The San Francisco 49ers are anticipating signing Jimmy Garoppolo to a one-year franchise tag in the offseason that will be worth approximately $25 million.

The 49ers have ample cap space to sign Garoppolo to that rich of a one-year deal.

“He does not have to play (this season),” Kyle Shanahan said. “It’s not that we’re coming to this deadline and we’ve got to decide our future, ours and his, for both sides. We’ve got six games left and we’re going to have next year, also. I know you have to franchise a quarterback to keep him, but quarterbacks are expensive. And that is not that big of a deal to us.”

The franchise tag would give the 49ers more information before committing long-term.

“It would be great if it could work out that way (a long-term contract), but that’s just not the situation any of us are in,” Shanahan said. “So you want to play it out. That is the good thing about the franchise tag and that’s what, to me, made it an easier decision to trade for him at the time we did to where it’s - I don’t want to do anything very impulsive that could put our team at risk.

“But that’s what’s cool about having something like (the franchise tag): Hey, alright, I would love to have a guy like that, especially for only a second-round pick. Definitely. Do we have to make a decision this fast for the future in terms of a long-term deal and everything? No, you don’t. If you do, and it works out, and you feel great about it, that’s awesome. But if not, that’s why the rules are the way they are.”