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Former San Francisco 49ers tight end Brent Jones stopped by KNBR's Tolbert and Copes show, sharing his displeasure with
Jimmy Garoppolo's performance during his first start of the season against the Denver Broncos last weekend.
Jones, who has defended Garoppolo in the past, blasted the veteran quarterback, especially when referencing the bizarre safety he committed which gifted the Broncos two points.
"I am laying the blame, I don't do this very often, in fact I don't do it hardly at all. Jimmy Garoppolo was horrible. What the heck? When you're a professional football player and quarterback, you know where the back of the end zone is. That was so outrageous. You know how many times I've seen that from a veteran quarterback. 0.0 from a veteran quarterback, it's just the worst," Jones said.
"While I was yelling 'what are you thinking?' He's throwing a pick-six so I'm rooting for a safety. You know since we got Jimmy, I've been pretty supportive of Jimmy, and I've tried to say so along the way. And he's not perfect, he does one or two goofy things every game and we talked about this, even when Trey was the starter. I said 'just remember, the world isn't totally rosy with Jimmy in there.'"
However, Jones was even more frustrated by Garoppolo's postgame demeanor, citing Garoppolo's friendly interaction with Broncos offensive lineman Cameron Fleming following the game.
"That fumble he was pulling away from the center too early, the pick into double maybe triple coverage was just nasty, but I gotta say, and I don't think I've ever said this before, after you played horrible and you're the reason your team lost the game, you do not smile and go glad-handing the other team after the game," said Jones. "I've never seen that from any quarterback ever, that has ever been any good."
Jones compared Garoppolo's demeanor to other greats in the NFL, even stating that it seemed as if Garoppolo didn't even care.
"Steve Young? No way. Joe Montana? Hell no. Brett Favre? No chance in heck. You think
Russell Wilson is laughing after he throws a pick, steps out of the end zone for a safety and fumbles a ball and plays horrible and his team's 1-2 and the reason they lost the game. It almost looked like he didn't even care. It was so frustrating, and maybe I was just mad because the game was so ugly. If that's me, I'm running for the locker room. I am not smiling, I am not talking to anybody for a week if you play like that."
"I just don't get his disposition, but that was really frustrating. Icing on the cake."
Going forward, Jones is looking for Garoppolo to showcase more emotion from the quarterback as a way of proving that he's all in for leading the 49ers to their goal of a Super Bowl.
"I want to see Jimmy grabbing a couple receivers and talking to them, I want to see him patting his linemen on the shoulder and saying 'I need some time'…I want him talking to a coach. I always just see him sitting there posing and nobody is taking GQ pics on the sideline. I want to see some emotion, I want to see some quarterbacking, but they always just show him sitting there looking stoic, posing. I wanna see some messed up hair, how about that?"
"I want my quarterback all in. I'm not saying he's not, but it sure comes across like 'ya know, oh well, too bad, I had to take a pay cut this year. It's not on me, I'm just here having fun. High five. Yeah we got smoked."
The 49ers will look to rebound from their poor Sunday Night performance against their division rivals, the Los Angeles Rams, at Levi's Stadium on Monday Night Football.
Brock Purdy started warming up on the sideline after San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo took a hit to his surgically repaired left knee and was slow to get up. Garoppolo appeared to be in pain. The quarterback was asked if he ever thought he might need to exit the game.
"Nah, I was staying in the game," Garoppolo told reporters after the 49ers' 13-0 win over the New Orleans Saints. "I knew what type of game it was. That's what it was all day. That wasn't the only hit that was questionable like that. Throughout the whole game, it was like that, but that's football.
"It was a gritty game. I'm proud of the guys today, how they fought through the adversity that was thrown at us. There was all kinds of adversity, and we just kept going. I think
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, and others spoke with reporters after Sunday's 13-0 win against the New Orleans Saints. Here is everything they had to say.
Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff.
49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan
Opening Comments:
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Is that the same sprained MCL for Elijah?
"No, a different
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