Jimmy Garoppolo didn’t leave the best impression on Martellus Bennett and now another former teammate is responding to what was said about him.
Though Garoppolo only started two games at quarterback with the Patriots while Bennett was there, he was left with a strong opinion of the QB and none of it was anything good.
“Bro, we lost two games [that season],” Bennett said on the “Double Coverage with The McCourty Twins” podcast back in October 2021. “One of them was because Jimmy Garoppolo was being a bitch. He decided not to play right before the game. Jacoby [Brissett] came out and played with a f–ked up thumb and played his heart out, but Jimmy was just being a bitch about it all.”
Fast forward to June 2022 and Julian Edelman had something to say as well and it did not bode well with the retired WR.
Edelman concludes: “I can understand why Marty thinks like that.”
“It was week 3, like the first quarter against the Buffalo Bills or the New York Jets and he hurts his non-throwing shoulder,” Edelman said. “His left shoulder. Jacoby (Brissett) came in and led us to the win and then the next week, (we found out) Jacoby tore the ligaments in his thumb against the Week 3 team. So, we go into Week 4 and Jimmy was practicing and decided not to play. Jacoby played with no ligaments in his thumb, which you can’t do as a quarterback.”
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“A lot of guys got mad about it. I’m not gonna lie, I got mad about it. I sacrificed my body all day long. I was taking shots for this, numbing up that, ribs, broken ribs, shoulders, etc. I can understand why Marty thinks like that.”
Garoppolo ended up being traded to the San Francisco 49ers shortly after that game took place.
