San Francisco 49ers likely to trade Jimmy Garoppolo in next few days?
Within the next 48 hours, the San Francisco 49ers are going to have what they hope to be a franchise quarterback to lead the organization moving forward. That franchise quarterback is not going to be Jimmy Garoppolo.
With the 49ers pretty much controlling the news cycle over the past month after trading up to No. 3 in the 2021 NFL Draft, it appears that the their brass is loving its time in the limelight.
That could now potentially include pulling off a Garoppolo trade before or during the three-day event in Cleveland starting on Thursday.
Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reported on Tuesday that there’s a strong expectation around NFL circles that Garoppolo is traded here within the next few days.
“Very strong expectation among other GMs and throughout the industry that the 49ers will make major effort to move Jimmy Garoppolo before or during the draft,” La Canfora reported. “Timing isn’t great with 5 QBs about to go in 1st round, but Jimmy G’s future there now seen as bleak.”
The latter part of this report is the biggest issue for the 49ers. They might have overplayed their hand in initially demanding a first-round pick for the injury-plagued Garoppolo. Now that general manager John Lynch and Co. have seemingly lowered their asking price for the Super Bowl quarterback, the market might have thinned out.
All of this comes one day after San Francisco held a predraft press conference with Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan answering questions from the media. In that Q&A, Shanahan wouldn’t guarantee that Garoppolo would be on the roster (or alive) come Sunday.
