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Eight games in to the season, QB Jimmy Garoppolo is hitting his stride for the 49ers

“Just a game manager.”

“Carried by a solid running game and top defense.”

“Not worth the $137 million contract that the 49ers gave him.”

Before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals, the 49ers were one of two undefeated teams in the NFL, but criticism was flying in from all angles against quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

Members of the media were looking at Garoppolo’s numbers in a vacuum, rather than watching the individual games and making 30,000-foot statements about his play.

The former Patriot was seven games into the 2019 campaign, returning from a torn ACL injury and trying to assert himself into Kyle Shanahan’s offense.