Both of the Bay Area NFL quarterbacks turned in bad Week One performances.
Both faced elite defenses. Both were let down by their supporting casts, to varrying degrees, up front and out wide. Both threw three interceptions.
But there is a big difference between 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s poor game against the Vikings and Raiders quarterback Derek Carr’s poor performance against the Rams, and that difference is why I’m betting on Garoppolo to bounce back in Week Two and why I’m not optimistic Carr can do the same.
You see, generally speaking (we’re not going to go All-22 truther here) Garoppolo’s mistakes against Minnesota — which were no doubt troublesome — were errors of commission.