49ers' Garoppolo ruled out with left foot injury

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Just 8 plays into the San Francisco 49ers' opening thrust Sunday, backmost Jimmy Garoppolo departed with a near ft injury.

With 11 minutes, 22 seconds near successful the opening quarter, Miami Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker and extremity Jaelan Phillips converged connected Garoppolo for a sack. Garoppolo attempted to support his momentum moving forward, and his near ft got caught nether Phillips arsenic helium was taken down.

Garoppolo dilatory hobbled to the sideline and yet made his mode into the bluish aesculapian structure earlier a cart came retired to instrumentality him to the locker country for further evaluation. Garoppolo's instrumentality was initially ruled arsenic questionable, but helium was ruled retired with 8:39 near successful the 2nd quarter.

Rookie Brock Purdy replaced Garoppolo and threw his archetypal NFL touchdown walk connected his archetypal drive, hitting fullback Kyle Juszczyk for a 4-yard score.

Garoppolo's wounded is the 2nd to a Niners starting backmost this season. Trey Lance suffered a close fibula fracture successful a Sept. 18 triumph implicit the Seattle Seahawks that landed him connected injured reserve. Garoppolo has started each crippled since Lance's injury, and the Niners had gone 6-3 successful his 9 starts entering Sunday.

It's the latest successful a lengthy database of injuries Garoppolo has dealt with since his accomplishment successful San Francisco successful 2017. He tore his near ACL successful 2018, had a brace of precocious close ankle sprains successful 2020 and dealt with a fractured close thumb and sprained close enarthrosis successful 2021.

Purdy was "Mr. Irrelevant" successful the 2022 NFL draught arsenic the Niners utilized the 262nd and last prime connected him. Before Sunday, helium had appeared successful mop-up work successful 3 games, going 4-of-9 for 66 yards and an interception against the Kansas City Chiefs connected Oct. 23.