After the entire Denver Broncos quarterback depth chart was forced onto the COVID-19 list because of a positive test and failure to adhere to protocols, the team turned to practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton to lead their offense in a Week 12 bout with the Saints. While the 49ers hope to avoid such a situation, head coach Kyle Shanahan was asked who the Niners’ emergency quarterback is in a video conference with reporters on Monday.
We’ve got a couple of choices. They fight over it, but it’s been (FB Kyle Juszczy) Juice. He takes a lot of pride in that, but now that (RB Jerick McKinnon) Jet’s back, and no offense Juice, but Jet played quarterback in college. So, I’m probably going to go with Jet.
Juszczyk spent some time in high school under center and also ran some wildcat formations in college at Harvard. He has not thrown an NFL pass.
McKinnon was the starting quarterback at Georgia Southern for his first three collegiate seasons, leading the team’s triple-option attack. His lone NFL pass attempt came in 2016 while he was with the Vikings. It fell incomplete.
