NFL insider expects 49ers to ‘re-engage’ Jimmy Garoppolo trade talks once he’s fully healed from shoulder surgery
It looks like the big hold up to an eventual Jimmy Garoppolo trade from the San Francisco 49ers has been the quarterback being able to prove he is fully recovered from offseason shoulder surgery.
For the entirety of the NFL offseason, the assumption by most throughout the industry is that the 49ers want second-year QB Trey Lance to lead the offense in 2022 and that Garopollo’s five-year tenure in the organization is at an end.
A trade sending the New England Patriots draft pick to a QB needy team was expected to happen in March or April. Yet, while more established stars like Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan were moved, Garopollo still remains in San Francisco. The speculation has been that the money left on his contract, and the fact that he is still recovering from March surgery have severely hampered the trade market for the eight-year veteran.
