More From Albert Breer: Jalen Ramsey Would Have Left the Rams for Only the Dolphins | When We Could See Aaron Rodgers on the Field for the Jets | The Bears Never Told Justin Fields He’s Their Quarterback, But the Decision March 10th Did
Jimmy Garoppolo hadn’t played for Josh McDaniels in four years, and the coach was in the midst of a massive change in his own career. The two still had a good relationship, for sure, but it wasn’t like they talked every week—and there wouldn’t have been any sort of recruiting pitch for McDaniels to deliver at that point.
Maybe that’s why Garoppolo remembers the text so fondly.
