NFL notebook: Garoppolo agrees to record deal with 49ers

Jimmy Garoppolo has started just seven games in his NFL career, but that was enough to earn him a record contract. Garoppolo agreed to a five-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, according to multiple reports. Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reported that the total value is $137.5 million. That is slightly more than the five-year, $135 million deal Matthew Stafford received from the Detroit Lions last year, which was a record at the time. At $27.5 million a year, Garoppolo's deal is the largest per-year average salary on a long-term contract in NFL history. The 49ers could have used the franchise tag to ensure they kept Garoppolo for a year, but they wanted to get a long-term deal completed to indicate he is their quarterback for the foreseeable future. Although he has started only seven NFL games -- two with the New England Patriots in 2016 and five with the 49ers in 2017 -- he has a perfect record in those starts, having won all seven. --Businesses in the City of Brotherly Love closed as crowds estimated at up two million people jammed Philadelphia's main streets for Thursday's parade to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles' first Super Bowl victory. The five-mile parade started at Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, then headed up Broad to City Hall before heading toward the Philadelphia Museum of Art, home of the famous "Rocky" staircase. And the parade ended with a stirring "underdog" speech by center Jason Kelce. Many of the Eagles players wore outlandish outfits, with most of them riding atop open-air double-decker buses in the parade, which started at 11 a.m. local time. --New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski reportedly is considering retiring from the NFL to pursue a career in Hollywood. Gronkowski is mulling a career in acting after Hollywood heavyweights Sylvester Stallone and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson advised the 28-year-old that he could make "millions" in action films, according to the North Andover (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune. Gronkowski has told friends that injuries have "taken a toll on him," according to the newspaper. After Sunday's Super Bowl loss to Philadelphia, Gronkowski said that he wasn't sure if he would return for the 2018 season. --The Kansas City Chiefs released veteran cornerback Darrelle Revis, leaving the seven-time Pro Bowl selection's future in doubt. Revis, 32, was unsigned entering the 2017 season but he was brought in by the Chiefs as a free agent in November and appeared in five regular-season games and a postseason loss to the Tennessee Titans. Kansas City will save $10 million by cutting Revis, who became expendable when the team acquired cornerback Kendall Fuller in the trade for quarterback Alex Smith. --Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers underwent surgery on his right shoulder, the team announced. Peppers, 38, who is scheduled to become a free agent in March, is undecided if he will continue playing. --The Indianapolis Colts submitted a request to interview Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier for their vacant head coaching position, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported. New Orleans Saints assistant coach Dan Campbell and Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich reportedly were also expected to interview for the position. --Seattle Seahawks assistant defensive backs coach Ricky Manning Jr. will not be returning to the team, according to multiple media outlets, and he will be the eighth assistant to leave Carroll's staff since the end of the season. Manning was hired by the Seahawks in 2016, and coached in college for three years before that. --The Pittsburgh Steelers announced that Alabama defensive line coach Karl Dunbar has joined their staff as defensive line coach, and Tom Bradley, who was UCLA's defensive coordinator the past three seasons, has been hired as Pittsburgh's secondary coach. John Mitchell, the Steelers' defensive line coach since 1994, will remain on the staff with the assistant head coach title he gained in 2007. --Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks coach Kevin Stefanski is Pat Shurmur's top target to become the New York Giants' offensive coordinator, the Sporting News' Alex Marvez reported. Shurmur, the Giants' new head coach, was the Vikings' offensive coordinator last season so he knows Stefanski well. Stefanski is also a candidate to fill the Vikings' opening at offensive coordinator. --Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold is still mulling a return to the field, but he made a decision about participating in a different arena. Following a published report that said he was considering running for a Congressional seat, Mangold nixed the notion via social media. "I am not running for Congress," Mangold wrote on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon. "While it would be an amazing opportunity and honor to serve the people of New Jersey's District 11, I am not at a place where I could commit to that. I like to investigate every opportunity that comes to me and this one will not go any further. However I do appreciate the support that was given in my short period of possibly thinking about running for Congress." --Kansas City Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt wasn't interested in trading quarterback Alex Smith to the Denver Broncos -- or any other AFC West foe for that matter. "I think it's pretty typical in the NFL not to seek trades within the division," Hunt told Mike Klis of 9 News in Denver. "That's pretty standard fare particularly when we're talking about a high-profile player." One report had Denver bidding to trade cornerback Aqib Talib and a draft pick in order to get Smith. That deal is similar to the one accepted by Kansas City, which sent Smith to the Washington Redskins for cornerback Kendall Fuller and a third-round pick. --Charlie Weis was pretty clear with his assessment of Josh McDaniels' decision to jilt the Indianapolis Colts if the New England offensive coordinator failed to receive a commitment from the Patriots that he would be their next head coach when Bill Belichick departs. "If he's not (the Patriots' next coach), then that would've been the absolute dumbest move in the history of sports," Weis said on SiriusXM.