The Jimmy Garoppolo trade rumors have seemingly ended not with a bang, but with a whimper Casey Sadler Jersey ahead of the 2022 NFL season.The 49ers ultimately could not offload their veteran quarterback via the trade bloc. Nor did they simply release him so he could come to terms with another team on his own (at the risk he would choose, say, division rival Seattle).And so, the team brought him back and renegotiated his contract to make him the behind Trey Lance. The saga's ending came as a bit of a surprise to Garoppolo, who on Thursday admitted he thought would never return to San Francisco."Really it wasn't on my mind, to be completely honest," Garoppolo told reporters. "I mean I was training out here. I had to be here, so I was here for that reason. I don't know. I was just trying to get my body right, like I was saying, getting my shoulder right.MORE: I felt very confident out there, and I knew that I was ready to roll. I just needed to figure out where it was. And things kind of fell into place these last couple of days really, just right before it all happened.Garoppolo said he also considered asking the 49ers outright to release him so he could move onto another team, but he conceded that it "wasn't the way I wanted it to go."There was a thought of that at one point. Trust me, there was. That came and went. I don't know; things just kind of kept falling into place.""Really it wasn't on my mind, to be completely honest."Jimmy G didn't think he would return to the Niners 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) MORE: Garoppolo did allow that the proce s was "different" and "different than any other situation I've been in," however.Jimmy G describes his path back to the Niners as "weird" 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) The eighth-year quarterback was tied to several teams this offseason, including the Panthers but most notably the in the wake of the Deshaun Watson suspension and the , whose quarterback battle between Drew Lock and Geno Smith hasn't exactly inspired confidence.Now, Garoppolo will remain with the team that in regard to moving on from him."Things worked out," Garoppolo said. "I'm happy now." Justus Sheffield Jersey