Let's talk about John Lynch, who spoke to the media today at NFL, at the NFL meeting,

spoke to the assembled media and said, among other things, when asked if he envisions

cutting Jimmy Garoppolo, I don't foresee that.

He's too good of a player.

I think Jimmy will be playing for us or will be playing for someone else.

He's too good of a player not to be a couple of other things.

He said, I'll just rattle through.

We don't have to break down every word, but this is from Eric Branch and the Chronicle

Transcribed it all.

Can you afford having him as your backup of this current price?

The answer is yes, said Lynch.

We can, and like I said, we have prepared for this all along.

It's not easy, but we'll get creative and figure it out.

What does it mean for Tray?

Well, it's great news.

We're extremely positive on him, as I've said, as Kyle said, on Tray's progress.

This offseason, it'll have ample opportunity.

Jimmy won't be ready until camp.

As it relates to Jimmy, we're always going to hold true to what we thought his value was.

I'd say at the combined, there were real conversations that went pretty far along, but when

the shoulder surgery happened, I thought he made a decision for his long term that along

with doctors, he needed the surgery.

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