The 49ers haven’t unloaded veteran quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo yet, but that hasn’t changed their plans with second-year signal caller Trey Lance.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings discussed the ongoing QB saga San Francisco entered when they traded up to No. 3 overall in last year’s draft to select Lance. While holding onto Garoppolo wasn’t their ideal scenario, it’s one Shanahan believes they can navigate with the path still leading to Lance starting in 2022.
“That’s why we looked into trading Jimmy, because we obviously believe that Trey can be a starter and we’re ready to do that,” Shanahan said via ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. “But if we can’t upgrade our team in another way, we’re not just going to get rid of a good quarterback because we have other quarterbacks on the roster. Quarterbacks are really hard to come by. Some teams don’t have any at all, and the fact that we have three that we’re happy with, that is a good thing.”
