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Garoppolo is scheduled to undergo right shoulder surgery soon and is expected to be sidelined until the summer, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

Garoppolo sprained his throwing shoulder during the 49ers' wild-card win over Dallas, and at the time he was also dealing with a thumb injury that was also expected to require offseason surgery. However, it appears that the former issue was more serious than previously thought, while the opposite was true for his thumb. Schefter also relays that the upcoming shoulder surgery isn't expected to affect Garoppolo's trade status, and the prevailing assumption is that he'll be moved at some point this spring. According to Schefter, preliminary estimates suggest that Garoppolo is expected to resume throwing some time prior to July 4, which should give him plenty of time to get acclimated to a new team before the start of the 2022 campaign.

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