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49ers: Why Jimmy Garoppolo isn’t taking Aaron Rodgers’ approach

Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the San Francisco 49ers with Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Both the 49ers’ Jimmy Garoppolo and the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers have young quarterbacks looking up at them, but Jimmy G is handling things differently. Why?

The San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers are both looking at potential blockbuster transitions from veteran quarterbacks to up-and-coming young signal-callers in the not-so-distant future.

And the context behind the two veteran quarterbacks couldn’t be more different.

Future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers‘ situation in Green Bay has dissolved to the point where he wants out.