49ERS JIMMY GAROPPOLO WORKING WITH TRAINERS TO STABILIZE THUMB POSSIBLY RETURN BEFORE END OF REGULAR SEASON

starting quarterback mi sed practice all week with a thumb injury and is listed as doubtful, but there is still a chance he is available to the team again in the short term, at least in some capacity, according to league sources.Garoppolo would have to deal with pain management i sues with the thumb in order to practice or play, sources said, as th

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. attacked Thursday's minicamp practice with his usual intentionality.He had to have better ball placement than the day before, when the defense dominated the offense and Tagovailoa was proving all the doubters wrong. And he did. A 45-yard completion to shiny new toy was later followed by a toward the end of practice.Unle s it's l