Provided the San Francisco 49ers don’t intend to re-sign quarterback Matt Barkley at a later date, they will go into the 2017-18 regular season with Brian Hoyer as the starter and rookie C.J. Beathard as the primary backup. Beathard looked good in the preseason, or at the very least, he looked like he could handle what was in front of him, which wasn’t expected so quickly.
Which brings me to my question: how confident are you in Beathard if he has to take snaps in the regular season? He never saw action against a full set of starters in the preseason, and when the 49ers drafted him he was considered raw.