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Insights into new 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo from his personal coach Jeff Christensen

The new 49ers regime will be handing over they keys to their franchise to Jimmy Garoppolo. They surprised everyone by trading for the most intriguing backup quarterback in the league. Garoppolo has impressed in the preseason and in his limited regular-season action. He's shown all of the traits that are necessary to be a great quarterback, but his lack of experience makes him a bit of an unknown commodity.

To get more insight to the 49ers new quarterback, I spoke with Jeff Christensen of the Throw it Deep Quarterback and Wide Receiver Academy, Garoppolo's personal quarterback coach since he was 16 years old.