49ers’ Garoppolo posts zero.zero QB ranking in return
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo went simply 1-for-6 for zero yards and an interception on Monday evening in his first recreation since struggling a season-ending knee damage final September.
Garoppolo completed the evening — which ended with a 24-15 victory over the Denver Broncos — with a zero.zero passer ranking.
“Clearly [I’m] somewhat pissed off,” Garappolo stated after the sport. “But it surely’s the NFL, sadly we do not get to play the entire recreation. … You want you may be on the market for extra so you may bounce again. … It’s what it’s. It is the preseason proper now, so that you simply gotta take it in stride.”
Garoppolo’s first move was knocked down and his second was intercepted as he confronted strain. His third move was tipped and cornerback De’Vante Bausby broke up his fourth try.
Within the subsequent collection, the 27-year-old QB was pressured into an incompletion from his finish zone earlier than he lastly accomplished a display screen move to operating again Matt Breida, who was corralled on the San Francisco 6 for no achieve.
C.J. Beathard changed Garoppolo within the subsequent collection.
The 49ers signed Garoppolo to a five-year, $137 million contract final yr. After a promising begin to this season, the Jap Illinois product tore his ACL in a Week three recreation in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Garoppolo, nonetheless, did not blame Monday evening’s efficiency on his knee.
“I wasn’t fascinated with it, so I used to be blissful about that,” Garoppolo stated. “It did not trouble me an excessive amount of.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.