Thursday, March 28

Jimmy Garoppolo Seemingly Says Goodbye to 49ers Faithful, Eyes Roll to One Contender: ‘It’s Been a Great Ride’



After 46 games in five seasons, Jimmy Garoppolo’s tenure in San Francisco appears to be coming to an end. Garoppolo seemed to confirm as much earlier this week when he closed his Zoom press conference fresh from a loss in the NFC title game.

“It’s been an incredible journey,” Garoppolo saying in a message apparently directed at 49ers fans. “I love you guys. See ya.”

Even if Garoppolo wasn’t ambiguous about his future, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch were, of course, far more coy. Shanahan praised both Garoppolo and Trey Lance and seemed to indicate that he will communicate too much with Garoppolo about the team’s yet-to-be-determined plans.

“If we knew exactly what was going on, we would have told Jimmy,” Shanahan said. “But this season just ended and we have a great young quarterback who was a rookie and we have a great quarterback here who is a veteran … I have the utmost respect for Jimmy and I’m very excited.” about Trey. We are in a situation where we have to make some difficult decisions that will not be easy. But I’m happy about it. That means you have the best case scenario and that’s why we’ve got to think about this a lot. And Jimmy will know everything as we go along.”

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The writing is on the wall. It has been for some time. The 49ers switched to the draft for Lance to be the QB of the future.

But it turns out the changing of the guard may not be hard to get through, as Garoppolo accepted his impending departure and expressed a desire to be traded from San Francisco to another successful team.

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He said he spoke with Lynch and that all parties are trying to do what is best for each other, even if nothing has materialized yet. However, that could change quickly.

“As for the whole trade situation, John has been very clear about it,” Garoppolo said. “I think they’re trying to do what’s best for me, I’m trying to do what’s best for them and we’re working together. We haven’t really made much progress on that, but I think things will start to happen.” here pretty quickly.”

Garoppolo has a no-trade clause, which is voided at the start of the new league year, meaning any trade would likely go through. However, the two biggest issues are Garoppolo’s health and his contract.

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Since arriving in San Francisco, he has played in double-digit games just twice and most of the time he has played in six games or fewer. He was relatively healthy this year, he played and started 15 of 17 games, but he hurt himself down the stretch with shoulder and thumb injuries, the latter of which he’s trying to avoid surgery.

He also has a salary cap of $26.9 million for next season, the final year of his current contract. This means he would either be a very expensive hire or he would probably sign Garoppolo to an extension of his own and rework some of the money.

Where Garoppolo lands remains to be seen, but he made it clear that he believes his best football is in front of him and that he can help a team win.

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“I was talking to John yesterday about finding the right destination and whatever the future holds, just doing it the right way,” Garoppolo said. “I’ve got a long career ahead of me. I’m excited. I’m excited about the opportunities that lie ahead. I just want to go to a place where they want to win. That’s really where I’m at.” this game for. I’m here to play football, win football games and as long as I have that and good people around me, I think the rest will take care of itself.”

Throughout his career, Garoppolo has completed 67.7 percent of his passes for 11,852 with 71 touchdowns and 38 career interceptions. And while he has led the Niners to two NFC title game appearances and a Super Bowl berth, he has struggled in the postseason: He has completed just 60.6 percent of his passes with four touchdowns and six interceptions in seven playoff games in his career.




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