How do you proceed from here?

A.

To this point, with those two going out in the 40 Niners season, the idea of going back to the Super Bowl is not gonna happen, right?

And how do we get into a playoff picture?

They have got to go six and two from here.

Look at the teams they've gotta play.

They got to the Bills.

They've got to play in the division.

They've got to go to New Orleans.

E.

I mean, this looks like a disastrous year.

And so really, it creates a focus on the one question coming into this year that you had about the 40 Niners is.

Can we get to a place where Kyle Shanahan, this innovative offensive coordinator, one of the best in the head coach in the league, confined a quarterback that he can trust and just be expansive with rather than protect?

And I think that's been the issue with Jimmy, and I think that $25 million and a shrinking salary cap with this injury, let's batted around, but I just don't know how Jimmy ends up being the quarterback for the 40 Niners next year.

Well, if you don't have Jimmy Garoppolo the quarterback, we have to find somebody else to be able to put in that position.

And you, you're right.

Kyle has protected his quarterback.

Like I look at Jimmy Garoppolo and Jared Goff is the same guy.

They're both mobile quarterbacks that their coach have schemed up for them.

A great offense, outside zone play action.

We're gonna cut the field in half and make your reads very, very simple.

And let's not forget Jimmy has played good football.

He got him to a Super Bowl and he's within one throw to Emmanuel Sanders down the middle of field off winning that Super Bowl.

I don't know if the 40 Niners are ready to move on from Jimmy Garoppolo.

They do want better quarterback play.

But whether or not they're ready to cut bait because there's no more guarantee money that's yet to be seen.

You know, it's just a shame to see all the injuries you guys were just talking about, but let me talk about the guy that I saw last night.

Nick Mullins.

I know that coach Shanahan will find the quarterback of the future, but I got some hot, some high hopes for a guy like Nick Malis.

He showed some plays last night that I think that gives them some hope that, hey, we could go compete this coming Thursday.

We could compete for the rest of the season.

Yeah, they don't have guy like Debo Samuels and the two guys you talk about going on IR.

But I like this young Nick Marlins and his hunger and his passion to play the game of football.

He's making mistakes.

All young quarterbacks are making mistakes.

But I do believe that Coach Shanahan will have his team going out there competing for the rest of the season.

Well, what about the nuts and bolts of this with Jimmy G?

What's the contract situation you mentioned?

No more guaranteed money.

So a season is over, so you have to figure they're gonna be reviewing all quarterback options after the season.

All would be in play.

It's not like Jimmy G has this job locked up.

We've seen them juggle quarterbacks this year, and a lot of it was due to Jimmy Garoppolo health with his ankle.

But they turned to Nick Mullins.

They turned to C J.

Beth Third.

They went back to Jimmy Garoppolo.

They're going back to Nick Mullins.

That's how it's gone.

Does that tell you that that's a team that's married to Jimmy Garoppolo?

Going to the off season when he's got no guaranteed money back relationship between Kyle Shanahan and Jimmy?

That's what matters.

Does Kyle believe?

And can he have an expansive view on Booker?

You hit it right on the head.

They've created a system that Jimmy could be successful.

It's not the system that Kyle wants to run.

So what's your gut?

My gut is that Kyle is gonna Kyle is gonna be a coach there for 10 years.

He'll be one of the long term coaches when he finally done, Does he want Jimmy Debatable, concocted offense for him?

Or does he want somebody that can actually be expansive and do all the things that in my brain rattling around?

That's what Kyle wants to your point about what Kyle wants to do, go back to when Kyle Shanahan was with the Atlanta Falcons.

That's what they want to do it.

Yes, it zone run.

But remember Matt run?

They were throwing the football down the field deep shot.

That's what Kyle Shanahan wants to do.

He can't quite do that with Jimmy.

That's the only pieces missing, that downfield passing game, right?

That's the future in the present there.

On a short week, they have to host Green Bay and then moving forward.

They have the third toughest schedule in the NFL.

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