Kyle Shanahan all but closed the book on Tom Savage overtaking former practice squad player Nick Mullens to become the 49ers’ backup quarterback.
“He just got here and by no means are we trying to have a number two quarterback competition battle right now,” Shanahan said. “We’re trying to get our starters ready to play, continue to prepare our backups in case something does happen and if that does ever happen, we’ll deal with it then.”
San Francisco signed Savage on Tuesday, giving the team a third quarterback for the first time since starter Jimmy Garoppolo went down Sept.