We’ll be elbows deep in ‘Mullens Mania’ until the San Francisco 49ers play the New York Giants. Given how bad the Giants are, it may very well continue past that game. The 49ers have a history of playing the quarterback merry go-round and oftentimes it hasn’t ended well. Given all the love we’ve been spewing on Nick Mullens, this writer included, it’s probably time to bring up the last time a backup quarterback for the 49ers took the starting job after a brilliant game.
No, not that time, I meant the OTHER time a backup quarterback took a starter’s job.