NFL fans across the country spent much of the offseason debating where Jimmy Garoppolo would play in 2022. The quarterback who had led the San Francisco 49ers to the NFC Championship Game twice in the past three years became a lame duck quarterback the moment the Niners spent three first round picks to move up in the 2021 NFL Draft to select Trey Lance.
However, with the trade market slow, and apparently few bidders for his services on a contract that would pay him in the neighborhood of $25M in 2022, he remained with the 49ers as the deadline for teams to cut down to 53 players before Tuesday at 4 PM New York Time.