What does Jimmy Garoppolo’s future hold after the San Francisco 49ers’ season ended short of Super Bowl LVI? It was already clear that the NFC Championship Game was Garoppolo’s last time suiting up for the 49ers, as Trey Lance — the third overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft — is expected to succeed him as the franchise’s next starting quarterback.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are among the teams who have a clear need at quarterback.
“I’ve got a long career ahead of me,” Garoppolo told reporters in what was likely his last press conference as a Niner. “I’m excited about it. I’m excited about the opportunities to come. I just want to go to a place where they want to win. That’s really what I’m in this game for.”
FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd already has a suggestion for Jimmy G, and it’s the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I will say Pittsburgh feels right,” Cowherd said on his show, The Herd. “Pittsburgh has averaged about nine-and-a-half wins over the last three years. That’s with leading the NFL in sacks for five straight years, a Hall of Fame coach, always way-above-average receivers, and now a sensational rookie tight end.
“And they’re winning about nine-and-a-half games a year. What does that tell you? Ben was really bad. So, I think Garoppolo today in Pittsburgh is a significant upgrade. Really, I do. Garoppolo is a significant upgrade today over Ben Roethlisberger.
“If you lead the NFL in sacks every year for half a decade, you have a Hall of Fame coach, you have really nice weapons, and I say they win about nine games [a year].”
“I think Garoppolo to Pittsburgh,” Cowherd continued. “You get Garoppolo over to the AFC; it’s good for him. I’d absolutely sign him to a two-year deal, and if I was the Niners, [I tell the Steelers], ‘Give me one of your corners. I don’t want a draft pick. You give me a corner, and you can have Jimmy.'”
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Garoppolo, who has been the 49ers’ starter since 2017, has led San Francisco to two NFC championships and one Super Bowl appearance over the last three years.
This season, the 49ers went 1-1 with Lance as their starter and 9-7 with Garoppolo under center.
