Jimmy Garoppolo performed very well in his limited action after he replaced the injured C.J. Beathard with about a minute left in the game. However, Beathard’s injury will not keep him out for the long-term and the 49ers expect to name their Week 13 starter by Wednesday, reports Matt Maiocco of NBCSports.com.
Beathard suffered a knee contusion and a hip strain during yesterday’s matchup, according to Maiocco. That may ultimately have the largest impact on whether the rookie signal caller gets the start on Sunday vs. Chicago. It’s worth pointing out that head coach Kyle Shanahan said during yesterday’s postgame presser that he didn’t even think about replacing Beathard before the injury occurred.
This development shouldn’t be a surprise as Shanahan had already been non-committal about who his quarterback moving forward would be after yesterday’s loss to the Seahawks.
Most fans would probably like to see Garoppolo start given his quality play yesterday and the fact that the front office did make a move to acquire the impending free agent in the middle of the season. Still, it is notable that Shanahan has not given into the bait and played his new QB, as he likely wants to make sure that Garoppolo is ready to be successful when he does eventually see the field.
Just don’t understand y u trade a big asset for a guy who every QB needy team wanted and u aren’t starting him during a 1-9 season to c what u got before committing big money to a guy. Baffling to me
How is Jimmy going to develop into the guy if he never plays. Shanahan is overrated. McVay is wayy better
Fella’s, come on! I thought you were smarter than that! They won’t start him until they are guaranteed to be in the top 3 for the draft! If they play him now, he’s going to hurt their draft status more than he’ll help! They already know he can play!
They do need to play him to make sure he’s not a system QB like Brady.
Amazing how Brady lost his top WR of the past 4 years in preseason and at 40 years old is still the best QB in the league but clowns like you will call him a system QB. The faces have changed over the years but the one thing that has stayed the same is Brady getting the job done