If Kaepernick can play this weekend, it will be interesting to see how the team splits up the reps between him and Blaine Gabbert. This despite entering late in the third quarter knowing only about half of the 40 plays head coach Chip Kelly had installed for the game.
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After practice, Kaepernick told reporters that he was a full participant in the later segments of the session and Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee reports that he said his arm was “back to normal”.
“I think it was the mind-set of like ‘I don’t have anything to lose, ‘” Ponder said. After one game as a backup, went on injured reserve to undergo surgery on a torn labrum in his left (non-throwing) shoulder.
“From what we understand, it’s not a long-term thing”. “We’ve been working really hard on the cones and ropes, to get him to change direction a little quicker”.
“They’re easing him back into throwing right now”, Kelly said.
Free safety Eric Reid’s interception return for a touchdown brought the 49ers to life, and Carlos Hyde soon followed with a touchdown run that helped the first-string offense save face.
Kaepernick hasn’t thrown in team drills since last Wednesday, the result of what he initially called a tight shoulder but the team has since classified as a exhausted arm. The media are not allowed to watch team drills, but they saw Kaepernick throwing during the warmup portion of practice.
Siemian and Sanchez have split repetitions with the Broncos first-team offense throughout training camp and with the two waging a close competition for the job, coach Gary Kubiak decided Siemian should also get a crack at starting.
Siemian, who got in for one play (a game-ending kneel-down) as the third-team quarterback last season, is the lone quarterback on the Broncos’ roster with experience in Kubiak’s offensive system. After four seasons with the Vikings, he was released by the Raiders and Broncos past year and ignored when National Football League rosters ballooned to 90 players in the offseason.
The quarterbacks, of course: Siemian gets his first game-day work of the preseason with the starters. “What do you feel real comfortable running?'”
Wolfe limped off the practice field with the assistance of a couple of trainers Wednesday after rolling the ankle during a pass rush.
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“There were a lot of other standouts, but those two from a productions standpoint kind of jumped off when we were watching the tape flying home”, Kelly said. “If he can impart some of that on our young guys, we want to have him around as long as Charles wants to be around.”.
