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The San Francisco 49ers will likely trade their starting quarterback since 2017, Jimmy Garoppolo. It's probably less likely that the team will get a first-round pick for the veteran signal-caller—not that many felt that was a possibility.
The betting favorite for Garoppolo's new NFL home remains the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is a winner, and with a talented roster around him, a team could go far. Garoppolo and the 49ers went to the NFC Championship Game in two of the past three seasons and had a Super Bowl appearance. The quarterback owns a regular-season record of 31-14 with San Francisco. So, why trade him?
The 49ers have Garoppolo's successor on the roster, last year's No. 3 overall pick, Trey Lance. The young quarterback is expected to be the team's Week 1 starter next season.
San Francisco will likely try to do right by Garoppolo, attempting to send him to a contender—preferably one out of the conference. The quarterback-needy Steelers seem like a good fit.
"If [Garoppolo] does [leave], he
deserves to go to a great situation," Lance said during the week leading to the Super Bowl, "so I think they're going to make sure they do get that done if Jimmy does leave."
While the Steelers make a lot of sense, one NFL reporter calls the interest in Garoppolo "lukewarm." That's not good news for the 49ers, who probably hope trading their quarterback away is worthwhile—aside from the obvious salary-cap savings.
"Interest in guys like Jimmy Garoppolo and Carson Wentz is
lukewarm as best I can tell, while some rumblings about Kirk Cousins and Matt Ryan have picked up," wrote Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports.
ESPN's Adam Schefter is making headlines after suggesting that the 49ers trading Garoppolo may not be the lock everyone assumes it to be, implying that Lance may be "
further behind than people realized."
If the compensation for Garoppolo isn't what the 49ers hope, might they be willing to pay his salary for one more year and then receive a compensatory pick when he leaves in 2023?
Said Schefter: "Now you can say, 'Jimmy Garoppolo is unquestionably one of the most popular and respected players in our locker room. Players love playing with him. We have him under contract this year at a very friendly $25 million cap number. And if we play with him this year, and we lose him after this year, we're going to get a third-round comp pick back in return.'"
We knew the 49ers' quarterback situation would make for some interesting early-offseason chatter, and it certainly has. That is unlikely to stop until Garoppolo's fate has been determined.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch have crafted an impressive roster since joining the San Francisco 49ers in 2017. On Sunday, the team strengthened its case as the best in the NFL by dismantling the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles.
After a three-game skid in October, the team has been firing on all cylinders, excelling both offensively and defensively. This was evident in the 42-19 rout of the Eagles.
During a conference call with reporters on Monday, head coach Kyle Shanahan was asked if this team is the most well-balanced roster he has had during his tenure and whether that influences his aggressiveness in handling play-calling
While A.J. Brown and Deebo Samuel maintain a strong friendship, the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver is injecting some friendly banter into the mix ahead of the highly anticipated Week 13 showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and the Eagles.
Brown has declared it "troll [Deebo Samuel] week," urging Eagles fans to engage with the star 49ers player ahead of this crucial matchup.
Eagle fans… it's troll @19problemz week. You have my permission. 🤣
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been nominated for this week's FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week award following his impressive performance in the team's 42-19 Week 13 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. This is his second career nomination for the honor. Purdy won his first FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week award following the 49ers' Week 11 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The second-year quarterback completed 19 of his 27 pass attempts (70.4 percent) for 314 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 148.8 passer rating against the Eagles.
The other nominees for this week's
San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey has won his fourth FedEx Ground Player of the Week award this season. The latest honor comes after the 49ers' Thanksgiving victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Week 12. He previously won the award following Weeks 1, 2, and
