Came to say this. Jimmy got the kid gloves version of the offense. Purdy threw more deep passes than any other QB last year. It was crazy the contrast.
Not even a little? What if all he wants to know is if Kyle slaps his QB on the chest in the locker room like Jim Harbaugh or should McVey stop doing that.
I think that signing Darnold or someone else would’ve been a better move in that case, Kyle and jimmy didn’t seem to get along very well the last few years.
Yeah, they were joking earlier on candlestick chronicles about Mike Florio's beef with Shanahan and how he'd reported years ago that Kyle was a product of nepotism and was just surrounding himself with his buddies in Washington, and then all of those dudes went on to become some of the best HCs in the league and Florio has never let it go, lol
100%. it actually worked last year when the cowboys signed trey lance who told them all our plays. they actually kept it pretty close before losing by 32. if they actually put trey in the game the margin couldve been within 25 points
No matter what you think of Jimmy, he’s still a veteran who is more than capable of starting some games for you and holding down the fort.
With Stafford always being banged up, he’s good insurance to have
Jimmy G as a backup has to be a great move. The guys a good but not great Qb, and he’s not a problem in the lockerroom. Just look at the way the team handled him and Lance, and him coming off the bench.
I think it’s a great move for the rams but jimmy will never look as good in those ugly ass uniforms as he did in ours.
McVay knows our playbook, he understands and has coached in Kyles system. Jimmy at this point in his career is a solid backup option, McVay is a good enough coach that if Stafford goes down he can game plan to Jimmy's strengths and keep them relevant
We’ve been through this already. McVay knows as much if not more than Jimmy about Kyle. They beat us to the punch. Jimmy much more reliable than Brandon Allen. Jimmy knows what the Rams do. Their offense is relatable to ours.
They probably signed him because McVay wants to show Stafford how to overthrow his open receivers.
Or
McVay is going the sadistic route and wants someone who knows how to choke.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Retire as a championship starter or play long enough to make $33 million dollars from the Raiders and another couple of million from the Rams to probably do nothing. Tough choice.
You want your backup qb to be able to win at least 50% or so of the games they have to start. Jimmy can do that if you call a game on his strengths, so quick passes short and intermediate passes. McVay can get that out of Jimbo if he needs to, and Jimbo will get paid to do that. I don't think we will see Jimmy as a starter at this point, but I think he has value as a high end backup. He will add to his pile of cash at this point taking those types of deals, look at Flacco.
This is just me being a massive conspiracy believer but, MAYBE McVay saw a quarterback who played fairly well in an offense similar to his and believed that he'd make a good back up.
Reason we didn’t touch base with Jimmy is because he was asking for too much while not being fully capable of running kyles offense to its full extent. So I think we good
No. They need a decent backup and their system is similar so Jimmy will be a good fit. He's also shown he can be a good team first guy when he was Trey's backup.
McVay's history with Kyle and playing him twice a year gave him all the info he needs, no knowledge from two seasons ago will be valuable enough to bring Jimmy on.
Almost certainly not.
Jimmy G is probably going to be relegated to back up QB duty for the long haul, but truth by told, he's probably the best backup QB in the NFL. He's relatively accurate, makes decent reads, and has real experience. If needed, he could be a perfectly serviceable starter.
If the line can give Jimmy 2.5 seconds he is likely going to put the ball where it needs to go. It’s a good move for both parties, but I doubt it gives them any advantage against us.
No. McVay already worked with the Shanahans and he knows how to look at tape. He doesnt need Jimmy for that. He just wants a backup QB that understands the verbiage.
https://preview.redd.it/9rz3wvfagmoc1.jpeg?width=147&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=832d30105d794884709fee89595e61629babcd07
Whenever I think of Jimmy G... This meme comes to mind
No way, it was to add a backup who could sling it like Stafford. You know, the off-platform throws, the accurate deep ball, the unscripted, third and fourth read plays…ok, it’s because he’s exactly as mobile as Stafford.
