49ers fear Jimmy Garoppolo tore ACL over leaders

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – San Francisco 49ers prepare for worst left knee injury Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo suffered late in Sunday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

A few minutes after the 38-27 loss, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said the fear is that Garoppolo suffered an injury to the ACL, a disease that would almost certainly end his season just before three full matches.

Shanahan said the Niners would surely know Monday after Garoppolo has undergone further testing.

"Whenever you lose your starting quarter, it's a big deal," Shanahan said. "It was also when we lost our starting half (Jerick McKinnon) so obviously I feel it personally, I know how disappointed he is, I have not had it yet. opportunity to see him, I feel it for him. " "

Garoppolo's injury occurred around 5:35 of Sunday's match. In the third and second goal of the 20 Kansas City, Garoppolo felt the pressure of the defensive end of the leaders Justin Houston on his right side. Garoppolo escaped Houston and slid down the left sideline.

After gaining 13 yards, Garoppolo had the choice between going out of bounds or staying and taking the risk of a kick from a defender. He took a clumsy step near the sideline with his left leg before clumsily hitting Chief Steven Nelson's corner-half at Kansas City 7.

"It was, I think, his fault," Houston said. "I'm praying he's not hurt and that's nothing serious, but as a quarterback, you have to go out of his way. [gained] would not have made the difference. You have the distance you need, you go out of bounds. You must be smart; think of your team. "

Garoppolo collapsed to the ground, where he immediately received medical care. Finally, Garoppolo managed to line up on the sideline, where he sat on the bench and showed his left knee while the Niners medical staff surrounded him. He then entered the blue medical tent with C. J. Beathard replacing him.

Shortly after, Garoppolo left the game on a cart and did not return.

"Jimmy was just trying to make a game," said left tackle Joe Staley. "We were trying to make a comeback."

Before the injury, Garoppolo was 20-over-30 for 251 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a score of 114.7.

Shanahan and some of Garoppolo's teammates said after the match that they initially thought that Garoppolo had suffered a concussion. Others thought it might have been a shoulder injury, but the replays showed that Garkovolo 's left leg seemed to be catching a bit in the grass while that was not. he was getting up.

A disappointed 49ers' locker room expressed regret over Garoppolo's injury, but also did his best to support Beathard.

"It sucks," said George Kittle. "Jimmy is a great quarterback, the leader of our team.But it's football and his neighbor.It's the nature of the game .Goodly, we have a guy in the system and he had success in CJ So, let's just look ahead and try to keep moving forward. "

According to Shanahan, the plan is to move forward with Beathard. On the play after Garoppolo's injury, Beathard hit Kittle for a touchdown, although he was erased by an offensive pass interference against the Niners.

Beathard did not attempt a pass that counted in Sunday's game, although he started five games as a rookie last season, including San Francisco's first win of the season against Giants of New York.

In seven games before Sunday, Beathard completed 54.9% of his passes for 1,430 yards with four touchdowns and six interceptions for a score of 69.2.

"I have a lot of confidence in C.J.," said Shanahan. "He came today, made a big shot at this fourth goal.No hesitation.JC is a player.Everyone here has a lot of respect for CJ, how he's doing it.It's a man and he's very good quarterback and we're lucky to have him. "

Shanahan said the Niners will have to add another quarter to the team or the training team to have three in the building. Any external additions would be a backup of Beathard.

While Garoppolo was receiving attention in the team's training room, Beathard stopped to discuss and tell Garoppolo that he was praying for him.

"He told me to run these guys," Beathard said.

As Garoppolo prepared to leave Arrowhead Stadium, his family was waiting for his departure just outside the Niners' locker room. Garoppolo emerged soon and spent some quiet time with his family.

Garoppolo then grabbed his crutches and came back on the golf cart to get to the team buses. During the climb up the ramp, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes, along with other leaders and Niners prevented him from offering his own words of support.

"Jimmy is our leader," said side Kyle Juszczyk. "It's a guy on which we base our attack since coming here last year, so there will definitely be adjustments, but I think we have some of the best coaches in the industry who make those adjustments." so I think they will do their job and take care of things.

According to the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas, the Niners went from 60-1 to 200-1 to win the Super Bowl and 30-1 to 100-1 to win the NFC after the injury of Garoppolo.

And Garoppolo was not the only star of the Niners to leave Sunday's game with one injury either. Cornerback Richard Sherman suffered a heel or calf injury in the second quarter, an injury that not only prevented him from staying for the rest of the match, but also forced a Niners staff member to surrender. in the cloakroom at half-time.

Before leaving, Sherman had two tackles and broke a deep pass that Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes slightly missed for catcher Tyreek Hill.

Sherman was playing his third regular season game after recovering from the torn Achilles line he suffered last November. He was also operated on to eliminate bone spurs from his left ankle during the off season and missed training on Thursday with what the Niners called a heel injury.

Like Garoppolo, Sherman is expected to undergo further tests on Monday. He left the locker room with his left foot in a walking shoe and Shanahan said the injury was the same thing that had bothered him during the training week.