Going into Sunday’s NFC Championship game, the 49ers were already down to their third-string quarterback (Brock Purdy), but after an injury to the rookie, San Francisco is now just one big hit away from being forced to play their fullback at quarterback.
With Purdy on the sideline due to an elbow injury that he suffered on the first possession of the game, San Francisco turned to fourth-stringer Josh Johnson. If something happens to Johnson, the 49ers will be in even more trouble and that’s because they don’t have any healthy quarterbacks left on their roster.
If Johnson has to leave the game for any reason, then the 49ers will have to turn to their emergency quarterback who is none other than Kyle Juszczyk.
The 49ers fullback has been in the NFL for 10 seasons and he’s never thrown a pass, which means the 49ers would almost certainly have to run some sort of Wildcat offense if Juszczyk had to play quarterback.
The crazy part is that the NFC Championship isn’t even the first game this season where Juszczyk has been one injury away from entering the game. Back in Week 2, the 49ers only had two active quarterbacks against the Seahawks. That was the game where the 49ers had to turn to Jimmy Garoppolo after Trey Lance suffered a broken ankle.
If Garoppolo had gotten injured in that 27-7 win, then the 49ers would have had to turn to Juszczyk. At the time, Juszczyk made it clear that he wanted no part of playing QB.
“I told Jimmy in the locker room, I said ‘Hey man, don’t make me play quarterback today,'” Juszczyk said following the Week 2 win. “And he promised he was going to do everything he could to not let that happen.”
Despite being down to their fourth-string QB, the 49ers have been able to keep things close in Philadelphia. The two teams are tied at seven in the second quarter. If you want the latest updates, along with the current score, be sure to check out our live blog by clicking here.
