Jimmy Garoppolo was more interested in scoring than burning clock and it cost the 49ers

Thirty-seven seconds could have been 25 or so before Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers offense would have taken the field to attempt a comeback against the San Francisco 49ers.

But, no. For some odd reason, with 43 seconds left in Sunday’s Niners loss to the Pack, Jimmy Garoppolo didn’t let the clock run with Green Bay lacking any timeouts — San Franciso had THREE!– taking the snap and throwing to Kyle Juszczyk for a touchdown.

That left just enough time for Rodgers to get Mason Crosby within range to nail a game-winning kick, so everyone’s wondering: Why take the snap there? Jimmy G. did address it:

3 timeouts left. 49ers snap this with 12 seconds in the play clock instead of letting it run a bit more. Cost them. pic.twitter.com/rSv7c9CJUx

— Hayden Winks (@HaydenWinks) September 27, 2021

#49ers obviously happy to score and take late lead but knew there was chance they'd left too much time for Aaron Rodgers. Garoppolo took snap on TD to Juszczyk with 12 seconds left on play clock. "We were kind of in a good rhythm…You want to toe that line with it. It's tough."

— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) September 27, 2021

I get the rhythm thing … but you have to take a step back and remember it’s Aaron Rodgers. Any extra seconds cancel out staying in a good rhythm offensively.