Steve Young on 49ers' Jimmy Garoppolo: 'No wonder the locker room loves this guy'

Hall-of-Fame quarterback Steve Young likes what he saw from current San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo over the past two weeks. 

"When you have no turnovers, clean games, and look, there were some throws that were 50/50, and they go your way, awesome," Young explained about Garoppolo during an appearance on San Francisco sports radio station KNBR, according to David Bonilla of 49ers WebZone. "I think that was a perfect Jimmy game, right? That was like, 'Jimmy, do that. Do that every week, and let's just roll.' And I think he would say, 'Great. I got you covered.'"

Garoppolo made his first start of the season in place of the injured Trey Lance against the Denver Broncos in Week 3 and completed 18-of-29 passes for 211 yards with a touchdown, an interception, a lost fumble, and a safety he'd probably prefer to forget in a losing effort. Over the subsequent two contests, though, he connected on 34-of-57 attempts (59.65%) for 492 yards with three scores and a passer rating of 105.3 that would be good for the NFL's fifth-highest rating on the campaign, per ESPN stats. 

San Francisco won both of those matchups. 

"He just keeps rolling," Young added about Garoppolo, who lost his job to Lance earlier this year and agreed to a pay cut in August to stay with the 49ers. "And he doesn't fall for any of the trips and traps, and the cheap shots, and the things that he could be saying and doing. No wonder the locker room loves this guy. No wonder he can just handle all this stuff that happens to him. He's like, 'Yeah, we're good. Let's just keep rolling.' I admire that, and I have to tip my cap to it."

Garoppolo and the 3-2 49ers play at the 2-3 Atlanta Falcons this Sunday.