The Las Vegas Raiders have found their replacement for Derek Carr at the quarterback position by signing Jimmy Garoppolo. Maybe the plan all along was to reunite Garoppolo with his former offensive coordinator from their New England days, Josh McDaniels, who is the Raiders’ head coach. Garoppolo was drafted by the Patriots and played in New England for three seasons and only started 2 games, as he won them both. The Patriots already had Tom Brady in place, and owner Robert Kraft was not going to replace his love child. Even though you think McDaniels and head coach Bill Belichick’s pipe dream was to move on from Brady, who was getting too big for his britches, and insert in Jimmy G to steer the Patriot dynasty to excellence. Now Belichick will have to live this dream through his former disciple, McDaniels, as they now have Mr. GQ for three years for 67.5 million of which 34 is guaranteed. The Jimmy Garoppolo signing is going to either make or break McDaniels who has not had much success at the head coach position. Can Jimmy G change McDaniels’ luck?

Last year, Jimmy Garoppolo saved the San Francisco 49ers season as the coaching staff went with Trey Lance as the starting quarterback. Lance would only last two games as suddenly Jimmy was the man again. Garoppolo did his thing and went 7-3, completing 67.2% of his passes with 16 touchdown passes and only 4 interceptions. Garoppolo’s season would then suddenly come to an end with an injury to his left foot. Garoppolo would miss the remaining 5 games and the playoffs. The 49ers were in good hands with Brock Purdy who took over the quarterback duties and went perfect in the 5 games Jimmy G missed. Purdy’s injury in the playoffs would eventually end the 49ers’ road to the Superbowl. This is what you may encounter signing Garoppolo because injuries have followed him like dark clouds as he has only played 1 full season as a starter without missing time. Garoppolo missed 30 games during his tenure with the 49ers with all kinds of injuries from his thumb, ankle, and shoulder. When Jimmy G is healthy, all’s he does is WIN BABY! Taking the saying of the Great Al Davis former owner of the silver and black. Garoppolo is 40-17 as a regular season starter and is 4-2 in the post-season and led the 49ers to Superbowl LIV, which resulted in a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Garoppolo is 31 years old and has completed 67.6% of his passes while tossing 87 touchdowns with only 42 interceptions and has 14,289 passing yards to his credits.

Derek Carr had his worst season of his career in Josh McDaniels’ system last season. It will be interesting to see if Garoppolo thrives in McDaniel’s system over Kyle Shanahan’s system he’s been in the last 6 seasons. The Raiders have signed wide receiver Phillip Dorsett, who was a brief teammate of Garoppolo back in New England. Then the Raiders signed another former Patriot, their best wide receiver Jakobi Meyers, to a three year deal. McDaniels is familiar with Meyers and vice versa. The Raiders have one of the best receivers on their roster in Devante Adams. Garoppolo will have a good running game behind him with one of the best backs in the league last year, Josh Jacobs. You definitely can compare the talent on the 49ers offense and the Raiders offense is pretty close. Who’s the back up quarterback for the Raiders? Last season, Jarrett Stidham, another former Patriot, knew McDaniels’ system but has signed with the Broncos. This is looking good for the Raiders, but they are a team that needs a quality back up to steer the ship if injuries occur once again for Jimmy. You hope the back up knows this system, because it seems like it’s not for every quarterback in the league. Does this Jimmy signing make the Raiders able to knock the champs off their perch? Does it make you better than the Chargers or the Broncos? The Raiders defense has talent on that unit, but they could use some help. Garoppolo is used to that 49ers defense that can shut teams down after a mistake perhaps. I like Jimmy Garoppolo being the man and the guy which the 49ers never thought of him as drafting Trey Lance high in the first round instead of getting a piece to help that 49ers roster at the time. I hate the Patriot way of any kind. It would be fascinating to see Bill Belichick & him love struck for Jimmy blossoming under his former clown. I really don’t think McDaniels is cut out to be a head coach in the NFL. His mind is always on this offense and seems he can’t juggle the other duties that come with being the head coach. When the regular season starts, we will see if Jimmy G continues to win baby!!