{"id":827584,"date":"2026-03-22T18:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/827584\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:47:14","slug":"latest-on-qb-jimmy-garoppolos-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/827584\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On QB Jimmy Garoppolo&#8217;s Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rams QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GaroJi00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-22_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a>, who\u2019s been in Los Angeles as the backup for the past two years, remains unsigned with free agency about to begin its third week. It\u2019s a bit of a surprise, as there had been a <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BNLW-2LIH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lot of buzz about either the Dolphins<\/a> or the Cardinals as a <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BNLW-2LCz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">potential suitor for Garoppolo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-575498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_24972320_168383805_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Garoppolo\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenVolin\/status\/2031117798278090869?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ben Volin<\/a> reported a couple of weeks ago that talks between Garoppolo and the Cardinals hit a snag, causing Arizona to sign QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MinsGa00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-22_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gardner Minshew<\/a> instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7123361\/2026\/03\/18\/rams-2026-depth-chart-analysis-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Atkins<\/a>, the Rams are still interested in bringing Garoppolo back as the backup to QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/StafMa00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-22_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matthew Stafford<\/a>. However, he called the situation \u201cfluid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garoppolo, 34, is a former second-round pick of the Patriots back in 2014. The Patriots traded him to the 49ers in 2017 at the trade deadline in return for a 2018 second-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Garoppolo was in line to be an unrestricted free agent when the 49ers signed him to a five-year, $137.5 million contract during the 2018 offseason.<\/p>\n<p>He was set to make a base salary of $24.2 million in 2022 when he agreed to a pay cut in exchange for a no-tag clause. Garoppolo signed a three-year, $72.8 million deal with the Raiders but wound up being cut by the team.<\/p>\n<p>Garoppolo joined the Rams in 2024 and was suspended for violating the performance-enhancing substance policy, serving a two-game suspension. Los Angeles re-signed him to a one-year extension last offseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Garoppolo appeared in one game for the Rams and completed 65.9 percent of his pass attempts for 334 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have more on Garoppolo as the news is available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the latest NFL Insider News &amp; Rumors?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be sure to follow <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Trade Rumors<\/a> on <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nfltrade_rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.com<\/a>\u00a0and <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfltraderumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0for breaking NFL News and Rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Rams QB Jimmy Garoppolo, who\u2019s been in Los Angeles as the backup for the past two years,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,7841],"class_list":{"0":"post-827584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jimmy-garoppolo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116274322172697259","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}