Trey Lance’s injury triggered Jimmy Garoppolo’s return but the 49ers had so many other factors in their 27-7, home-opening win over the Seattle Seahawks.
SANTA CLARA — The stunning sequence of events came fast: Trey Lance runs, gets crushed, retreats to the ground, is put on a cart with his right ankle in an air cast, and off he goes to Monday’s season-ending surgery.
So, yes, there’s been a quarterback change at 4949 Marie P DeBartolo Way. Yes, No. 10 is back in charge of the offense. Yes, the 49ers are back on course to challenge in the NFC for a third time in four seasons. The small sample size of plays this season will lead to more snap judgments about his future, his elongated throwing motion, his visual discipline, and, most of all because of his injury, his perilous rushing style.
While he noted the ball is “spinning right” and his shoulder feels good, the offense isn’t predicated on arm strength so much as accuracy and knowledge, which he showed with a 15-yard, third-down conversion pass to Deebo Samuel to essentially clinch this win with 6 minutes to go. SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 18: San Francisco 49ers’ Nick Bosa celebrates his sack against the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth quarter at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. The 49ers’ defense dominated, and they did so by rallying to the football, by playing tight coverage, by harassing Smith in the pocket. The Seahawks had just 36 rushing yards on 14 carries, and their lone points came on Michael Jackson’s 85-yard return of a blocked field goal.
Mix in Bosa’s pass rush and Fred Warner’s feisty energy and, well, that 49ers defense did not yield a single point.With Elijah Mitchell’s right knee in a large brace as he watched from a suite, the 49ers needed other rushers to step up, and they got more than one to do so in a 45-carry, 189-yard ground assault. Jeff Wilson Jr. got the start and the majority of the work .
Kittle returned to practice last Friday, and Shanahan expressed optimism he could be back Sunday night at Denver, and he’ll be needed.
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