Jimmy Garoppolo agrees a new one-year contract with San Francisco 49ers ensuring QB will stay put

Jimmy Garoppolo has agreed to restructure his contract to stay with the San Francisco 49ers.

The one-year deal will lower Garoppolo’s salary to $6.5 million and provides incentives that can push the deal to $16.5 million.

It also includes no-trade and no-tag clauses ensuring that Garoppolo will remain in San Francisco this season and have the freedom to leave as a free agent in the offseason. 

Depending on how the deal is structured, Garoppolo’s salary cap number for 2022 will end up being somewhere between $18 million to 19 million less than the $26.9 million it was previously slated to cost.

Jimmy Garoppolo has signed a restructured one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers 

The 49ers and Garoppolo have dealt with months of trade speculation, especially after head coach Kyle Shanahan second-year quarterback Trey Lance the starter for the 2022 season.

Garoppolo however spent the offseason recovering from a shoulder surgery which clouded the possibility of any possible trade.

Many analyst began to speculate that it would take an injury to another team’s starter for Garoppolo to be traded, or that he may be flat out released before the start of the regular season.

Garoppolo stands and watches Trey Lance prepare to throw ball during training camp practice