Regardless of hypothesis and offseason rumors with Jimmy Garoppolo lingering on the 49ers’ roster, San Francisco nonetheless intends to commerce its veteran quarterback.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Tuesday advised reporters the workforce nonetheless expects to commerce Garoppolo.
“Yeah, nothing’s modified because the surgical procedure, we knew the place we have been at earlier than that, after which he acquired the surgical procedure, so all the pieces went on maintain,” Shanahan mentioned. “I anticipate him at a while, almost certainly to be traded, however who is aware of. It’s not a assure and it’s been precisely on maintain when that occurred. And when he’s wholesome, we’ll see what occurs.”
It wouldn’t be a shock if the 49ers discover one thing of a dry marketplace for the QB that’s taken them to 2 NFC championship video games within the final three seasons. They tried buying and selling him earlier within the offseason, however an harm to his throwing shoulder that required surgical procedure derailed his market simply in time for different QB motion to happen.
Now the 49ers discover themselves in a spot the place suitors for Garoppolo might be skinny with Browns QB Baker Mayfield additionally on the buying and selling block. It definitely isn’t assured they’ll discover a commerce associate, at which level they’ll have a choice to make.
They will both hold him and his $26.95 million cap hit to throw a possible wrench into Trey Lance’s improvement. Or they will grant him his launch which might make him an unrestricted free agent and open the door for him to signal wherever he’d like. Given how the connection between the 2 sides has gone because the finish of the NFC championship sport, and the very fact the 49ers nonetheless need to commerce him, it’s simpler to see the second situation than the primary.