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49ers’ 2018 ‘Who Is?’ series: Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo

By Peter Panacy

SANTA CLARA, CA - NOVEMBER 05: Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the San Francisco 49ers warms up prior to their game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium on November 5, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CA - NOVEMBER 05: Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the San Francisco 49ers warms up prior to their game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium on November 5, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – DECEMBER 03: Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the San Francisco 49ers reacts after the 49ers defeated the Chicago Bears 15-14 at Soldier Field on December 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – DECEMBER 03: Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the San Francisco 49ers reacts after the 49ers defeated the Chicago Bears 15-14 at Soldier Field on December 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Niner Noise’s “Who Is?” series focuses on the “savior” of the San Francisco 49ers franchise, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, and his projected impact in 2018.

So who is San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo?

Well, if you ask Niners safety Adrian Colbert (h/t Niners Nation), Garoppolo is going to be the next GOAT.

“Jimmy G, we out here, man,” Colbert noted. “We locker mates. That’s my dawg. I support him 100 percent. He gonna be the greatest quarterback that ever played. That’s all I gotta say.”

Many San Francisco fans likely feel the same way.

All Garoppolo does is win, after all, turning around a 1-9 49ers team in 2017 and making them undefeated ever since. During that stretch, the Niners put up numbers high-octane offenses put up.

And all with a lesser-known cast of playmakers and personnel around him.

Jimmy Garoppolo 2017 Regular-Season Table
Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Rk Date G# Tm Opp Result GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Sk Y/A
1 2017-11-26 11 SFO SEA L 13-24 2 2 100.00 18 1 0 143.7 0 9.00
2 2017-12-03 12 SFO @ CHI W 15-14 * 26 37 70.27 293 0 1 82.4 2 7.92
3 2017-12-10 13 SFO @ HOU W 26-16 * 20 33 60.61 334 1 1 92.2 2 10.12
4 2017-12-17 14 SFO TEN W 25-23 * 31 43 72.09 381 1 0 106.8 3 8.86
5 2017-12-24 15 SFO JAX W 44-33 * 21 30 70.00 242 2 1 102.4 1 8.07
6 2017-12-31 16 SFO @ LAR W 34-13 * 20 33 60.61 292 2 2 84.4 0 8.85
6 Games 5-1-0 120 178 67.42 1560 7 5 96.2 8 8.76

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/24/2018.

San Francisco has changed from a fledgling franchise into a playoff contender ever since acquiring Garoppolo at the NFL trade deadline a year ago.

Now, with a full year’s offseason working under head coach Kyle Shanahan, the door is open for Garoppolo to have one of those elite-type seasons only the best NFL quarterbacks have.

And it wouldn’t be a shock to see it happen either.

Trying to avoid the hype (hard to do), let’s dive deeper into what we may expect from Garoppolo this upcoming season. Is he really going to be the next GOAT? Or should we temper our expectations a bit?