Although it's good for the team, he doesn't have a set date to return.

The news in San Francisco is that Jimmy Garoppolo won’t need surgery on his foot after suffering a season-ending injury.

The problem is that although he’ll only require rehabilitation, it’s unlikely that he’ll be able to return this season according to the 49ers staff.

Garoppolo is on a seven to eight-week recovery timeline but that is for him to “heal” not necessarily take the field.

During a conference, Head Coach Kyle Shanahan said: “It will be a big recovery but much less than what we anticipated, which is awesome news for him in the offseason.

“He'll be good to go right away, so it won't be like last year. There's a way outside chance late in the playoffs or something like that, but it's just an outside chance. We're not real optimistic about that, but they didn't rule it out.”

The NFC divisional round is in seven weeks, while the NFC Championship Game is eight weeks away. This means if the 49ers make it to the Super Bowl, Garoppolo could play.

Right now, the 49ers will focus on playing to their strengths with running back Christian McCaffrey and rookie quarterback Brock Purdy, who took over for Garoppolo.

Shanahan continued: “We have got to play that by ear with our whole roster. Our goal is to get to the playoffs, so we've got to make sure we do the best thing possible for that.

“That's the issue with IR. Most likely, if that did happen, he wouldn't be able to come back for that, so we'll see how these IR decisions play out over the next couple of weeks.”