The shadow of Jimmy Garoppolo grew bigger in Week 1.
Trey Lance and the 49ers offense struggled for many of the day in brutal situations in a 19-10 season-opening loss to the Bears.
Lance showcased his important arm expertise and operating capability at occasions, however far too usually was inaccurate within the upset defeat.
“What you suppose he did? He ain’t do s–t,” Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson mentioned after the sport. “We made him play quarterback. We all know he damage us within the run recreation along with his toes and all people is aware of in some unspecified time in the future he’s going to run and make a play.
“However I really feel like we needed to actually make him play quarterback. Like I mentioned, he’s nonetheless a younger man and I feel he’ll find yourself being participant for them. Nevertheless it’s early. He has to undergo it. I really feel like we did precisely what I mentioned we might: make him show himself as a quarterback.”
The 49ers introduced early within the offseason that Lance — coming into his second season — can be the beginning quarterback and tried in useless to commerce Garoppolo, who led the group to the NFC Championship recreation final yr. As a substitute, they saved Garoppolo on a re-worked contract and have him locked in as Lance’s backup.
The priority with the choice was that protecting Garoppolo in San Francisco would put strain on Lance and enhance calls to show again to the veteran if he faltered.
“Made too many errors,” mentioned Lance, who completed the sport finishing 13 of 28 passes for 164 yards and an interception. “Protection saved us within the recreation. Had an enormous miss to Tyler Kroft ultimately zone. Tried to throw an ideal ball. Ought to have put it proper on him. He was huge open.
“Turned the ball over. Took a sack that knocked us out of area objective vary. Missed Deebo [Samuel] on third down. Missed one other third all the way down to Jauan [Jennings]. Simply too many errors. Numerous stuff to wash up for positive.”
One recreation in a torrential downpour won't result in a quarterback change in San Francisco. Nevertheless, Kyle Shanahan’s group entered the season with Tremendous Bowl expectations and loaded with expertise on each side of the ball. And performances like Sunday will do nothing decelerate the questions across the quarterback scenario.
Shanahan was requested in a KNBR interview Friday if bringing again Garoppolo confirmed an absence of religion in Lance.
“Guys, that is Trey’s first yr beginning for us,” Shanahan mentioned. “We had been letting go a $24 million beginning quarterback to try this. We acquired him again for a backup value. I don’t suppose that has to do with not having religion in your starter.
“That by no means would have occurred if it simply didn’t come to fruition there. We had been very lucky that occurred. So we clearly had been prepared to go a special path and we ended up having one thing fall into our lap.”
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