Opting for the high road, 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has reached out to the team’s No. 3 overall selection and eventual replacement Trey Lance following the pick.
Jimmy Garoppolo looks like he’s taking the high road with the San Francisco 49ers selecting Trey Lance with the No. 3 overall pick at the NFL Draft. Instead of distancing himself from the quarterback that the organization has tapped to eventually take his job, Garoppolo reached out to the North Dakota State product following the Niners making the pick official.
“Yeah, he sent me a text last night, and I was super thankful and grateful for that,” Lance told 95.7 The Game on Friday. “For him reaching out, it meant a lot to me, and I’m super excited to get to work, get to meet him and to learn as much as I possibly can from him.”
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Garoppolo has every right to make this situation as difficult as possible for the Niners but it seems for their sake the veteran QB has decided not to go down that route. Especially considering the team has no desire to accommodate Garoppolo’s interest and capitalize on the reported heavy interest the rest of the League has in him.
As far as what the immediate future holds, the 49ers still seem prime to hold on to Garoppolo, at least through this upcoming season before making that switch to Lance in 2022.
