Josh McDaniels is Excited For Reunion with Jimmy Garoppolo
Las Vegas Raiders Coach Josh McDaniels could publicly express his thoughts on reuniting with newly-signed Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.
The two were together for the first four seasons of Garoppolo's NFL career in New England.
"Obviously I have some experience with him," McDaniels said at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday. "And I think this is a guy that I really got to know well when he came into the league because when you get these guys now, there's a huge process of kind of trying to explain the National Football League and teach them how things are done at this level. Especially -- he came from Eastern Illinois, and it's like they're never huddling, and there's not a lot of that communication that goes on in some of these college programs right now. So we kind of took it from the ground-up approach.
"And those four years were really good. You got to know the kid, how he learns best. And he really came a long way, obviously. And then, what he's done since he went to Kyle [Shanahan] and John [Lynch] in San Francisco, and played in a lot of big games. Really performed well under pressure in a lot of those. And he's been in a really good winning culture. And I'm excited to actually to learn from him and listen to him talk about the things he's learned. Because obviously, we've been away for a little while.
"And getting to see him a couple weeks ago, that was great, but looking forward to eventually getting a chance to sit down when we can actually sit down and talk about football and just kind of hear from his perspective, where he's at in his growth and development and then trying to piece this thing together as we go forward. But very excited about going forward with him."
The 2023 NFL Draft will go from April 27-29 and be held at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. The 2023 NFL Year and Free Agency period began at 4 p.m. EDT on March 15.
The Raiders are expected to be significant players in the free-agent market this season.
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