Kyle Shanahan ‘shocked’ Niners got Jimmy Garoppolo back

Jimmy Garoppolo is a San Francisco 49er for an additional season.

Garoppolo dedicated to remain within the Bay Area after accepting considerably diminished pay Monday, agreeing to phrases on a one-year $7 million deal that pales compared to the $24 million he was owed beforehand.

And although Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan is stoked to have his backup QB back within the constructing, he was admittedly weary {that a} deal between the 2 may not come to fruition.

“That’s why we didn’t have him in conferences,” Shanahan stated in a convention name with reporters Tuesday. “That’s why we didn’t put him on the apply discipline, as a result of we nor Jimmy or actually anyone else within the league believed what the end result was going to be.”

Nonetheless, he is ecstatic that Garoppolo will likely be round for the approaching yr.

“There are 32 beginning quarterbacks on this league,” he stated, “And we consider now we have two of them now.” 

In Shanahan’s view, the percentages had been “slim to none” that Garoppolo can be on the roster come opening day.

“As he noticed the opposite conditions on the market, and I feel it looks as if all people was simply ready for us to chop him earlier than they might see how a lot they might get him for,” Shanahan stated. “But as soon as the final Saturday preseason recreation occurred, and nobody got injured, Jimmy thought this was his finest state of affairs.

“That’s why we had been so pumped as a result of it was clearly the perfect state of affairs for the Niners. We love getting Jimmy back, however to have him there [practicing] earlier in camp was not an possibility. … When it was all stated and accomplished, although it was surprising to us, we thought it was a win-win for either side.”

Shanahan stays assured that Garoppolo’s prior data of his system will carry him by way of a brief preseason, regardless of him not being current for conferences or practices.

“We have zero worries about him not having a playbook,” Shanahan stated. “I don’t have one, both. Jimmy’s been right here. He’s been rehabbing. He’s in nice form. He’s able to go.”