(Photo : (Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images)) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 14: Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the Las Vegas Raiders warms up towards the Los Angeles Chargers at Allegiant Stadium on December 14, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders defeated the Chargers 63-21.
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is being suspended for 2 video games after violating the league’s performance-enhancing substance coverage, per ESPN Adam Schefter.
Schefter revealed that the violation is said to Garoppolo utilizing a prescribed remedy with out having a sound therapeutic.
Garoppolo will serve the suspension and never enchantment it. However, the Raiders will seemingly minimize the quarterback to stop paying him an 11.25 million greenback bonus.
He signed a three-year, 72.75 million greenback contract with the Raiders final March guaranteeing 33.75 a season. This is after spending six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, serving to cause them to Super Bowl LIV, the place they fell to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Garoppolo additionally spent 4 seasons because the backup behind Tom Brady with the New England Patriots.
Now, Garoppolo will seemingly be trying for a brand new group subsequent season after a disappointing season in Las Vegas.
He performed solely seven video games through the 2023 season earlier than being benched in October for rookie Aidan O’Connell.
Once Garoppolo is launched, the Raiders will solely have two quarterbacks on the roster, Aidan O’Connell and veteran Brian Hoyer.
The Raiders have undergone a number of modifications already, bringing again interim head coach Antonio Pierce and hiring Tom Telesco as common supervisor.
The Raiders will look so as to add one other quarterback, both by draft or signing one by way of free company.
Under the brand new rule, Garoppolo will be capable of take part in offseason actions and coaching camp, however as soon as the common season begins he’ll miss the primary two weeks as a result of suspension.
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