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Rookie Nick Mullens Jersey , yell at teammates or do just about anything different following a season-opening loss.Sure, he might have lost his first game as a starting quarterback since he was back at Eastern Illinois, but Garoppolo kept the same approach he had while leading the San Francisco 49ers to five straight wins to end last season."I think it's pretty easy," Garoppolo said Wednesday. "I come in here every day grinding, trying to be the best quarterback for this team that I can be. As long as I have that mindset, I think I'll be all right."Garoppolo was far from his best last week in a 24-16 loss at Minnesota. He completed less than half his passes, threw three interceptions and led the 49ers (0-1) to just one touchdown in his first start since signing a five-year, $137.5 million contract in the offseason.Garoppolo earned that deal after winning his first seven career starts, including two in New England in 2016. Garoppolo's last loss as a starter came in the FCS playoffs when Towson beat Eastern Illinois 49-39.That game ended Garoppolo's college career so the last time he had to come back from a loss came after a loss at Northern Illinois on Sept. 21, 2013 Nick Mullens 49ers Jersey , and Garoppolo bounced back to throw for 322 yards and three TDs in a 42-7 win over Eastern Kentucky.He will try for a similar result in the home opener Sunday against Detroit (0-1) and coach Kyle Shanahan sees the same approach as always from his quarterback."I'd be disappointed if it was different," Shanahan said. "Jimmy tries his hardest every week. I know he didn't have his best game last week, but he doesn't need to come in here and make stuff up. He's had some successful games in this league. He's going to have plenty more. He just needs to get back to work."Garoppolo went 15 for 33 for 261 yards last week against a Minnesota defense that was ranked first in the NFL a year ago and his three interceptions were the most by a San Francisco quarterback in a season opener since Hall of Famer Steve Young did it in 1993 against Pittsburgh.One interception came when Kendrick Bourne ran the wrong pattern, another on a high throw and the third when Garoppolo was trying to lead a late comeback.There were some bright moments, too, most notably when Garoppolo spun out of pressure and found Dante Pettis with an off-balance throw to the back of the end zone for a 22-yard TD."I like guys who aren't scared to fail," Shanahan said. "They're going to let it rip. They're not going to just guess and gamble, but they're trying to win the game and they try to see stuff and they try to let it rip. You do the best you can and then you live with the consequences. What you don't want is someone who isn't sure and they're scared to get blamed so they sit there and take a sack. It's really hard to win when you have that unless you depend on everyone else."That play led to San Francisco's only touchdown on four red zone drives against the Vikings. That was also a problem last year when the Niners had TDs on just 12 of 28 red zone trips in Garoppolo's starts.Some of the problems in the opener were self-inflicted, like when Alfred Morris lost a fumble at the 1 in the first half and when Garoppolo threw high to an open George Kittle later in the game. There was also a third-down pass to Pierre Garcon that was broken up in the end zone, leading to another field goal."It gets tougher down there Authentic George Kittle Jersey , and when you have an opportunity and you miss it you will not have a good day in the red zone," Shanahan said. "Not going to reinvent the wheel, but we're going to try and get better at that stuff."NOTES: The Niners placed LB Brock Coyle on IR with a concussion and a broken bone in his back. He can't have contact for at least six weeks. ... G Mike Person (foot), G Joshua Garnett (toe), WR Marquise Goodwin (thigh), S Adrian Colbert (hamstring) and LB Malcolm Smith (hamstring) all missed practice and are day to day. ... The team signed LB Terence Garvin to a one-year deal and promoted OL Najee Toran from the practice squad to the active roster. ... WR Frank Stephens was signed to the practice squad. ... WR Aaron Burbridge was released off IR with an injury settlement. I got some good news and some bad news. I’ll start with the bad. We don’t need to go into another long post about how the San Francisco 49ers got unlucky with injuries this year. First Jerick McKinnon, then Jimmy Garoppolo, then the roster. Every week you’re left holding your breath that someone doesn’t get their season brought to an end. Well, with all the injured reserve destinations, you may wonder just how much money the 49ers have on injured reserve. We have Over the Cap for that and the results may make you cringe. Sorry everyone http://www.sanfrancisco49ersteamonline.com/weston-richburg-jersey , it gets better: Now some things to keep in mind. I believe that number is prorated because for the 2018 season, Jimmy Garoppolo’s cap hit was $37 million, and Jerick McKinnon’s was $6 million. We would subtract unpaid in-season roster bonus money from each of them, but it would still come out to more than $40.4 million. Whatever the case, there’s a lot of money just between those two on the IR books. Brock Coyle is next at $2,050,000Ok, so now the good news. You want to know salary cap space for 2019? Well the folks at Over The Cap got that covered too:The 49ers are no longer at the top of the list as far as salary cap spending, but the top-10 is a nice place. This means they have the means to pay some players (like DeForest Buckner) and get some more free agents to fill those pesky holes. Given that the 49ers are overhauling Trent Baalke’s roster, the excess of cap space is not surprising. It’s been some lean years in the draft http://www.sanfrancisco49ersteamonline.com/fred-warner-jersey , and so the team has not had much talent to extend beyond rookie deals. This offseason brings the first opportunity to extend Buckner and Ronald Blair. Arik Armstead is finishing his fourth year and the team needs to decide if they want to bring him back on his fifth year option. They also face some pressing questions about their trio of specialists with Bradley Pinion, Kyle Nelson, and Robbie Gould all hitting free agency in the spring.Money is not a concern, and won’t be for the foreseeable future. The 49ers have a ton of space even with Jimmy Garoppolo’s contract, and the cap has been steadily climbing. January and February could shake up the team’s cap space heading into 2019 free agency. They won’t extend all the players mentioned above, but they have room to handle some business if they so choose.The 49ers decision-making will be plenty influenced by how the front office and coaching staff view the team’s playoff chances in 2019. They will get Jimmy Garoppolo and Jerick McKinnon back from injured reserve, and potentially have a top five or ten pick that could net a serious impact pass rusher or cornerback. Is that the time to dive in with some big free agency pick-ups, or do they let it ride with much of what they have in 2019, and then make the big push in 2020? Or maybe some combination of both?