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Daily Mirror
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Joseph McBride

Jimmy Garoppolo suffers nightmare start to Las Vegas Raiders career after big contract

The Las Vegas Raiders are without quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo for OTA's this week, as the 31-year-old required surgery after signing a three-year $72.75million (£59.07m( deal.

Garoppolo signed for the Raiders back in March after leaving the San Francisco 49ers, picking up $33.75m (£27.4m) in guarantees throughout his three-year contract. Garoppolo was brought in to replace long-term quarterback Derek Carr, but he's already absent as he targets a full recovery.

The quarterback suffered a left-foot fracture back in December while playing for the 49ers, but team doctors gave him a recovery diagnosis of two months and advised against surgery. The Raiders were aware of this when signing Garoppolo, but only found out after the deal was done that the quarterback did require a surgical procedure.

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