What It Means:

The injury caused Garoppolo to miss the entire second half of the Raiders' 21-17 victory. “It seems like we dodged a bullet in that regard, so that’s good news,” McDaniels said. “We’re still doing a couple of things this morning, and we’ll make sure we do all the right things here as we go forward. But the prognosis is a lot better than it might otherwise have been.” Brian Hoyer came in off the bench Sunday, but rookie Aidan O'Connell drew the start in Week 4 when Garoppolo was out, so it's unclear who would start against the Chicago Bears in Week 7 if Garoppolo is unavailable.

Garoppolo averaged 0.32 Passing Net Expected Points per attempt versus the Patriots in Week 6 and Hoyer registered 0.54 Passing Net Expected Points in relief. Hoyer threw the ball 10 times and didn't target anyone more than twice, but Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers would maintain similar value regardless of who the quarterback is.