“He was wonderful”, Gabbert said.
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“I told you guys it was going to be a process, it wasn’t just going to happen overnight”. If this team wants to make the playoffs, they will have to come out of their bye fired up and go 4-3 the rest of the way. To put it in bigger perspective, Jim Harbaugh in his entire coaching tenure (College and NFL) has been successful, yet in only one of those seasons he has strayed away from the system he used with Kaepernick behind center, and that was in 2014 where the 49ers went 8-8 and we saw an extreme drop in read option explosive plays from Kaepernick. “That was the biggest thing”.
Ryan completed a 54-yard pass to wide-open Jones late in the first half, then Devonta Freeman caught a 17-yard score two plays later to pull Atlanta within 17-13 at halftime. But the Falcons lost for the third time in four games following a 5-0 start, with their first two-game skid of 2015.
Fantasy watch: Quinton Patton caught only three passes, but they gained a combined 70 yards.
“I thought he did what he does at practice, and what he’s been improving on since he got here”, Tomsula said. “This is who we are, and we beat a good team today”.
“We’re going to move ahead here and Blaine’s going to stay in that role”, Tomsula said. “And I keep telling people we need to play ourselves into a groove, but we’re not doing that”. “Where I’ll go with that, obviously, watching film last night and this morning, Blaine did a nice job”, Tomsula said.
Gabbert washed out as a first-round pick with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and has been a punch line for a while because of his poor play there.
Gabbert finished with 185 yards on 15-of-25 passing but was propped up more by a flailing Falcons defense than anything else.
On Sunday, the whole team seemed to get energy from Gabbert – because he looked so composed throwing the ball and also because this team has endured so much drama with Kaepernick. The 49ers instead relied on starter Shaun Draughn (96 all-purpose yards) and short-yardage specialist Kendall Gaskins. That’s just one yard per carry for those not fluent in math. He did break his touchdown drought but was smothered by a Frisco defense that should have had all sorts of trouble containing the league’s leading rusher. “He made a few plays”, Falcons cornerback Desmond Trufant said Sunday. I get to do all three of those (here). “It was a bit of an adjustment”. And imagine when running back Carlos Hyde and wide receiver Anquan Boldin return. Freeman came into the game with 709 rushing yards on 152 carries. “It feels good to get a win again”.
-LB NaVorro Bowman had seven tackles, one sack, two tackles for loss and three quarterback hits Sunday in a 17-16 victory against Atlanta. He’s more than halfway through a healthy season after having sat out all of 2014 following major knee surgery. “I’m pleased with the progress I’ve made so far”.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Blaine Gabbert (2) passes the football against Atlanta Falcons defensive end Vic Beasley (44) during the first quarter at Levi’s Stadium.
