The Facts: Jimmy Garoppolo is still on the 49ers, and San Francisco doesn't seem to be too anxious to move him just yet. A day after GM John Lynch told reporters he doesn't foresee a future in which the Niners feel obligated to release Garoppolo, HC Kyle Shanahan followed suit, telling reporters they aren't going to part ways with Garoppolo just to save salary-cap space, even if Lance is ready to take over. "That's why we looked into trading Jimmy," Shanahan said Tuesday from the NFL's Annual League Meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. "Because we obviously believe Trey can be a starter and we're ready to do that. But if we can't upgrade our team in another way, we're not going to just get rid of a good quarterback because we have other quarterbacks on the roster. Quarterbacks are really hard to come by, some teams don't have any at all, and the fact that we have three that we're happy with, that is a good thing."
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Of course, the belief entering the offseason was San Francisco would move Garoppolo to a quarterback-needy club in exchange for draft capital. The carousel has since turned many times, placing Tom Brady back in Tampa, Carson Wentz in Washington, Matt Ryan in Indianapolis, Deshaun Watson in Cleveland, Marcus Mariota in Atlanta, Jameis Winston in New Orleans and Mitchell Trubisky in Pittsburgh. The only two logical destinations remaining for quarterbacks are in Carolina -- where the Panthers are paying Sam Darnold $18 million in guaranteed money and hold the sixth overall pick in April's draft -- and Seattle, where the Seahawks have Drew Lock and room to add another quarterback. But the Seahawks are a division rival to the 49ers. Baker Mayfield is also available, though the Browns have yet to work a deal to move him elsewhere. Simply put, the market for Garoppolo -- who underwent surgery and won't be able to throw until training camp -- has nearly dried up. If the 49ers decline to move Garoppolo for peanuts and instead keep him (and his $25.5 million salary, for which Lynch said Monday the 49ers have budgeted), that could open the door for a quarterback competition in the summer. San Francisco hasn't thought that far ahead, though. "Definitely haven't gotten that far. We'd figure that out," Shanahan said. ... In other words, this one bears our continued attention.