SANTA CLARA — C.J. Beathard majored in something called Leisure Studies while at Iowa, which sounds about right.
He sure made things look easy Saturday night.
After the 49ers first-team offense gasped, wheezed and coughed up three first-half turnovers against the Denver Broncos, en route to a 33-14 defeat at Levi’s Stadium, the rookie quarterback waltzed in and showed what Kyle Shanahan’s offense is supposed to look like.
On the first drive of the second half, Beathard needed just two passes — a 39-yarder to Aldrick Robinson and a 29-yarder to tight end George Kittle — to cap a breezy three-play touchdown drive.