NFL rumors: 49ers planning to dump Jimmy Garoppolo for this quarterback not named Tom Brady? - NJ.com

Maybe, just maybe, the San Francisco 49ers truly aren’t sold on quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

First, the smoke has been out there about Tom Brady rumors. On the surface, the idea seems crazy.

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But now this nugget from Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer sheds some more light on a 49ers quarterback situation that truly could be fluid over the next 12 months.

Let’s start with Brady’s interest in the Niners, and you can ask yourself this question: If the greatest player of all-time wanted to play for you, wouldn’t you have to—whether he was 30 or 50—discuss it? I think that’s where the Niners are right now. What becomes of it, I don’t know. But I do know there’s been perception in league circles that Jimmy Garoppolo is on the clock, because Kirk Cousins is a free agent in 2021. (I still believe Brady landing in San Francisco is very unlikely, but maybe a significant return for Garoppolo would change the equation.)

Cousins to San Francisco? Don’t rule it out. With head coach Kyle Shanahan in place and entrenched as the leader of the franchise, the 49ers could pursue the quarterback that so many believed would land in the Bay Area in 2017.

A different timeline played out, and one that led to a head-to-head battle in last year’s playoffs between Shanahan and the quarterback he helped groom in Washington.

Brady? Cousins? Garoppolo?

The 49ers will likely be in good hands at quarterback for a while, we’re just not sure who’s right arm will be slinging passes in Santa Clara, California.

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