Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is being suspended two video games for violating the NFL’s efficiency enhancing substances coverage, league sources informed ESPN.
The coverage violation is claimed to be associated to Garoppolo utilizing a prescribed treatment with out having a sound therapeutic use exemption from the league, based on sources.
Garoppolo is not going to attraction the suspension and can miss the primary two video games of the 2024 season, per sources.
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Sources mentioned the Raiders are anticipated to launch Garoppolo earlier than the fifth day of the brand new league 12 months in mid-March, when he would earn an $11.25 million roster bonus. Garoppolo additionally has an $11.25 million base wage assure for the 2024 season that now may very well be voided due to the suspension.
The quarterback signed a three-year, $72.75 million contract that included $33.75 million assured with Las Vegas in March, when Josh McDaniels was the crew’s head coach and Dave Ziegler the final supervisor.
With Antonio Pierce now the coach and Tom Telesco the final supervisor, there isn’t any connection or dedication to Garoppolo. The Raiders can be wanting so as to add one other quarterback within the draft, with some across the league believing that Las Vegas may make a powerful play to commerce up from the No. 13 decide that it at the moment holds.
As soon as the Raiders formally launch Garoppolo, the 2 quarterbacks on their roster can be Aidan O’Connell and veteran Brian Hoyer, who additionally had ties to McDaniels and Ziegler from their time collectively in New England.
Garoppolo, 32, is anticipated to be in search of his third crew in as many seasons, having performed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2022 earlier than he left to signal as a free agent with the Raiders in 2023.
Below NFL guidelines, he can be allowed to take part in all offseason actions and coaching camp with any crew he indicators with, however as soon as the common season begins, he can be barred from his new crew for 2 weeks due to the suspension.