49ers List QB Jimmy Garoppolo As Questionable For Win-And-In Finale

SANTA CLARA (AP) – Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is listed arsenic questionable for the San Francisco 49ers successful their important play finale against the Los Angeles Rams aft missing past week’s crippled with an injured close thumb.

“He had a bully week, a bully week of signifier erstwhile helium was successful there,” manager Kyle Shanahan said Friday. “I consciousness bully with wherever he’s astatine close now.”

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Shanahan said helium knows whether Garoppolo oregon rookie Trey Lance volition commencement for the 49ers (9-7) connected Sunday but is waiting to marque an announcement to support the Rams guessing.

The Niners are besides dealing with an contented astatine near tackle wherever Pro Bowler Trent Williams missed signifier each week with an elbow injury. Shanahan said Williams volition beryllium questionable to play Sunday.

Running backmost Elijah Mitchell, who was connected the wounded study with a genu wounded earlier successful the week, volition play this week.

The crippled is important for the 49ers, who tin clinch the playoffs with a triumph connected Sunday oregon a nonaccomplishment by New Orleans astatine Atlanta.

Garoppolo injured his thumb successful the archetypal fractional of a nonaccomplishment astatine Tennessee connected Dec. 23 but stayed successful to decorativeness that game.

He didn’t propulsion astatine each past week, allowing Lance to marque his 2nd vocation start, but got backmost connected the tract astatine signifier this week.

He tested retired the thumb Tuesday and adjacent though it inactive caused important symptom was capable to propulsion connected a constricted ground astatine signifier during the week.

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Garoppolo has completed 68% of his passes this play for 3,494 yards, averaging 8.5 yards per effort with 19 TDs, 10 interceptions and a 99.6 passer rating.

The 49ers person won each 5 starts Garoppolo has made successful his vocation against the Rams, including the archetypal gathering this play erstwhile helium went 15 for 19 for 182 yards and 2 touchdowns successful a 31-10 triumph successful Week 10.

Lance was shaky aboriginal successful his 2nd vocation commencement but recovered to propulsion for 249 yards and 2 second-half touchdowns successful a 23-7 triumph implicit Houston past week.

Lance hadn’t thrown a walk since his archetypal commencement connected Oct. 10, erstwhile helium went 15 for 29 for 192 yards and an interception successful a 17-10 nonaccomplishment astatine Arizona. Lance besides ran 16 times for 89 yards successful that game.

“I deliberation passim this season, each azygous rep I get, I get better,” Lance said. “I deliberation I larn from each azygous rep I get, whether it’s signifier oregon a game.”

The Niners invested heavy to marque Lance their backmost of the aboriginal this offseason, trading 3 first-round picks to instrumentality him 3rd overall. But they opted to support Garoppolo to assistance easiness Lance’s modulation aft helium threw lone 317 passes successful assemblage astatine lower-level North Dakota State.

NOTES: CB Ambry Thomas was activated disconnected the COVID-19 list. San Francisco is inactive hopeful that S Jimmie Ward, CB K’Waun Williams, CB Dontae Johnson and CB Deommodore Lenoir tin besides beryllium activated earlier Sunday. … S Jaquiski Tartt (shoulder), DT Maurice Hurst (calf), LB Dre Greenlaw (groin), LB Azeez Al-Shaair (knee) and LB Marcell Harris (Achilles) are besides questionable. … CB Emmanuel Moseley (ankle) could beryllium activated disconnected IR to play this week. … TE Tanner Hudson was waived.

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