First, Brian Hoyer stumbled, and then he fumbled, and his consecutive-play blooper reel neatly captured a disastrous performance for the 49ers’ first-team offense Saturday night.
In a 33-14 preseason loss to the Broncos, the 49ers quarterback directed an attack that left Levi’s Stadium aghast.
The results of the four first-half drives by the 49ers’ offensive starters: punt (three-and-out), fumble, interception and fumble.
It couldn’t have been any worse.
Or maybe it could have?
The 49ers, after all, were bumbling against a Denver defense that didn’t play seven starters. Imagine what might have happened if Broncos’ pass-rush extraordinaire Von Miller was pressuring Hoyer, who had issues with no defenders in his vicinity.