Jimmy Garoppolo wasn’t the sole reason the San Francisco 49ers lost the Super Bowl, but he does deserve some of the blame. That fourth and final quarter of play is enough to merit the 49ers taking a long look at their signal-caller.
For the record, I hold some of that fourth quarter on Garoppolo and a lot of it on Kyle Shanahan. Yes, Garoppolo was getting passes batted at the line, but his coach put him in quite possibly the worse situation to succeed.
And no, this is not a call for him to be benched or released.