It’s a pick-your-poison decision for a coach and team in dire straits.
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This isn’t to say that Newton doesn’t deserve his plaudits nor Kaepernick his benching, which came on his 28th birthday.
The 49ers may have a new starting quarterback, but there is roughing the passer aplenty going on, and Blaine Gabbert hasn’t taken his first snap since taking over for Colin Kaepernick.
The move was announced Monday night after starter Colin Kaepernick continued his poor play. But he’s just alone, on an island in that locker room. They probably didn’t see this whole fiasco coming. The quarterback speaks each Wednesday, also the next scheduled availability for Tomsula. Tomsula has said following every defeat that Kaepernick was still his starting quarterback. He appeared in six regular-season games, carrying eight times for 25 yards and returning eight punts for 76 yards. “I think he can be a starter again, and I think he’ll get with someone that gets it back out of him”. Because of the scarcity of talent at the position, Kaepernick should carry value to a desperate team that believes they can “fix” him with a change of scenery and coaching. The Niners are 0-3 in the NFC West. They have their bye week next week.
Veteran 49ers fullback Bruce Miller, didn’t try to hide his disappointment. In his fifth season in San Francisco, the signal-caller has thrown for 1,615 yards with six touchdowns and five interceptions while piloting the team to a 2-6 start. Kaepernick too often looked incapable of properly adjusting to incoming pressure and consistently making accurate throws down the field. Extremely mobile to extend plays and fast enough to move the chains.
The San Francisco 49ers are in absolute mid-season disarray. The former No. 10 overall pick in the 2011 National Football League draft has a 23:24 career touchdown-to-interception ratio. Joyner asked. “I’d rather have Sam Bradford and see what we get out of him over the next nine weeks, rather than having Kaepernick”. “I’m not going down that road”, Tomsula said.
The 49ers will start backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert against the 6-2 Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, according to the report, and most agree it will be nearly impossible for Kaepernick to rebound.
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The defense has appreciated what Gabbert brings every week on the scout team to prepare the Niners for the upcoming opponent’s quarterback. Might as well find out if Gabbert is the guy to give it to them.
