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Very similar situations and very similar starts the sky is the limit<\/p>\n

Those of you who have been around Niners Nation for awhile know that I’ve been making a point to compare San Francisco 49ers<\/a> quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a>’s numbers to some of the best quarterbacks in the game. The point is that he’s being compared to quarterbacks with 3-5 years of experience starting in this league under a consistent offense. Garoppolo<\/a> has come back from a knee injury and is still learning not only game-day ins and outs, but also the most difficult offense in the league. <\/p>\n

With that said, let’s get those numbers up. Here is Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a>’s numbers for 15 games in the NFL: <\/p>\n

Garoppolo is in the top-10, or just outside of it in several categories right now. He’s fifth in completion percentage (68.5), fourth in touchdowns (27), ninth in passer rating (101.0) 11th in yards (3877 yards). Not too shabby for a quarterback in their first full season starting. With 123 yards Sunday, he’ll have 4,000 passing yards and be the first 49er to do it since Jeff Garcia. Needless to say, he’s had a great season coming back from that injury. <\/p>\n

As you know, the quarterback I’ve compared him to is Aaron Rodgers<\/a> in Rodgers<\/a>’ 2008 season. This was the first year Rodgers was the starter for Brett Favre<\/a> and hadn’t played much football himself. The comparisons to Garoppolo are fair here given<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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