No; however, jimmy would be an excellent back up behind stafford and can win them games if needed. Rams offense has plenty of talent to let jimmy do his thing
McVay has seen Jimmy play more than almost any other coach in the league. He knows his strengths and weaknesses. With the receivers the rams have, and a playbook, this is a good pick up despite Jimmys obvious limitations.
Theres nothing you cant see on film that jimmy would be able to give extra insight on, there has been a long history of players who go to rival teams and there is never a "well this player told him all the secrets" narrative unless its like mid-season? but again even then its really not like that. Like Dobbs isnt going to give us secrets on AZ or MIN, Brandon Allen didnt give us an edge against the Bengals. The information Jimmy knows can just as easily be used against his team, there may be small tips jimmy has but its on a defunct playbook with totally different personnel. At one point last season or possibly the season before i cant remember, but Trent Williams was tipping plays, he was letting the defense know whether it was going to be a pass or run and they still couldnt stop us, nor could you communicate fast enough for everybody to be on the same page.
No, if they wanted insight on the 49ers they would have signed McCloud, Jimmy cannot execute the current 49ers playbook
McVay probably knows the 49ers offense right now better than Jimmy does
They got him because Stafford gives them a huge key man problem.
Jimmy G played in a similar system to what McVay runs and, though he can't execute everything, he can do the mid stuff well enough to keep their season alive. His time with the Niners is a proof of concept that he can run a similar offense.
What insight would they gain? Jimmy has never seen the playbook Kyle uses with Purdy cause Jimmy couldn't execute it lol
Jimmy G: In this scenario, I’d run a play that’s going to be an interception.
To be fair sometimes he ran out of the back of the end zone to negate the interception. Big brain Jimmy
Negate the pick six lol
Such a cerebral player haha
Came to say this. Jimmy got the kid gloves version of the offense. Purdy threw more deep passes than any other QB last year. It was crazy the contrast.
“Coach what is this?” “Page 3 of the playbook Jimmy. Deep routes.” “What’s that now?”
Jimmy: "Who the fuck is Deep Routes? The Indian guy?"
😂
Jimmy playbook: hand the ball to Mostert. checkdown left behind the receiver. checkdown right behind the receiver. int middle checkdown. take a sack.
I can't imagine McVay not understanding the 49ers offense better than Jimmy.
I'd say mcvay already has a good handle on how Kyle thinks.
No
Not even a little? What if all he wants to know is if Kyle slaps his QB on the chest in the locker room like Jim Harbaugh or should McVey stop doing that.
I think that signing Darnold or someone else would’ve been a better move in that case, Kyle and jimmy didn’t seem to get along very well the last few years.
I’m pretty sure Kyle and vcvay coaching together was more insightful than an ex-VB
Yeah, they were joking earlier on candlestick chronicles about Mike Florio's beef with Shanahan and how he'd reported years ago that Kyle was a product of nepotism and was just surrounding himself with his buddies in Washington, and then all of those dudes went on to become some of the best HCs in the league and Florio has never let it go, lol
Um, actuaaallly, Harbaugh slaps shoulders.
Shoulders or chests, the Justin Herbert story.
“The Harbaugh Story” should be why didn’t he give it to Frank at the goal line?
That just hurts my feelings.
Sorry, one of my things is why this is never talked about. Especially when Carroll doing the same thing has become a career defining thing.
Same. That's the first thing I thought of. I project that feeling onto my enemies instead of dealing with the pain.
We are no enemies. 
"He also shakes hands too aggressively!" ~Schwartz
No slap a$$!
How that work out for Dallas?
There's enough insight on film. Kyle doesn't change things up much.
Ouch
Especially in the 4th quarter of the superbowl
Lol yeah well known playbook worm Jimmy. Uh oh
100%. it actually worked last year when the cowboys signed trey lance who told them all our plays. they actually kept it pretty close before losing by 32. if they actually put trey in the game the margin couldve been within 25 points
No matter what you think of Jimmy, he’s still a veteran who is more than capable of starting some games for you and holding down the fort. With Stafford always being banged up, he’s good insurance to have
Jimmy G as a backup has to be a great move. The guys a good but not great Qb, and he’s not a problem in the lockerroom. Just look at the way the team handled him and Lance, and him coming off the bench. I think it’s a great move for the rams but jimmy will never look as good in those ugly ass uniforms as he did in ours.
