Tom Brady didn’t write Jimmy Garoppolo an essay over text message. The New England Patriots quarterback briefly reached out to his former backup, Garoppolo, ahead of Super Bowl LIV to issue a few words of encouragement.
“He shot me a text, just ‘Good luck’ and everything like that,” Garoppolo said on NFL Network during Opening Night in Miami. “It’s just: ‘Go handle business.’ It wasn’t too complicated or anything, just, ‘Go win.'”
Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers are set to play the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in a contest for the Lombardi Trophy. Garoppolo has never played in a Super Bowl, but he has been on the sideline for a pair of Patriots’ wins. Garoppolo, who played for the Patriots from 2014 to 2017, watched from the sideline while Brady won the games for New England.
This will be Garoppolo’s first chance to start after watching Brady.
