Harbaugh: Tank Carradine will be first guy activated

The San Francisco 49ers are coming off an impressive 2019 campaign that came just short of a championship. Still, the team's brain trust of John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan at least entertained the idea of a quarterback switch from Jimmy Garoppolo to Tom Brady. In the end, they felt Garoppolo was the better long-term answer and opted out of the Brady sweepstakes. The 49ers were in a similar situation in 2012. The team had just come off of an impressive campaign that came just short of a trip to the Super Bowl. That team's decision-makers also contemplated a switch at quarterback from Alex Smith to Peyton Manning. Except that time, the pursuit was real. 49ers CEO Jed York felt his team had a unique selling point. It had just been in the NFC Championship Game, so