The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... Garoppolo expects to be traded, hopes to have a say in where he lands and knows what he wants in his next organization. "I was talking to [GM John Lynch] yesterday about finding the right destination and whatever the future holds, just doing it the right way," Garoppolo said. "I've got a long career ahead of me. 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."

Diehards Line: At the end of a 17-plus minute Zoom media session Tuesday, Garoppolo stopped, looked into the camera and delivered what was unmistakably a farewell message to Niners fans. "It's been a hell of a ride," Garoppolo said to the 49ers fans. "I love you guys. See ya. ..." Not long before, Lynch and HC Kyle Shanahan largely deflected questions about what comes next for Garoppolo. "If we knew exactly what was happening, we would have told Jimmy," Shanahan said. An exact timeline for a potential Garoppolo trade remains to be seen but there are plenty of reasons to believe it will be a priority to be done by the time the new league year starts on March 16. Garoppolo is scheduled to count $26.905 million against San Francisco's salary cap in 2022. Moving on from him would save the team $25.505 million with just $1.4 million in dead money remaining from the signing bonus on the contract he signed in 2017. The Niners will need that space to re-sign many of their own key players, including wide receiver Deebo Samuel and defensive end Nick Bosa, both of whom are under contract but are priorities to sign to lucrative extensions this offseason, something Lynch acknowledged Tuesday. ... Stay tuned.