Kaepernick said he was injured in the team’s October 4 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
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So with Saturday’s news, it’s possible Kaepernick’s 49ers career is over.
Kaepernick had been listed as probable on the team’s Week 11 injury report with a left shoulder injury after getting hurt in Week 4.
Kaepernick is scheduled to earn $14.3 million next season, which includes a $11.9 million base salary guaranteed for injury per Maiocco.
But after the team submitted the injury report, Kaepernick returned to the training staff Friday after practice and said the shoulder wasn’t making any progress and asked about his options.
“It was an injury our medical staff looked at and treated”, Baalke said Sunday. “People are reading into that”. “I just had the sense that we were playing not to make a mistake”. The team has announced that rookie Dylan Thompson will be promoted to the active roster to take his place.
In nine games this season, Kaepernick is completing 59 percent of his passes and has thrown for 1,615 yards with six touchdowns and five interceptions.
Baalke said he expects Kaepernick to go through offseason recovery with the team and said any belief the former starter’s stint with the 49ers was over was unfounded.
After suffering a season-ending injury on his non-throwing shoulder, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has likely played his final snaps for San Francisco. Anquan Boldin and Vance McDonald had big games, Shaun Draughn had a team-high eight catches and Torrey Smith (one catch) again got suffocated by Richard Sherman.
-RUSH DEFENSE: F. Speaking of Lynch… he’s never had a day as productive as Rawls, who not only rushed for 209 yards but also caught three passes for an additional 46 yards. It was worth as much as $126 million, provided Kaepernick reached his full potential in San Francisco.
After remaining non-committal about his status earlier in the week, it appears as if head coach Jim Tomsula will have no other choice but to use QB Blaine Gabbert as his lead signal-caller for the remainder of the year.
On Monday, Thompson discussed his growth behind the scenes in his first National Football League season.
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And since Kaepernick’s contract does not become guaranteed until April, there is rampant speculation that Kaepernick’s time with the 49ers is done. “Hats off to the O-line, the running backs, the wide receivers; they did a tremendous job; but we just didn’t do enough to win the game”.
