Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Los Angeles Rams

Originally posted by TreyDeyEeyDey:
Wait... This guy is getting surgery for nothing?! A couple prominent posters(not haters obviously) shared a tweet that he was faking it. Then proceeded to say they didn't after being called out for believing in crazy conspiracies.👀

I don't understand how they're taken seriously.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Why would Jimmy fake an injury? He sure as hell wouldn't have surgery if it wasn't needed.

It may have come down to a choice of trying to play with the bad thumb and probably struggling or having the surgery so he has plenty of time to rehab before next season. You never know when there can be complications with any surgery.

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Why would Jimmy fake an injury? He sure as hell wouldn't have surgery if it wasn't needed.

It may have come down to a choice of trying to play with the bad thumb and probably struggling or having the surgery so he has plenty of time to rehab before next season. You never know when there can be complications with any surgery.

Surgery hasn't happened yet, this is still speculation

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Jimmy possibly having offseason surgery is going to make it even harder to trade him.

Originally posted by kansasninerfan:
anyone catch this little factoid? I thought he did get like 7.5M if he was injured to start the season?

Garoppolo has a base salary of $24.2 million in 2022. None of the money is guaranteed for injury or otherwise, and there's no trigger that converts any of the payments to guarantees — other than his presence on the active roster at the start of the regular season. It gives the team maximum flexibility to decide whether to keep, trade, or cut Garoppolo.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/02/jimmy-garoppolo-wont-play-sunday-will-need-surgery-after-the-season/

Originally posted by TreyDeyEeyDey:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Why would Jimmy fake an injury? He sure as hell wouldn't have surgery if it wasn't needed.

It may have come down to a choice of trying to play with the bad thumb and probably struggling or having the surgery so he has plenty of time to rehab before next season. You never know when there can be complications with any surgery.

Surgery hasn't happened yet, this is still speculation

Lol QAnon

Originally posted by NotAFinga42:
This is making less sense every time something new comes out. Why isn't he playing this week then? If he is going to need surgery after the season, it's not like 1 week off will heal it.

Originally posted by okdkid:

Originally posted by NotAFinga42:
This is making less sense every time something new comes out. Why isn't he playing this week then? If he is going to need surgery after the season, it's not like 1 week off will heal it.

They're saying in the short term it's a pain tolerance thing. The pain may subside as swelling decreases. But he will need surgery to correct the injury long term.

This happens all the time. Every year each team will have a dozen players that get surgery after the season - since they were just toughing it out during the season.

Originally posted by NotAFinga42:
This is making less sense every time something new comes out. Why isn't he playing this week then? If he is going to need surgery after the season, it's not like 1 week off will heal it.