The San Francisco 49ers are likely to use the franchise tag on quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo for the 2018 season, head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Monday.
"I think that's logical," Shanahan said, per the Press Democrat's Grant Cohn. "Just being totally honest. When you're making a long-term decision on someone for your organization to pay him the amount of money that you do for quarterbacks, that's a big deal. [Garoppolo] hasn't played in a lot of football games. He has come in here in a situation where he hasn't had a fair opportunity to prepare the right way.