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Jimmy Garoppolo on learning as Tom Brady’s back-up: ‘It was invaluable. I can barely put it into words.’

Jimmy Garoppolo learned a thing or two from Tom Brady, even as a backup.

“The preparation as a whole was tremendous just to see it, to be in the same room as it, to learn from it,” Garoppolo told The Ringer in a recent interview. “To be a rookie and see that, it was invaluable. I can barely put it into words.”

While Brady and Garoppolo reportedly had an intense, competitive relationship that resulted in them “wanting to kill each other” at times, the San Fransisco quarterback had high praise for the experience.