According to NFL insider Adam Schefter of ESPN, the San Francisco 49ers have given the Jimmy Garoppolo’s agents permission to seek a trade for their client.
49ers officially have given Jimmy Garoppolo’s agents Don Yee and Carter Chow permission to seek a trade, sources said. Garoppolo has been cleared to start practicing, per team source; 49ers still are expected to exercise caution with him this summer.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 20, 2022
San Francisco has made it known throughout the offseason that they intended to try and move on from Garoppolo.
When asked about the 49ers quarterback situation in May, head coach Kyle Shanahan made it known the franchise was looking to trade Garoppolo.
“Yeah, nothing’s changed since the surgery, we knew where we were at before that, and then he got the surgery, so everything went on hold. I expect him at some time, most likely to be traded, but who knows. It’s not a guarantee and it’s been exactly on hold when that happened. And when he is healthy, we’ll see what happens.”
The larger piece of news to come from Schefter’s report was Garoppolo being cleared to start practicing.
This comes one day after NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that Garoppolo had been throwing but it was unlikely he would pass a physical until mid-August.
Based on the differences in the reports, it seems Rapoport is getting his information from someone in Jimmy Garoppolo’s camp. The 49ers didn’t like the messaging and decided to put out their own through Schefter.
One thing is certain, the questions on Jimmy Garoppolo will not go away until he is no longer a member of the 49ers.
At this point, some team is going to get an absolute steal of a trade for Jimmy G. With QB injuries such as they are, Jimmy will get playing time no matter where he lands. For his sake, I hope he ends up on a contender and gets another shot at a ring.
Oh come on. There will likely be no trade. It’s pretty obvious that there are 2 separate camps leaking 2 separate messages, which means that Jimmy’s camp, and the 49ers camp, are not on the same page, and not working in concert to work out a viable trade. So unless there is a team like the Browns who are willing to buy out the remainder of Jimmy’s contract ($27 million), or the 49ers are willing to cover the difference, Jimmy will likely become a free agent before the final year of his contract becomes fully guaranteed on August 30th.
And since we haven’t even see any video evidence that Jimmy’s even been throwing the football, I would be willing to bet he’s going to ask for his release, like Steve Young predicted, within the next couple weeks.
Meanwhile, are Deebo Samuel and Nick Bosa both expected to report to camp next week without new deals?
Please, no political comments, lest this become the partisan AND petty free for all it was before Jack took charge.
Ironically the numbers 1 and 6 are in your screen name. Secondly this is technically the Santa Rosa Press Democrat page so…
That is ironic James, and I didn’t even catch that, but 16 and 1.6 are NOT the same thing. The 16 in my name is in reference to my favorite athlete of all time.
It’s conceivable that business deals won’t get made. It’s clear that Jimmy’s team and the 49ers’ camp aren’t on the same page and aren’t cooperating to work out a trade, since they have leaked contradictory statements.