After a long offseason of looking to trade Jimmy Garoppolo, the 49ers signed him to a restructured one-year deal in August. However, it appears that one rival team was looking to make a move for him.
Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Rams were interested in signing Garoppolo to make him Matthew Stafford’s backup in the event that the 49ers released him. San Francisco didn’t learn about Los Angeles’s interest until after they agreed with Garoppolo on a one-year deal worth up to $16 million.
“It was going to be such a Rams move to make,” a member of the 49ers organization told ESPN.