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San Francisco quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is turning into a free agent on March 16, and it appears impossible he returns to the 49ers subsequent season. The group appears to have accepted his potential departure, however legendary 49ers quarterback Joe Montana made it clear he thinks Garoppolo continues to be be the best choice for the staff’s offense.
Trey Lance, Brock Purdy and Garoppolo all began video games in 2022, a season by which San Francisco completed with a 13-4 regular-season document and reached the NFC Championship sport. But in a latest episode of the “Open Mike” podcast, Montana stated with out hesitation that out of the three of them, Garoppolo can be his best choice.
“I begin Jimmy,” Montana stated. “He has gained plenty of video games. I can not say the identical for Trey. You do not know that from him. I do not assume it is exhausting — I feel you simply begin Jimmy.”
Montana, who was inducted ino the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000, is considered one of many biggest quarterbacks of all time. However, San Francisco won’t be taking the four-time Super Bowl champion’s recommendation. His remark comes only a few days after 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan stated throughout his staff’s end-of-year press convention that Lance and Purdy are the highest two choices at quarterback going into coaching camp. Shanahan additionally stated that he would not “see any state of affairs” by which Garoppolo returns.
Lance was the preliminary starter in 2022 however suffered an ankle damage that ended his season early. Then Garoppolo broke his foot towards the Miami Dolphins in December and missed the remainder of the common season, which led to Purdy taking on.
“He nonetheless gained plenty of video games earlier than he obtained harm, proper?” Montana stated of Garoppolo. “And so he put [Purdy] in that place to have the ability to go on that run, to start with. So, you handed a man a staff, type of like anyone else I do know obtained handed an excellent staff. You’ve obtained to go along with the man who’s been profitable the video games and will get the offense and go from there.”
