There’s a little clarity on Jimmy Garoppolo’s immediate future. He won’t be ready for the start of training camp, and instead is expected to be cleared by the middle of August according to a report from NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport.
While that does provide some insight into when Garoppolo will be cleared to play football, the timeline doesn’t assist with knowing whether the QB will be traded, released or kept on the 49ers’ roster.
“We are not gonna get any of those answers until Jimmy Garoppolo is fully healthy and is able to pass a physical, not just from the 49ers, but a potential new team,” Rapoport said. “So let’s get an update on how he’s doing physically. I’m told Jimmy Garoppolo saw Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the respected surgeon who did his surgery to repair the torn capsule in his throwing shoulder earlier in this offseason. That was over the last several days. He is progressing extremely well, working with a physical therapist every day, doing exactly what needs to be done. It is all positive and the expectation is he’ll be fully cleared – in other words able to make all the throws 40 yards down the field and more – at about mid-August.”
