Veteran quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo suggested he couldn't be happier with his new team. That would be none other than the Los Angeles Rams, the team with which Garoppolo is expected to back up starter Matthew Stafford.
Garoppolo was cut by the Las Vegas Raiders and told The Athletic that Stafford and coach Sean McVay were two big reasons he picked the Rams.
"This place allows you to be yourself, too, which is different than other places I've been," Garoppolo said. "You're getting pressed with a sense of urgency but in a good way. Obviously, everyone wants to win. Everyone wants to perform well. They do it in the right way here. They push you positively. There's just a lot of good things going on, man. I'm enjoying every bit of it. Even the meetings are a good time. Everything is going good right now."
Garoppolo didn't specify which players and teams he was referring to, "but his previous stops were in New England playing for head coach Bill Belichick, in San Francisco playing for Kyle Shanahan, and in Las Vegas playing first for Josh McDaniels and then for Antonio Pierce. Garoppolo said his up-and-down career has weighed on him," wrote Micahel David Smith of Pro Football Talk.
"It was chaotic at times, but they're all learning experiences," Garoppolo said. "That's one thing I've taken from this. The NFL is crazy, man. Everyone has got a story. Everyone is going whichever way trying to make it. But at the end of the day, it's your story, and you've got to make the best of it. Good, bad, or indifferent, whatever happened in the past, it happened. . . . Now I'm here, and I'm just trying to make every day the best day."
For the record, Garoppolo won't be able to join the active roster until Week Three, having received a two-game suspension for violating the NFL performance-enhancing substance policy. The Rams open the season on the road vs. the Detroit Lions on Sept. 8.
