REPORT: Jimmy Garoppolo an Option for Miami at Quarterback

Garoppolo has played in 85 total games, starting 64 of them. His teams have a 43-21 record when he starts a game.

He hasn’t played much the last two seasons. He played 3 games in 2025, starting none, and didn’t throw a pass in any of them.

In 2024, he played in 1 game, a game in which he did start, and threw for 334 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception.

In 2023, he played in 7 games, started 6, and his team was 3-3 in those starts.

For his career, he has thrown 96 touchdowns and 52 interceptions and has a completion percentage of 67.4%

He is a two-time Super Bowl champion (as a backup), but he was the starting quarterback for San Francisco in Super Bowl 49, in which his team had a 20-10 lead entering the 4th quarter, but San Fran’s defense gave up 21 points in the final quarter, and his team lost.

Garoppolo is also the 2013 Walter Payton Man of the Year.

While Malik Willis may be the goal, a player like Garoppolo may be a more realistic option for the Dolphins.

He is that seasoned vet who is a perfect complement to be in the quarterback room with Quinn Ewers.

They can compete for the starting job and may the best man win.

And regardless of who wins that job, he is also the perfect mentor for a young quarterback like Quinn Ewers, and if Garoppolo stays in Miami beyond one season, he would be the perfect complement to whoever Miami drafts as their quarterback of the future in 2027.