The Panthers Reportedly Have Done Their Homework on Jimmy Garoppolo

You have to wonder what they learned when they did their homework.

Grant Cohn | Apr 17, 2022

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Finally, some good news about Jimmy Garoppolo.

The Carolina Panthers reportedly have done homework on the 49ers' veteran quarterback, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. Which means the Panthers at least are considering trading for Garoppolo. Although they haven't traded for him yet, so you have to wonder what they learned when they did their homework.

I can take a guess:

Garoppolo is popular.

His teammates like him.

He has a wonderful smile.

He has an extremely polished, professional persona.

He has copied all of Tom Brady's mannerisms.

He has played for Bill Belichick.

He has won two Super Bowls as a backup quarterback.

He has a quick release.

He has terrible footwork.

He has very little velocity on his throws.

He has zero willingness to pass downfield.

He has no idea what he's looking at when he reads defenses.

He can't move.

He can't avoid sacks.

He can't create plays.

He can't stay healthy.

He can't throw this offseason.

He doesn't communicate with his coaches after the season ends.

He never takes responsibility for his mistakes.

He's awful in practice.

He's an interception waiting to happen.

He's so turnover prone, he could have the best trio of wide receivers and tight ends in the NFL and the 49ers still would be scared to throw more than 25 times per game. Oh wait, that was last season.

He makes the same rookie mistakes every game.

He has only 47 career starts.

He has no upside.

He has $115 million in career earnings.

He has another $27 million coming his way this season.

He's 30.

I just can't figure out why the Panthers haven't traded for him yet. Haven't they seen his smile?

Published Apr 17, 2022

GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.