Jimmy Garoppolo has ‘PASSED his pre-season physical and is ready for the start of Raiders’ training camp’… with star QB recovering well from recent foot surgery after signing $73m deal

Jimmy Garoppolo has completed a physical with the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday and will be ready for the team’s training camp next week, as the quarterback is on track to recover from his breaking his foot last season.

ESPN’s senior NFL reporter, Jeremy Fowler, tweeted that several sources are feeling ‘optimistic’ that Garoppolo, 31, will report to the Raiders’ HQ in Henderson, Nevada, to meet his new teammates for the first time on July 25, ‘barring surprise.’

‘Garoppolo has progressed well from offseason foot surgery,’ he added, citing Las Vegas’ latest QBs report, while Adam Schefter disclosed that the Raiders ‘are not placing’ the two-time Super Bowl champion on the Physically Unable to Perform list.’

The update on Garoppolo’s health comes after it was revealed in May that ‘Jimmy G’ signed a waiver as part of his contract acknowledging that he understands the risks of playing on his surgically repaired left foot and won’t hold the team responsible for further injury.

NFL Network reviewed Addendum G of Garoppolo’s contract, which is a waiver and release of team liability. 

Raiders QB Jimmy Garoppolo, 31, is set to feature in the Raiders preseason plans in August

Garoppolo broke his left foot mid-season in a December game against the Miami Dolphins

Under the addendum, Garoppolo acknowledges that without the waiver, he would not pass the team’s initial physical and would not be eligible for a contract because of what is referred to as a ‘preexisting medial and middle cuneiform and a fracture of the base of the second metatarsal in the Player’s left foot.’ 

The season-ending injury occurred on December 4 when Garoppolo, then the QB of the San Francisco 49ers, was sacked on the team’s opening drive against the Miami Dolphins. He was 2-for-4 for 56 yards before being replaced by rookie Brock Purdy, who led the 49ers to the NFC Championship game.

The Athletic then reported that Garoppolo underwent previously undisclosed foot surgery.

Under the addendum, Garoppolo acknowledges the risk of further injury, including ‘permanent disability’ and assumes all risks of continuing to play. He agrees to waive all claims against the Raiders, the NFL and others and leaves the team physician in charge of resolving any dispute over the injury that could arise, though Garoppolo does have the right to seek a second opinion.

For the waiver to become null and void after the 2023 season, Garoppolo must be on the 53-man roster two days after the Raiders’ final game of the league year.

Garoppolo’s left the San Francisco 49ers for Vegas after six seasons, including a Super Bowl appearance in 2020 against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs

Garoppolo agreed to a three-year, $72.75million deal with Las Vegas in March. He left the 49ers after six seasons and multiple deep playoff runs together.

Garoppolo was the starting quarterback in San Francisco’s run to Super Bowl LIV, where he passed for a touchdown and was intercepted twice in a 31-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in February 2020. 

The Niners reached the NFC Championship game in the 2021 season, losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.

Since entering the league with the New England Patriots in 2014, Garoppolo has a 40-17 record as a starter in the regular season. 

He has totaled 14,289 passing yards, 87 touchdowns and 42 interceptions with a 67.6 career completion percentage.