If San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo completed that long fourth-quarter pass to wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders in Super Bowl LIV, which likely would have resulted in a go-ahead touchdown against the eventual game-winning Kansas City Chiefs, the narrative surrounding the signal-caller’s offseason would have been entirely different.
Garoppolo would have had his signature moment, the kind Hall of Famer Joe Montana enjoyed back when he engineered “The Drive” in Super Bowl XXIII.
Instead, Garoppolo’s overthrow became the final focus point en route to an offseason filled with criticisms and doubts about his ability to be a truly elite franchise quarterback.