Jimmy Garoppolo didn't deny it: The season the San Francisco 49ers traded up to select Trey Lance with the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft was strange.
Ahead of a Week 1 preseason match with Garoppolo's former team, the now-Las Vegas Raiders quarterback reflected on his past two years with the 49ers in a conversation with the San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Silver. Garoppolo called the 2022 season "a wild year" but said the season the 49ers drafted Lance was worse.
“Yeah, the year before was real awkward,” Garoppolo said. “That was tougher than this past year, honestly.