“You can’t win with a bi*ch for a quarterback,” Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett lashes out at 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo for last-minute pullout
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Before Jimmy Garoppolo’s trade to the San Francisco 49ers in 2017, the highly promising quarterback used to play for the New England Patriots. Former Patriots tight end, who was a teammate to Garppolo in that season, Martellus Bennett slammed the current 49ers quarterback for being a bi*ch, which he believed was the reason for the Patriots losing out one match during in a season, they won Super Bowl LI.
Garoppolo was named as the starting quarterback in 2016 for the first four matches when Tom Brady was suspended by the NFL for his infamous deflategate controversy. Speaking on the podcast Double Coverage, Martellus Bennett exclaimed how Garoppolo made a last-minute decision to not play against the Buffalo Bills.
Jimmy Garoppolo’s decision not to play at the last minute did not go down well with Martellus Bennett
Jimmy Garppolo’s decision meant that the Patriots had to bring in Jacoby Brissett for the game and they ended up losing it by a margin of 16-0. Recalling the incident in the build-up to that game, Martellus Bennett said that had Garoppolo decided a few days ago that he wasn’t going to play, the franchise would probably have not lost the game, and ended up with a better record in the regular season.
“Bro, we lost two games,” Bennett told the McCourtys in an interview a few months ago. “One of them was because Jimmy Garoppolo was being a b—-. He decided not to play right before the game. Jacoby (Brissett) came out and played with a f—ed up thumb and played his heart out, but Jimmy was just being a b—- about it all.”
“That’s why he … you can’t win with a b—- for a quarterback, first of all. That was the whole thing with him: He didn’t want to come out and do anything because his agent was trying to protect his body or some s— like that. Which, I can’t fault him for that. But like, you should have made that decision on Thursday. Now it’s Sunday.”
Recently, the issue was raised once again when another former Patriots member Julian Edelmann was asked to comment on Bennett’s assessment of Garoppolo while he made a recent appearance on the I Am Athlete podcast. Edelmann sided with his former colleague and said that he understood why Garoppolo was criticised for the said incident.
Julian Edelmann said, “I’m not gonna lie I got mad about it. You know I sacrifice my body all day long, I was taking shots for this, numbing up that, ribs, broken ribs, shoulders, you know grade three hanging on my limbs, just to play, you know, and, I can understand why Marty thinks that way.”
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