you can't win with a b--ch for a quarterback, first of all. That was the whole thing with him: He didn't want to come out and do anything because his agent was trying to protect his body or some s--- like that. Which, I can't fault him for that. But like, you should have made that decision on Thursday. Now it's Sunday.
Colin Cowherd believes Garoppolo will have a market
Despite what Bennett thinks about Garoppolo, FS1's Colin Cowherd believes the veteran quarterback will have a market whenever the 49ers decide to move on from him.
"Jimmy Garoppolo is going to have a much bigger market when the Niners move off of him," Cowherd said on Friday during his show, The Herd (h/t to Chris Rosvoglou of The Spun).
Cowherd notes that head coach Kyle Shanahan is 24-10 with Garoppolo as his starting quarterback and 7-28 without him. Garoppolo wins a lot of football games. However, staying healthy has been a problem.
Cowherd added that there could be several quarterback-needy teams next year. Deshaun Watson may land with one, assuming he isn't dealt before the November 2 trade deadline. Aaron Rodgers could end up at another. After that, you have a lot of potential draft prospects from smaller schools.
"Again, I have my misgiving about him, and he's constantly hurt … but he will have a market. He's not a bad quarterback. He will absolutely have a market."
49ers with Jimmy G: 24-10
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) October 22, 2021
49ers without Jimmy G: 7-28
"He's going to have a much bigger market than you think when San Francisco moves off of him." — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/Lz3m2pajUQ