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Jimmy Garoppolo (Finally) Has Surgery on his Throwing Shoulder

If Garoppolo had this surgery in late January when the 49ers were eliminated from the playoffs, he would have had a much better shot to be ready to throw by the beginning of training camp.

Grant Cohn

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It's about freaking time.

On Tuesday, Jimmy Garoppolo finally had surgery to repair his throwing shoulder -- an injury he suffered during the 49ers' Wild Card playoff win over the Cowboys, and a surgery he could have had more than a month ago when his season ended.

If Garoppolo had this surgery in late January when the 49ers were eliminated from the playoffs, he would have had a much better shot to be ready to throw by the beginning of training camp. But since he waited, there's only a "hope" that he will be ready to throw when camp starts in late July.

Which means it's not certain Garoppolo will be ready to throw when camp starts. Which means it's possible he will miss part of camp, and maybe even some of the season.

And that's why I'll be surprised if the 49ers trade Garoppolo for anything of significance. He's a wounded quarterback who's immediate future is one big question mark. A team could trade for him, and he could miss the first month of the season, and that team could miss the playoffs. Big risk.

Perhaps the 49ers could move Garoppolo by packaging him in a pick swap, i.e. the 49ers and another team swap sixth-round picks, and that team takes Garoppolo. Still,that mystery team would have to want an injured Garoppolo and his $27 million cap number for 2022.

A more likely scenario is the 49ers trade Garoppolo for an expensive player who's slated to be a cap casualty next week. Someone such as Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore. Someone who will get cut if he doesn't get traded.

Stay tuned. Garoppolo's final day on the 49ers could be soon.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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