The 49ers Devoted had an up-and-down day Sunday, as Trey Lance went down with a fractured ankle, then Jimmy Garoppolo led the Niners to a win over the Seahawks. Some followers blamed Kyle Shanahan for placing the dual-threat Lance in hurt’s method, whereas others discovered some form of aid understanding what to anticipate from Garoppolo.
That break up is emblematic of the place the fanbase was getting into Sunday’s recreation, understanding the unproven Lance had nice potential however Garoppolo had simply taken the staff to an NFC title recreation.
“That’s what I used to be involved with for Niner followers,” former 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman mentioned on his podcast on The Quantity. “They had been so mad and so break up. They had been both, ‘We love Jimmy,’ or, ‘We love Trey.’ It’s like, they’re on the identical staff. The one individuals not going the identical route is y’all.”
Sherman mentioned that whereas Lance’s season-ending damage is unlucky, he views the scenario as a possibility for the 49ers’ fanbase to impress — each in assist of Lance and in cheering for Garoppolo to succeed as he takes over for the remainder of the season.
"Y'all higher be grateful that Jimmy G continues to be a Niner"
—@RSherman_25 breaks down what comes subsequent for San Francisco after Trey Lance's season-ending damage pic.twitter.com/uLj4bqfWZ3
— The Quantity (@TheVolumeSports) September 19, 2022
“This could be a galvanizing second for Niner followers to say, ‘Hey, let’s come collectively and pray for Trey Lance and his well being,’ ” Sherman mentioned. “At the start, you hate to see anyone injured, and a critical damage at that. So pray for his well being, after which assist the man underneath middle, proper now. That ought to at all times be the case.”
Sherman additionally shut down critics blaming Shanahan for dashing the ball an excessive amount of with Lance, declaring that Lance was injured on simply his third run of the sport.
Sherman counseled the 49ers and Garoppolo, his teammate from 2018-2020, for figuring out this contingency plan and agreeing to a deal final month for Garoppolo to return as a backup to Lance on a restructured deal.
“It was nice foresight by John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan,” he mentioned. “It was nice humility by Jimmy G, didn’t ruffle a feather, didn’t say something, went about his enterprise.”
Sherman, you would possibly keep in mind, represented himself in contract talks throughout his 49ers tenure.