Reuben Foster, Eric Reid Call Out 49ers Fans For Cheering After Beathard Injury
Nov 27, 2017, 12:00 AM | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 11:21 am
(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard went down with a leg injury late in the fourth quarter in an NFC West matchup between the Niners and Seahawks on Sunday.
This gave San Francisco fans a glimpse of newly-acquired QB Jimmy Garoppolo under center.
Garoppolo, who was acquired in a trade from the Patriots on October 30, has consistently been in headlines around the Bay Area due to his experience with Super Bowl quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick.
Fans were excited to finally see him put on his helmet. The players, however, were upset about the reaction from the crowd.
“Our starting [QB] got hurt and people are cheering before he even stands up,” safety Eric Reid said, per Curtis Pashelka of the Mercury News. “That pisses me off. I’m disappointed in our fans. I understand the excitement about Jimmy, he’s a great player, but that’s not right.”
“First of all, I wanted to say our fans are better than that,” linebacker Reuben Foster added. “You wait until a guy gets up to cheer, not when a guy’s down. Then when he’s up, you cheer.”
Chris Biderman of the Niners Wire reported the quarterback suffered knee and hip ailments on Sunday and is expected to have an MRI on Monday.
“People don’t understand what we [go] through as football players,” Reid said of the fans’ cheering, per Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle. “And what our bodies go through. And he’s laying down on the ground and people are cheering. That’s messed up.”
Garoppolo, 26, will likely represent the future of the 49ers.
