SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Simply eight performs into the San Francisco 49ers‘ opening drive Sunday, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo departed with a left foot damage.
With 11 minutes, 22 seconds left within the opening quarter, Miami Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker and finish Jaelan Phillips converged on Garoppolo for a sack. Garoppolo tried to maintain his momentum transferring ahead, and his left foot acquired caught underneath Phillips as he was taken down.
Garoppolo slowly hobbled to the sideline and ultimately made his means into the blue medical tent earlier than a cart got here out to take him to the locker room for additional analysis. Garoppolo’s return was initially dominated as questionable, however he was dominated out with 8:39 left within the second quarter.
Rookie Brock Purdy changed Garoppolo and threw his first NFL landing cross on his first drive, hitting fullback Kyle Juszczyk for a 4-yard rating. Purdy completed 25-of-37 passing for 210 yards with a landing and interception, serving to the 49ers defeat the Dolphins 33-17.
Garoppolo’s damage is the second to a Niners beginning quarterback this season. Trey Lance suffered a proper fibula fracture in a Sept. 18 victory over the Seattle Seahawks that landed him on injured reserve. Garoppolo has began each recreation since Lance’s damage, and the Niners had gone 6-3 in his 9 begins coming into Sunday.
It is the most recent in a prolonged record of accidents Garoppolo has handled since his arrival in San Francisco in 2017. He tore his left ACL in 2018, had a pair of excessive proper ankle sprains in 2020 and handled a fractured proper thumb and sprained proper shoulder in 2021.
Purdy was “Mr. Irrelevant” within the 2022 NFL draft because the Niners used the 262nd and remaining decide on him. Earlier than Sunday, he had appeared in mop-up obligation in three video games, going 4-of-9 for 66 yards and an interception in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Oct. 23.
