SANTA CLARA – The last time the 49ers were a red-hot destination, they boasted a super-charged slogan: “Who’s got it better than us? Nooo-body!”
The modern-day adaptation: “Who’s got Jimmy Garoppolo? Nooo-body but us!”
By retaining Garoppolo last month with the richest contract in NFL history, the 49ers unabashedly used their unbeaten quarterback as their key selling point to potential free agents.
“We wanted to make sure we had good signaling, that we had Jimmy done before free agency,” Paraag Marathe, the 49ers contract czar, said last month. “We wanted the good mojo that comes with having it done.