San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is staying put. On Monday, Garoppolo agreed to a restructured one-year deal that may hold him in San Francisco, CBS Sports activities NFL Insiders Josina Anderson and Jonathan Jones report. The contract contains no-trade and no-tag clauses, in keeping with ESPN. Garoppolo will develop into a free agent subsequent offseason.
Garoppolo’s no-trade clause doesn’t imply there isn’t a risk he might be traded, in keeping with ESPN. It merely signifies that Garoppolo must be included in talks, and that he must consent to the commerce.
In line with NFL Media, Garoppolo’s new deal is price $6.5 million that’s totally assured, and contains incentives that may push his cash near $16 million. With the 53-man roster deadline Tuesday, the 49ers needed to decide on Jimmy G, and he’ll now return to the fold as Trey Lance’s backup.
Garoppolo’s unique base wage in 2022 was $24.2 million, and certain a major cause why his commerce market by no means materialized — particularly with the quarterback present process offseason shoulder surgical procedure. Simply final week, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan did not rule out the chance of San Francisco holding Jimmy G within the fold. Now, the 49ers have a really stable backup plan ought to one thing go fallacious.
Garoppolo’s identify remained within the information all offseason. It was reported in July that the rival Seattle Seahawks had been contemplating including Jimmy G to their quarterback battle. It was additionally reported earlier this month that the Cleveland Browns would take into account having a look at Garoppolo if Deshaun Watson’s suspension elevated, which it did. When New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson went down with a knee harm in Week 1 of the preseason, many thought Robert Saleh would make a transfer since he was accustomed to Garoppolo from his days as San Francisco’s defensive coordinator, however that didn’t occur both.
As time went on, it began to really feel increasingly more possible that the 49ers might hold Garoppolo. 49ers proprietor Jed York even stated not too long ago that the workforce was in no rush to commerce the QB, and that he could be completely happy to maintain him.
“I’ve stated this earlier than, you possibly can’t have sufficient good quarterbacks and good soccer gamers,” York informed The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami. “I am not going to get into roster discussions and what John (Lynch) and Kyle (Shanahan) wish to do. However I’ll help them in type of something that they wish to make this workforce pretty much as good as it could possibly presumably be.
“I watched it with Joe (Montana) and Steve (Younger), and I understand the wage cap is totally different right this moment than having no wage cap. However we have stated it earlier than: We’re completely happy to maintain Jimmy. We’re completely happy to have him on the roster. And if that is the case, then that is the case.”
Garoppolo, who turns 31 in November, threw for 3,810 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in 15 video games performed final season whereas going 9-6 because the starter. San Francisco rebounded from a 2-4 begin to attain the playoffs with a 10-7 report, and pulled off two straight upsets within the postseason earlier than falling to the eventual Tremendous Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams within the NFC Championship sport. Even with what was an general spectacular marketing campaign, the 49ers gave up a king’s ransom to pick out Lance at No. 3 general final yr for a cause.
Jimmy G was traded to the 49ers from the New England Patriots in the midst of the 2017 season. After profitable his first 5 begins with the 49ers to shut out the yr, San Francisco signed him to a five-year, $137.5 million deal. Garoppolo would tear his ACL in Week 3 of the 2018 marketing campaign, however returned in 2019 to guide the 49ers to a 13-3 report, and a Tremendous Bowl look vs. the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Whereas Garoppolo has the fourth-highest win share amongst all NFL quarterbacks since 2016, the 49ers offense was by no means headlined by Jimmy G’s arm in comparison with San Francisco’s spectacular dashing assault or its ingenuity in using totally different playmakers equivalent to Deebo Samuel. As quickly because the 49ers made their large commerce as much as the No. 3 general choose within the 2021 NFL Draft, it felt as if Garoppolo’s days because the beginning quarterback for the franchise could also be numbered.
With the 49ers’ determination to maintain Garoppolo, there might be loads of chatter concerning the workforce’s confidence degree in Lance. Both method, their quarterback room is extra solidified with a veteran that has spent years within the offense.