preview

Garoppolo : The Battle Of The NFL

Decent Essays

With the 2017 NFL Season starting up in about two months, there are a lot of stories heading into the season. One story is involving the defending Super Bowl Champions The New England Patriots and backup Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo who is set to become a free agent after this season. With that said, should Garoppolo stay in New England after this upcoming season even though Tom Brady will most likely be the starting quarterback? In the second round of the 2014 draft, the team selected Garoppolo who was coming out of Eastern Illinois. During his four years at Eastern Illinois, Garoppolo threw for 13,156 yards,118 touchdowns, 51 interceptions with a passer rating of 146.3 Coming into the draft, Garoppolo was highly scouted by a lot of NFL …show more content…

During the second quarter of the week two matchup against the Miami Dolphins, Garoppolo suffered a shoulder injury after taking a hit from Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonso that kept him out for the rest of the game and during the two remaining games during Brady suspension. Even though we did not see a lot from Garoppolo during the two games that he started in his career, he did show a lot of potential. He has a strong arm to throw down the field, good in the pocket, good at making decisions while being inexperienced at starting and good at making plays with feet. If he can not find an open receiver or gets pressured by the defense, he can run for a short gain of yards in order to keep the drive going. With every young quarterback, there are a lot of flaws in their games and Garoppolo is no different. With him only starting three games in his career, people question if he is the real deal and if he can actually be a face of the franchise. Another problem is during the first two games of the season, he tends to take a long time in the pocket when trying to make decisions leading to incomplete passes, overthrown passes and getting sacked. With all that in mind, he is young enough to fix those problems and the positives about him really outweigh the negative about him. After the 2017 season, barring any contract extension or the team not using the franchise tag,

Get Access