3 years agoJimmy Garoppolo's tenure in San Francisco has been marred by injuries. He has only played 16 games once, but when he did, the 49ers went to the Super Bowl in 2019. Otherwise, he played only three games in 2018 and six games in 2020. It is without question that his unreliability led the 49ers to trade three first-round picks to move up and draft Trey Lance. The 49ers stated that Garoppolo is their starting quarterback heading into the season and that they hope he plays the whole year, but he has never been a fantasy force thus far, so don't count on him to put it all together in his lame-duck year. In his 2019 season, he finished as the QB15 overall and QB23 in points per game, and San Francisco's run-heavy zone offense does not leave for much improvement on those numbers by an immobile quarterback. The fact of the matter is that there are so many superior options for late-QB drafters that the risk of an imminent Garroppolo replacement makes him undraftable in all formats, even Superflex. Jimmy G will almost certainly be under center Week 1 because Lance is a very raw prospect with limited starting experience at the college level, but it's a question of when, not if, he replaces Garoppolo, and fantasy managers should be prepared for it to be sooner rather than later. Absent a season for the ages and another 49ers' Super Bowl run, this season will be Garroppolo's last in the Bay Area.--Frank Dyevoich, Esq.