Yahoo Lifestyle NFL training camp tracker: Jimmy Garoppolo throws 5 straight picks to 49ers secondary
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Jimmy Garoppolo goes all-or-nothing at Niners practice
Ramping up and aiming for a fully healthy season, San Francisco 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo ran into some tough competition in his own team’s secondary.
#49ers Jimmy Garoppolo had 5 consecutive passes intercepted, by Moore (2), Sherman, Tartt, Whitherspoon
Broke streak with TD to Jalen Hurd— Cam Inman (@CamInman) August 14, 2019
With high hopes attached following his acquisition, Garoppolo played only three games last season before tearing his ACL. Second-year player Tarvarius Moore nabbed two of those picks before Garoppolo connected with the rookie Jalen Hurd and later capped off practice with a TD to new addition Jordan Matthews.
Garoppolo capped practice with TD to Jordan Matthews, after Tartt let potential INT slip thru hands at goal line
— Cam Inman (@CamInman) August 14, 2019
Patriots rookies sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Mike Vrabel
Once a Patriot, always a Patriot? Early in a joint practice, Bill Belichick sent the New England rookies to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to longtime Patriots linebacker and current Titans head coach Mike Vrabel.
Only in a Patriots-Titans joint practice: Bill Belichick sends the rookies to the far field to sing Happy Birthday to Titans Coach Mike Vrabel. Then Vrabel breaks down the rookies in a huddle, seemingly his way of saying thanks.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) August 14, 2019
Vrabel, who turns 44 today, won three Super Bowl rings as a player under Belichick from 2001 to 2008.
The Pats just sang happy birthday to Vrabel. Commence with the fighting please. pic.twitter.com/qnZgldqoRQ
— Joe Rexrode (@joerexrode) August 14, 2019
He’s beginning his second season manning the sidelines in Tennessee.
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