Jimmy Garoppolo doesn’t anticipate being a part of Netflix’s “Quarterback” docuseries, even though he’d present a compelling storyline for the show.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Garoppolo didn’t watch the first season, which featured the Vikings’ Kirk Cousins, the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and the Eagles’ Marcus Mariota (who was on the Falcons during production), but his brothers did and enjoyed the show.
“They love it,” Garoppolo said, according to the Review-Journal. “I think they have a different perspective of what we go through. People just think you go out there on Sunday and start slinging it around. There’s a lot that goes into it. But that’s not for me.”
Garoppolo became the latest quarterback to publicize his decision — or his intention, if the opportunity was presented — to avoid the show, joining Trevor Lawrence, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts and Dak Prescott.
Herbert said he might be a “little boring for the show.”
Lawrence said it’s “just not the right time for me.”
Prescott said he gets “enough media.”
Hurts even said he turned it down last year, too.
Garoppolo, though, would provide an interesting story for the show to follow, given his career’s trajectory from being the Patriots’ backup for Tom Brady to having injuries derail his chance as a starter with the 49ers.
He went 7-3 as a starter with the 49ers last year before sustaining a season-ending foot injury against the Dolphins in December, which forced Brock Purdy into the starting role.
That led to Purdy’s rise when San Francisco went 7-0 and made the NFC Championship Game.
Garoppolo then signed a three-year, $72.75 million deal with the Raiders in free agency, though it came with contract drama and an addendum where Las Vegas could get out of the deal if his foot injury lingered and he couldn’t pass certain benchmarks.
The 31-year-old signal-caller, who had foot surgery in March, passed his training camp physical last month and appears ready to roll in Las Vegas.
Just not on Netflix.
