Jimmy G All Day, Jimmy G All Night (Guest: Jenny Vrentas, The MMQB) - a podcast by The Football Girl

Disclaimer: We have devoted a lot of time to analyzing Jimmy Garoppolo. We will continue to devote a lot of time to Jimmy Garoppolo. Duh.

Jenny Vrentas, the brilliant senior writer for Sports Illustrated and The MMQB joins to discuss her deeply reported feature on the 49ers QB. https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/07/24/jimmy-garoppolo-tom-brady-san-francisco-49ers. Jenny breaks down Garoppolo’s background, including his idolization of Tom Brady and more recent trajectory to superstardom after just seven NFL starts.

She also takes a broader lens to explain the methods behind her “write-around” reporting , what Garoppolo factoid surprised her most (hint: It’s Bill Belichick related) and whether or not the 49ers QB is overhyped.

Jenny also discusses post-Peter King life at The MMQB, her most memorable pieces and how she gets subjects to trust her and open up.

Also in the episode, Melissa waxes on about the struggle to protect children from hero worship of athletes. Finally, our Do-Gooder of the week is Bucs WR Mike Evans who donated $11,000 to the family of a black man in Florida shot to death in his garage by police.

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The Rundown

1:55: Melissa on trying to figure out how to protect her kids from hero worship of athletes (coming off Tiger’s British Open run)

10:22: Jenny on the challenge of reporting a story where the main subject (Jimmy G)won’t speak

13:07: Jenny on how invested Bill Belichick was in Garoppolo

19:45: Jenny on how much hype Garoppolo deserves now

22:45: Jenny on the top three storylines that intrigue her this season

27:50: Jenny on the support from Peter King during and after his time with The MMQB

31:50: Jenny on being slightly uncomfortable with brand building required of writers these days

35:13: Jenny’s three favorite stories she’s written

41:50: Jenny offers advice to young journalists on getting access to subjects

46:07: Melissa explains why Bucs WR Mike Evans is our Do-Gooder of the Week

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