Kyle Shanahan has Lukewarm Praise for 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo

And you fellas believe I’m tough on Jimmy Garoppolo.

A reporter questioned head coach Kyle Shanahan on Monday if he thinks Garoppolo has enhanced his selection-creating this offseason. This concern came a working day just after 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh praised Garoppolo for building more quickly choices this year than final.

I assumed Shanahan would echo Saleh’s statements.

He did not.

Shanahan was a lot far more measured with his praise of Garoppolo than Saleh was. “The extra you are in a process, the a lot more you go from the identical protection more than and over, the far more factors become next nature,” Shanahan discussed. “So you anticipate that from (Garoppolo). You hope that from him. You expect that from a great deal of fellas who are heading through camp and heading towards the similar gamers and coverages for a couple a long time listed here.

“I believe our entire crew is pretty sharp at likely versus each individual other. We have experienced adequate of that. We’re completely ready for that to close. So the faster we can go in opposition to some other persons, we’ll see how it’s panned out.”

Gee, Kyle. Convey to us how you truly come to feel.

Shanahan in essence disagreed with Saleh. Implied Saleh was finding in advance of himself. Suggested it is far too early to say Garoppolo has improved his choice-building, since he hasn’t faced a defense other than his very own all offseason. The authentic test will occur up coming Sunday in opposition to the Cardinals.

The motive reporters requested him and Saleh about Garoppolo in the very first put is due to the fact Garoppolo threw five touchdown passes in the crimson zone on Sunday. Granted, 4 of landing passes were being against the next-string protection. But nevertheless, five is a massive quantity and reporters wrote about Garoppolo’s exercise general performance.

Here’s what Shanahan stated about it: “I considered Jimmy performed quite very well I also assumed he experienced some much better appears, which helps, makes it significantly less challenging on him.”

Translation: Shanahan gave Garoppolo extensive-open up receivers and predicted Garoppolo to hit them. Seems like Shanahan praised himself additional than he praised his quarterback.

Shanahan plainly understands he can win with Garoppolo. But Shanahan also has extremely substantial standards. So until Garoppolo proves he’s a wonderful decision-maker and an elite quarterback, Shanahan will be stingy with his praise.

Recall that when I publish or say a little something about Garoppolo which tends to make you hoot and holler.