Posted on 09/19/2022 5:47:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
Quarterback Trey Lance of the San Francisco 49ers broke his ankle during Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks.
According to 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan, Lance will undergo season-ending surgery on Monday. When Lance went down with the injury, Jimmy Garoppolo took over the starting quarterback duties.
Garoppolo was sharp in the absence of Lance. He threw the football for a touchdown on his first full drive of the game and rushed into the end-zone for another score, according to ESPN. He seemed to pick up right where he left off.
Over the offseason, Garoppolo was benched for the young 22-year-old, Lance. The decision came as a bit of a surprise considering how Garoppolo carried the 49ers to the NFC Championship game just last season. He also played a part in San Francisco reaching and nearly winning Super Bowl 54, back in 2020.
Despite coming up just shy of winning a championship, Garoppolo has consistently won games for San Francisco since he was traded there in 2017.
According to Pro Football Reference, Garoppolo is 33-14 as a starting quarterback. He has thrown for 71 touchdowns and 38 interceptions. He has been an above-average QB as far as stats are concerned and wins football games more than twice as often as he loses them.
Will Garoppolo prove to the 49ers front office that benching him for the younger Trey Lance was the wrong decision to make?
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I don’t follow the NFL or my former fav 49er team much anymore, but I was under the impression the Niners had traded Garoppolo in the offseason. They’re probably glad they didn’t.
I wish they had. The Seahawks could definitely use him.
I can’t believe the Seahawks thought Gino Smith could be a viable starter for a full season.
Probably The Jab that gave him weak ankles.
I just discovered that they have play-by-play from an orthopedic dr now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF2FXlYcIQY
Me either. The announcers were all cooing over him last Monday, but I think that honeymoon is over...
But I’ll take him and a losing season over Kapernick.
Replacing Garappolo with Lance is a purely political decision.
Replacing Lance with Garappolo is a purely physical decision.................. 😜
Quarterback Trey Lance of the San Francisco 49ers broke his ankle
gonna go out on a limb here and say it was broken for him...
My friend broke his ankle in several places about a year ago. They patched him up, but he will never be able to get past a metal detector now. Lance’s career might be over.
Depends on how bad the fracture is.
Dak Prescott, Cowboys QB, had a broken ankle.................
Not that gruesome. No blood or bones sticking out. Just an overpaid civilian laying there crying.
Finally the chance Colin Kaepernick has been waiting for.
Yes! To be Garoppolo’s back-up!.......................
Trey Lance did not “break his ankle”. He suffered a broken ankle, or one might say his ankle was broken.
But in either case the injury did not occur because of any direct action on his part, other than the obvious indirect activity of participating in an NFL football game.
Where do they find these people?
LOL
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