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Charles Curtis

Jimmy Garoppolo explains why he has ‘robot mindset’ written on his armband

It seems like maybe Jimmy Garoppolo took some lessons with him from his time with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots?

Thanks to a photo of the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, eagle-eyed reporters and fans picked up on something scrawled on the armband he wears while under center: “Robot mindset.”

As you’re well aware, people consider Brady a robot, so maybe he passed on his circuitry to the QB that might have been his heir apparent had the Pats not traded him to the Niners?

Jimmy G didn’t quite say that. When asked about the wristband, he had this to say to reporters: “Beep boop.”

Okay, seriously, this is what he actually said:

“It’s just kind of a thing I keep in my head, just to stay locked in. You don’t want to be distracted by the fans or the music or anything like that. As a quarterback, that’s what you have to do, you have to have a robot mindset. … It’s just a little reminder for me to look down every once in a while and read that.”

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