James Richard Garoppolo, nicknamed Jimmy G, is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football at Eastern Illinois, where he won the Walter Payton Award as a senior and set the school records for career passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Jimmy Garoppolo: Contract, Giants, Seahawks
Contract:
There will be a no-trade clause and no-tag clause in this new contract, which are in place to make sure Garoppolo stays with the Niners throughout this season, ESPN reported Monday. He will be able to leave in 2023 to explore a new opportunity.
The reported deal is laden with incentives for Garoppolo, which could bring the total up to $16 million.
Giants:
Under the new one-year contract, Garoppolo remains in San Francisco through the 2022 season. The deal includes .5 million in fully-guaranteed base salary, and play-time incentives included in the contract total .45 million in addition to 0,000 in per-game roster bonuses, per Albert Breer.
In total, Garoppolo could earn up to .45 million — a far cry from the .2 million base salary he was due in 2022 under his old contract. Nevertheless, it is still a hefty possible payout for a player returning as the assumed backup for Trey Lance.
Seahawks:
That amount is under the best-case scenario for Garoppolo, where he somehow ends up starting for the team.
In all, Garoppolo’s pay cut delivers the 49ers nearly million in immediate cap space, per Over The Cap. By then, NFL teams might be much more needy than they are now.
But it will be a $6.5 million base salary with a $500,000 roster bonus, bringing it up to a total of $7 million to start the season, which is fully guaranteed. Playing time will raise the bar closer to that $16 million mark if he does get in the game.
