SANTA CLARA — Better mail than kale? Wait, let‘s nourish ourselves with both as we answer 49ers questions and pack lunch midway through the exhibition season:
What are the chances that Nick Mullens beats out Beathard? The guy is mobile and accurate.
Who knew, outside of Southern Miss and fellow alumn Brett Favre, that Nick Mullens had this in him. Go-ahead, fourth-quarter scoring drives in each exhibition? His stats: 17-of-20, 228 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs. Impressive. But … Beathard, if his foot sprain isn’t serious, is locked into the No. 2 role, based on last year’s grit and potential than his 2018 exhibition stats (20-of-37, 263 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT).