San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has been out since Week 9 with a severe ankle injury. With the 49ers set to miss the postseason, the 29-year old likely won't make a return to the field in the 2020 season.

Thus, it's worth pondering whether Garoppolo has played his final game with the franchise he signed a five-year, $137.5 million deal with in 2018. According to former 49ers quarterback and current ESPN analyst Steve Young, that hinges on whether Jimmy G is the man head coach Kyle Shanahan wants to run his offense with in the foreseeable future.

Via Nick Wagoner of ESPN:

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“Jimmy is a very good football player and I think it's just going to be whether Jimmy is the guy that Kyle wants for the next five years,” said Steve Young, a former 49ers quarterback, a Hall of Famer and an ESPN analyst. “We're at a moment here where it's not like for another year or two but, ‘Who do I want for the next five years, next eight years while I'm going to be coaching the Niners for a long time.' … And I think it feels like there's this moment in time where those two need to sit down and figure out how much they trust each other and how much they really fit, and if they don't, can they conform, or is there something new that they can learn about each other that could help?”

Garoppolo has had an injury-plagued tenure since being traded to San Francisco in 2017. He has played in just 31 games through four seasons. The 49ers have only seen one fully healthy season from him and that was last year, where he suited up in all 16 contests. Prior to last season, he played in just nine combined games.

San Francisco will definitely have a lot to think about this off-season whether they will continue to roll with Garoppolo as their quarterback.