In his first start for his new team, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo led San Francisco to their second win of the season when he orchestrated a late game-winning drive to beat the Bears.
Garoppolo got the start partly because rookie third round pick C.J. Beathard had suffered an injury in the team’s loss to the Seahawks two weeks ago. However, unsurprisingly head coach Kyle Shanahan announced today that Garoppolo would be his starting QB once again for the team’s Week 14 matchup vs. the Texans, reports Ron Kroichick of the San Francisco Chronicle. The first-year coach seemed to be impressed with the types of plays Garoppolo made with only limited practice time.
“You could see he made some impressive throws,” said Shanahan. “There were definitely situations where he got a little confused and still was able to make plays — the more he plays and the more he’s around us, knowing the scheme, he’ll have less of those. It was still very impressive, with the situation he was in, to keep his poise. He was able to make some plays when things weren’t perfect.”
Garoppolo’s overall numbers from this past Sunday weren’t all too impressive. The 26-year-old did complete 26 of his 37 pass attempts, but couldn’t find his way into the end zone. He also threw a pick in the contest. Nevertheless, it was still impressive to see Garoppolo lead the struggling 49ers to a late game victory, and he should only get more comfortable with the offense as he continues to get playing time.
San Francisco will likely still have a top five pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, but with Garoppolo a strong candidate for the franchise tag in the offseason, he’ll definitely get his chances to impress the 49ers brass.
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Let’s be real here…he didn’t throw an interception, he threw the ball into his guys hands and his guy had the ball ripped out of his hands. Yea it counts as an interception and yes he didn’t throw a TD but his numbers were actually pretty impressive, almost throwing for 300 yards, concerted 10-18 3rd downs and and marched down field to complete the come from behind win..this is impressive to me especially for his first start with limited talent around him. Night and day with a QB who’s been in the league and doesn’t panic compared to a rookie who panicked under pressure a lot.
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The bar at qb was already pretty low. So seeing Jimmy G at the helm is a God-send!!