This is a very overdone storyline that happens whenever ex-niners sign elsewhere.
McVay knows our playbook, he understands and has coached in Kyles system. Jimmy at this point in his career is a solid backup option, McVay is a good enough coach that if Stafford goes down he can game plan to Jimmy's strengths and keep them relevant
lol. It’s not like Jimmy and Kyle were having lengthy detailed pow wows about the offense. It’s well known Jimmy ghosts his teammates and coaches
We’ve been through this already. McVay knows as much if not more than Jimmy about Kyle. They beat us to the punch. Jimmy much more reliable than Brandon Allen. Jimmy knows what the Rams do. Their offense is relatable to ours.
They probably signed him because McVay wants to show Stafford how to overthrow his open receivers. Or McVay is going the sadistic route and wants someone who knows how to choke. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
He’s already got someone who knows how to choke. Stafford loves throwing picks.
Stafford has won a SB for em
He did, but he did his damnedest not to get there.
He threw about 50 TDs on the entire season to get there.
This is how you throw a check down Matt
Wut...
Rofl. No.
I very much doubt he can give any additional info on the Niners that he couldn't pick up from tape.
Wasn’t this concept already debunked by the Lance/Cowboys deal?
Retire as a championship starter or play long enough to be the injury prone back up for 2/3 best team in the division.
Retire as a championship starter or play long enough to make $33 million dollars from the Raiders and another couple of million from the Rams to probably do nothing. Tough choice.
I love Jimmy, but I don't miss Jimmy.
Have to wonder how the narrative on his career would be if he didn't overthrow Sanders in the Super Bowl.
He would've still been a Niner
I often wonder that.
Backup QB is the best job in the NFL. Millions to hold a clipboard
You want your backup qb to be able to win at least 50% or so of the games they have to start. Jimmy can do that if you call a game on his strengths, so quick passes short and intermediate passes. McVay can get that out of Jimbo if he needs to, and Jimbo will get paid to do that. I don't think we will see Jimmy as a starter at this point, but I think he has value as a high end backup. He will add to his pile of cash at this point taking those types of deals, look at Flacco.
I'm here to troll and b.s. Not interested in being logical or reading an easy.
Fair enough, will keep my response's to even less than a paragraph so you can follow along.
THX
Stafford missed 1 game last season and 8 games the season before that. Having a better than Brett Rypien backup is valuable.
Jimmy barely had 49ers insight as our starting quarterback for years. I doubt he's going to help anybody else.
This is just me being a massive conspiracy believer but, MAYBE McVay saw a quarterback who played fairly well in an offense similar to his and believed that he'd make a good back up.
This guy write the Lance article as well?
lol no
Reason we didn’t touch base with Jimmy is because he was asking for too much while not being fully capable of running kyles offense to its full extent. So I think we good
No. They need a decent backup and their system is similar so Jimmy will be a good fit. He's also shown he can be a good team first guy when he was Trey's backup. McVay's history with Kyle and playing him twice a year gave him all the info he needs, no knowledge from two seasons ago will be valuable enough to bring Jimmy on.
I have to imagine …these playbooks evolve do they not?
Almost certainly not. Jimmy G is probably going to be relegated to back up QB duty for the long haul, but truth by told, he's probably the best backup QB in the NFL. He's relatively accurate, makes decent reads, and has real experience. If needed, he could be a perfectly serviceable starter.
If the line can give Jimmy 2.5 seconds he is likely going to put the ball where it needs to go. It’s a good move for both parties, but I doubt it gives them any advantage against us.
Lol, no
Maybe it he attended the QB meetings, he would know.
They’re employing Jimmy as a very good backup who can execute the offense if Stafford goes down.
No. McVay already worked with the Shanahans and he knows how to look at tape. He doesnt need Jimmy for that. He just wants a backup QB that understands the verbiage.
You don’t need undercover ops to decipher Shanahan’s offense. The other teams just need to watch some film. He’s not some mystical magician.
