Barrows reported Kaepernick offered to be in Seattle for the game before going for surgery in the coming week, but the team elected to place him on injured reserve this weekend.
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Colin Kaepernick’s surgery went smooth Tuesday morning to fix a torn labrum in his left, non-throwing shoulder, a source said.
The 209 yards were the most gained by an opposing running back in 49ers history.
Kaepernick hurt the shoulder during an October 4 loss to Green Bay, possibly on a hit from Packers linebacker Clay Matthews after a read-option handoff.
Kaepernick’s 88.4 career passer rating ranks third in franchise history behind Hall of Famers Steve Young (101.4) and Joe Montana (93.5). “He’s no different than any other player on IR. When there’s surgery, then there’s the rehab process, and then getting ready for the season is the next step”.
Kaepernick will finish the year with his lowest tallies since beginning the season as the starting quarterback in 2013. He has run for 1,832 regular-season yards and 11 touchdowns, including 256 yards and one touchdown this season.
On Sunday, the undrafted rookie from SC was one snap away from making his NFL debut against the league’s second-ranked defense in raucous CenturyLink Field.
Blaine Gabbert will likely be the starter the rest of the way, but there are a few things about the man taking over as the backup quarterback.
-PASS DEFENSE: D minus. Maybe they tried. If so, they failed miserably. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw just five incompletions all day despite not having the threat of injured star back Marshawn Lynch by his side.
Shaun Draughn got all the true carries (12 for 37 yards), and he didn’t break any beyond 10 yards.
It appears to be a foregone conclusion that Colin Kaepernick has played his last game as a member of the San Francisco 49ers.
Winston’s “latest attack”, Clune said, “is an attempt to revive his lawyers’ media themes and, as expected, shows no understanding of rape trauma and misrepresents the actual evidence”.
-SPECIAL TEAMS: B plus.
There ws no penalty on the play and Matthews was not fined.
Why go for it on fourth down, trailing your bitter rival by 16 points in the final minutes, when you can punt two more times and make sure the Seahawks can’t score a bunch more points?
If Jim Tomsula was still the defensive line coach, his job security would be in question after this outing.
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Carlos Hyde has missed time for the 49ers over the past month and he has not played in a game since Week 7 of the season.
