“While the team had expressed some optimism that he would play, general manager John Lynch indicated Friday morning on KNBR that the surgery was “a little different than what we anticipated.... Kyle Shanahan said later on Friday that Mitchell would be doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
“Jimmy’s such a dynamic thrower,” 49ers general manager John Lynch said on KNBR’s Murph & Mac show. “And one thing I’ve learned over time, around him, he really needs his legs.