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Josh McDaniels says he has "no anxiety" about Garappolo situation

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6/1/2023 6:04:42 PM
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If the Las Vegas Raiders truly are concerned about the health of their new quarterback, head coach Josh McDaniels sure is displaying a decent poker face on the matter according to Eric Edholm of NFL.com.

Despite the fact that Jimmy Garappolo underwent foot surgery after signing with the Raiders-and that his initial contract required reworking because of the QB's health-McDaniels said he isn't sweating Garoppolo's setback.  "I have no anxiety," McDaniels told reporters on Thursday. "You guys might have anxiety. I don't have any anxiety.  I'm not going to put a timeline or a day on anything, but like I said, I have no anxiety. Feel pretty good about it."

The addendum in Garoppolo’s contract acknowledged that without the waiver added, he would not have passed the team's physical at the time of signing. He's not currently expected to practice at least until training camp, but there remains no concrete timeline, McDaniels reiterated, for Garoppolo's return date.

"This is football. There (are) definitely going to be players that miss time," McDaniels said. "Josh Jacobs wasn't able to do a whole lot last year either, and (he had a) decent year. I don't want to overstate any of that stuff. The relationships, the trust, the communication, the rapport, all that stuff is huge."

Asked why he's not anxious on the matter, McDaniels said, smiling: "I don't worry about the things I can't control. So like I said, I have very good information that would tell me we're going to be fine. So again, nothing has happened that would've changed that."  For his sake, we hope his confidence is well-founded.


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