After beating the Cowboys in absurd, idiotic, utterly incomprehensible fashion—that’s a compliment—Jimmy Garoppolo and Kyle Shanahan are still alive, figuratively and, one presumes, literally, though after that game, let’s check all pulses to confirm. We do not have time, space or the mental toughness to rehash how the 49ers won 23–17 in Dallas. But they did. They’ll now head to Green Bay for the NFL’s divisional round, and Garoppolo might just be the most interesting player left in the tournament.
Garoppolo just pulled off the only road win of the weekend, against a 12-win Cowboys team, yet many of his own fans would like to see him benched.