Had things worked out differently this offseason, Jimmy Garoppolo might have been a Carolina Panther.

Instead, he's slated to face the Panthers on Sunday – with the team no one thought he'd still be part of.

"Yeah. I think we were advancing with a couple different teams. Nothing, obviously came to fruition. They were top of the list, I would say, one of the top couple," Garoppolo said Thursday when asked if things had advanced with the Panthers in terms of a potential trade in the offseason. "I'm glad things worked out. I'm here, so I'm focused on this stuff now."