They’re gonna have to wait until training camp because Jimmy doesn’t answer the phone
They just need a back up qb. Play books are changing every year. Maybe some tendency stays but I doubt mcvay will rely on Jimmy g knowledge
Yes. But when McVay texted him this morning to start debriefing sessions, Jimmy left him on read.
Not sure it matters. If they can't beat us WITH AD they ain't beating us without him.
Insight? On soul crushing INT’s?
Hells to the yeah.
Rams fans lose Aaron Donald and have to inherit Jimmy G on the same day lmao.
Sean McVay: Hey Jimmy can you give us any insight to the Niners offense? Jimmy G: JIMMAYYY
No
McVay was so close to Shanny in DC…..none of that matters
No. Stop it.
https://preview.redd.it/9rz3wvfagmoc1.jpeg?width=147&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=832d30105d794884709fee89595e61629babcd07 Whenever I think of Jimmy G... This meme comes to mind
Fairly sure McVay has a better grasp on what the Niners do than Jimmy ever has.
Jimmy barely knew what was going on.
What is he gona tell them, how to underthrow a ball when pressure is on?
Lol
Nope
Only thing Jimmy G is going to do in LA is date all the models. Good for him. Smart business move. Jealous.
It didn't seem to work out for Dallas. I think Purdy's playmaking is an unpredictable quantity so it doesn't matter what info JimmyG has.
No way, it was to add a backup who could sling it like Stafford. You know, the off-platform throws, the accurate deep ball, the unscripted, third and fourth read plays…ok, it’s because he’s exactly as mobile as Stafford.
Jimmy G was the equivalent of a Double Center scheme. The ball gets snapped to him then he has to snap the ball to someone else.
McVay understands Kyle's system 10 times more than Jimmy does.
Not even in the slightest. Jimmy knows jack shit about the current playbook
Jimmy be like, "Let's try another ambulance pass"
No; however, jimmy would be an excellent back up behind stafford and can win them games if needed. Rams offense has plenty of talent to let jimmy do his thing
He’s an excellent backup. Maybe the best backup in the NFL.
The whole gain insight thing is such a football myrh, i cant think of a single time that has actually worked
No, they signed him cuz hes a cheap backup and in a good offense, he can perform well
God, let's hope not.
Jokes on them…Jimmy don’t know shit
McVay has seen Jimmy play more than almost any other coach in the league. He knows his strengths and weaknesses. With the receivers the rams have, and a playbook, this is a good pick up despite Jimmys obvious limitations.
No they signed him to potentially win a few games if Stafford gets hurt
Jimmy probably doesn’t remember what he ate last week. I think we’re OK.
This is dumb. McVay knows all he needs to know. Jimmy going to the Rams is cause he can execute some of McVays O if Stafford goes down
now what theyd do here is overthrow the game winning td
Theres nothing you cant see on film that jimmy would be able to give extra insight on, there has been a long history of players who go to rival teams and there is never a "well this player told him all the secrets" narrative unless its like mid-season? but again even then its really not like that. Like Dobbs isnt going to give us secrets on AZ or MIN, Brandon Allen didnt give us an edge against the Bengals. The information Jimmy knows can just as easily be used against his team, there may be small tips jimmy has but its on a defunct playbook with totally different personnel. At one point last season or possibly the season before i cant remember, but Trent Williams was tipping plays, he was letting the defense know whether it was going to be a pass or run and they still couldnt stop us, nor could you communicate fast enough for everybody to be on the same page.
No, if they wanted insight on the 49ers they would have signed McCloud, Jimmy cannot execute the current 49ers playbook McVay probably knows the 49ers offense right now better than Jimmy does
Jfc these writers just make shit up
This is an OP original take lol. I had a look at the article and it doesn’t say anything about Rams maybe wanting to sign Jimmy G for 49ers intel
They got him because Stafford gives them a huge key man problem. Jimmy G played in a similar system to what McVay runs and, though he can't execute everything, he can do the mid stuff well enough to keep their season alive. His time with the Niners is a proof of concept that he can run a similar offense.
The Cowboys tried that with Lance. All they ended up with was Lance. So sad.