The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to terms with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo on a one-year deal, according to multiple reports on Friday.
The 32-year-old spent last year with the Las Vegas Raiders and will now join quarterback Matthew Stafford and head coach Sean McVay in Los Angeles.
Garoppolo won’t be available to back up Stafford until after the first two games of the upcoming season, as he was issued a suspension last month for violating the terms of the league’s Performance Enhancing Substances policy.
Garoppolo was among four players who were waived by the Raiders in a series of salary cap-saving efforts on Wednesday. The move seemed imminent after the the team reportedly reached a two-year, $25 million agreement with free-agent quarterback Gardner Minshew on Monday.
The Raiders’ didn’t have much success with their Garoppolo experiment, signing the signal caller to a three-year, $72.75 million deal with $33.75 million guaranteed during his free agency from the San Francisco 49ers last offseason.
His stint in Las Vegas saw him record a 65.1 completion percentage, 77.7 passer rating and 34.2 QBR — all career lows. He was 3-3 in six starts, throwing for 1,205 passing yards, seven touchdowns and nine interceptions. By Week 9, Garoppolo was benched for rookie Aidan O’Connell.
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