SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jimmy Garoppolo’s re-entry to the 49ers is underway. Did he ever leave? Well, he certainly wasn’t part of training camp practices and meetings. Instead, he was isolated to throwing on a side field with his repaired shoulder, awaiting an opportunity elsewhere that would never arise.
So the 49ers found a way to keep him on the roster ahead of Tuesday’s deadline to reach the 53-man limit. A day after Garoppolo agreed to cut his salary from $24 million to $6.5 million befitting his backup role to Trey Lance, coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch explained on a media conference call how all this came to fruition, in relatively rapid fashion.
Garoppolo and Lance were not made available on the call. The 49ers canceled Tuesday’s practice and it’s believed players get Wednesday off, so the quarterbacks are expected to talk to reporters on Thursday.
