Report drops big claim about Jimmy Garoppolo's future with the 49ers

NFL insider Albert Breer believes that the San Fransisco 49ers will trade away Kimmy Garropolo and has given a date for when he thinks it will happen.

Jimmy Garoppolo and his future with the San Francisco 49ers is certainly one of the big topics around the NFL this offseason. 

The drafting of Trey Lance with the 3rd overall pick in the 2021 draft meant that there was in essence a timebomb ticking on his tenure with the 49ers, as they appear to not be completely satisfied with what he has brought to the table.

Despite having a record of 33-16 with the team across the regular and postseason, one of those seasons ending in a place in the Super Bowl, the number of injuries that he’s picked up clearly wasn’t enough for them to trust him, and so they brought in his heir-apparent. 

However, with Lance having started two games last year, it would take something of a leap of faith for them to catapult him right into the starting spot in 2022, but judging by what Breer has said, that appears to be the plan

Writing as part of a Q&A for SI.com, Breer claimed that the 49ers would look to trade away Garoppolo, and that a move could come as soon as the end of next month:

“I’d set the over/under at July 1, and there are a couple reasons for it. [sic]

“One, the hope is that Jimmy Garoppolo, coming off rotator cuff surgery, will be throwing in late June. If he can prove then that he’s capable, that’d help…

“Two, by the time we get there, teams will have wrapped up their offseason programs, which means coaches will have had nine weeks with their players, with three weeks of OTA practices, plus the mandatory minicamp mixed in. An injury in the course of that could, of course, create a quarterback need somewhere. But even absent that, there