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Jimmy Garoppolo's Brother Took Shot At Kyle Shanahan During Rams-49ers Game

Originally posted on The Spun | By Tzvi Machlin | Last updated Dec 13, 2024 10:13 AM ET

After six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers that included a Super Bowl appearance in 2019, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was let go in 2023 and has been bouncing around the league a little bit. But his new Los Angeles Rams team beat the 49ers last night, prompting his brother to take a shot at his former boss.

Taking to Instagram yesterday, Billy Garoppolo - the quarterback's younger brother - took a low res photo of 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan on the sidelines in the middle of the Rams-49ers game with the caption "Offensive Guru" and some laughing emojis.

Shanahan has long been dubbed an "offensive guru" and for the past few years Garoppolo has been the scapegoat for the team's inability to win a Super Bowl with many arguing that he's the reason the team couldn't go farther in the postseason.

Jimmy Garoppolo’s brother posted this on Instagram

H/T: @NastyBoyChase pic.twitter.com/OlyKChspcE
— Coach Yac (@Coach_Yac) December 13, 2024

As quarterback of the 49ers from 2017 to 2022, Garoppolo went 38-17 as a starter and 4-2 in the playoffs. He completed 67.6-percent of his passes for 13,599 yards and 82 touchdowns with 42 interceptions. In 2019 he finished second in the NFL Comeback Player of the Year voting and in 2021 he led the NFL in yards per completion.

But an injury Garoppolo suffered in 2022 paved the way for seventh-round pick Brock Purdy to take the reins and Purdy played so well that he's served as the team's QB1 ever since.

But Garoppolo hasn't exactly proved his doubters wrong in the years since he left San Francisco. He went just 3-3 as a starter for the Las Vegas Raiders last year, completing 65.1-percent of his passes for 1,205 yards and seven touchdowns with nine interceptions in just seven games.

Suffice it to say, 49ers fans aren't exactly sad to see Garoppolo gone. And it's not like Garoppolo can really thump his chest over his team's win over the 49ers last night since Garoppolo rode the bench for the entirety of it.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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