Injuries have been a problem for Jimmy Garoppolo. He has been lost for the latter part of the season three times in the past five years. Including last season when he suffered a lisfranc fracture in his left foot and was out the last month of the season and the playoffs.
At the time, Garoppolo held off on getting surgery in the hopes the injury would be able to heal and he could take the field should the 49ers make the Super Bowl.
They did not make the Super Bowl and as it turns out, Garoppolo did end up requiring surgery. A surgery that occurred after he had signed with the Raiders according to a report in The Athletic.
The Raiders take the field for OTA practice this week and Garoppolo will not be among them.
“You won’t see him today,” Josh McDaniels said of Garoppolo.
“He’s going through his process just like we knew he would. Nothing has happened that would surprise us based on the information we had.”
Garoppolo’s surgery was not a surprise to the Raiders according to McDaniels. And he says he not concerned about his starting QB not being available right now.
“Everything that’s happened since we signed Jimmy, we knew ahead of time,” McDaniels said when asked about Garoppolo getting surgery.
As for a timeline, McDaniels said it “could be” training camp before we see Jimmy G practicing.
“The most important time of the year is going to happen when we get to training camp so that we’re ready to go and we can do the work we need to do in August,” McDaniels said.
We all knew the primary concern with Garoppolo was staying healthy. But the expectation is that he is at least healthy going in. As of right not, that is not the case.
