The 49ers continue to let Jimmy Garoppolo throw short passes without testing the deeper parts of the field, and this might all be part of the plan anyway.
Over the last three San Francisco 49ers training camps, there’s usually been a clip or two of quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo working on his deep throws.
They sometimes look nice. But in a context without covering defensive backs and minus a pass rush, it’s hard to read into those practice sessions and see anything more than what they simply are: practices.
A year ago, during Garoppolo’s seven games played, a sizable chunk of his forward-passing efforts were 1-yard shovel passes that sometimes could pick up 10 yards at a time.