Kyle Shanahan: We’re still planning on Jimmy Garoppolo to lead us

49ers general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan met the media on Monday for the first time since agreeing to trade the No.12 pick in 2021, a 2021 third-round pick and their next two first-round picks to the Dolphins. for the third pick in this year’s draft.

This press conference opened with a lot of questions about what this means for Jimmy Garoppolo’s future with the team. Lynch said the team’s message to Garoppolo was that he was “still in our plans” for the coming season while saying the team were comfortable having him on the same depth board. with a recruit.

Shanahan said it would be difficult to find a better quarterback for the team than Garoppolo in the draft while echoing Lynch’s assessment of the situation and sharing insight into how the quarterback older responded to the exchange.

“Jimmy wasn’t totally excited about it, but he handled it well like he always does,” Shanahan said. “We always expect him to lead us and go as far as possible with him.”

Lynch and Shanahan both said they wanted to improve the quarterback’s overall depth picture, with Shanahan adding that they thought they were going to “indulge themselves at the altar sitting there at No.12.” This has led them to rock the top of the draft order and create some intrigue as to who their quarterback will be to kick off the 2021 season.