Trey Lance sustained an damage to his proper ankle within the first quarter of the 49ers’ dwelling opener, and the upstart quarterback required a cart to take him into the locker room for additional analysis.
The 49ers’ medical workers appeared to position an air forged on Lance’s leg following a collision with linebacker Cody Barton.
Lance, making solely his fourth profession begin, was injured when his proper leg acquired trapped below him whereas he was tackled on a 2-yard zone-read keeper to the Seattle Seahawks’ 19-yard line.
Lance was initially helped up by heart Jake Brendel earlier than going again all the way down to the turf, writhing in ache and staying on the bottom for a number of minutes. Gamers on each groups took a knee on the sector whereas the medical workers tended to Lance.
Jimmy Garoppolo instantly took over his previous job, the one he held (when wholesome) from December 2017 up till final season’s NFC Championship Sport. Garoppolo was hit laborious on his preliminary snap, which was a 4-yard completion on third-and-6 to Brandon Aiyuk.
All this unfolded on the 49ers’ second sequence of the sport, which ended with Robbie Gould kicking a subject objective, simply as he did on the opening possession.
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The 49ers’ opening drive was sparked by runs by from a trio of ballcarriers (Lance, Jeff Wilson Jr., Ty Davis-Worth) in addition to a 25-yard catch-and-run from Brandon Aiyuk that breached Seattle territory.
Ty Davis-Worth confirmed good burst on the opening carries of his profession, beginning with a 4-yard effort earlier than his 20-yard encore reached the 7-yard line. Wilson acquired the beginning, and he rotated again in because the third-down again close to the objective line to make a 5-yard catch earlier than Gould’s kick.
On that opening drive, Lance had a pair of runs.
Lance didn't slide on any of his three power-type runs this sport, nor on any of his 13 carries in Sunday’s opener at Chicago.
Requested Wednesday about that reluctance to slip, Lance stated he thought he protected himself in opposition to the Bears, then added: “Possibly a pair I might have gotten down one step sooner or slashing, discovering an edge and getting down.
“However for essentially the most half, once I’m working between the tackles or working on third down, I’m not ever going to slip and go fourth-and-two and simply hand over on the play and ship our protection on the sector if it’s a state of affairs like that.”
Lance’s final carry Sunday – and maybe this season – got here with him working up the correct facet (between tackles) on a second-and-8 run to the Seahawks’ 19-yard line.
On the subsequent possession, Garoppolo threw a 38-yard landing go to a wide-open Ross Dwelley, extending the 49ers’ result in 13-0 with 11:19 left within the first half.
Deebo Samuel was amongst these to initially congratulate Garoppolo, who rushed all the way down to congratulate Dwelley, who juked a defender after which dove to stretch the ball throughout the objective line for less than the 49ers’ second landing this season.