49ers shouldn’t, wouldn’t move on from Jimmy Garoppolo

While the San Francisco 49ers loss in Super Bowl LIV centered a lot on quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, moving on from him would be arguably the silliest thing the team could do.

As poor an argument it is, it makes sense why some pundits think San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo isn’t a long-term fit for the team after the Niners fell in heartbreaking fashion to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV.

Pro Football Talk was among the national sites suggesting the 49ers would consider moving on from their franchise quarterback, who signed a lucrative five-year, $137.5 million deal early in 2018, at the time making him the highest-paid quarterback in the league.

The argument was San Francisco, pressed for cap space entering 2020, could save a significant amount of money by moving on from Garoppolo — $22.4 million with $4.2 million in dead money, according to Over the Cap.

For those who only watched Garoppolo’s postseason efforts, it might sound reasonable. After all, Garoppolo wasn’t asked to pass much against the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers in the divisional round and NFC Championship games, respectively. Head coach Kyle Shanahan’s run game largely took care of all offensive needs in those two games.

Garoppolo does deserve a share of the blame for San Francisco’s loss in the Super Bowl. His late fourth-quarter overthrow for wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders was arguably the biggest gaffe, and that miss certainly garnered a lot of attention supporting PFT’s argument.

But assigning blame on Garoppolo alone is a poor route to take.

Like any quarterback, Garoppolo has his flaws. And some of those aren’t likely to go away anytime soon.

Yet there are also plenty of reasons why the 49ers would have zero interest in moving on from their quarterback this offseason. Or anytime soon, for that matter.

Here are the reasons why San Francisco won’t cut ties.