Soon after O’Neil wrapped up his session, Kelly strolled in and nearly casually announced that he was removing Blaine Gabbert as his starting quarterback and replacing him with Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick has only played briefly in the opener but has generated attention with his refusal to stand for the national anthem.
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Asked on Tuesday if he felt any pressure to have a reworked contract before he started Sunday, Kaepernick said, “No, I feel no pressure”. “Some things we didn’t see eye to eye, but that’s tons of players and coaches”. “(We’re) going to give him an opportunity to run with the ones.
Kelly has noted on several occasions he made Kaepernick the No. 2 quarterback for the first five weeks – meaning Kaepernick would have taken over if Gabbert were hurt or otherwise had to leave the game – and that he put Kaepernick on the field at the end of the 49ers’ Week 1 win against Los Angeles. As for their passing attack, they’ve averaged just 170 yards per game, which is the second-worst in the National Football League, behind only their Week 6 opponent in the Bills.
The plans to invite the police officers to a Bills home game had been in the works through McCoy’s foundation. “It’s really not, it’s not [QB] Blaine’s [Gabbert] fault”. “I think as a group, offensively we need to be better in a lot of ways”.
Even when 49ers fans began chanting for Kaepernick in last week’s loss to Arizona, Gabbert said he didn’t hear it as he tried to focus on his job.
Now, just a day after he was named the team’s starter, Kaepernick has restructured the deal in a way that must have the owners of the Niners dancing in the end zone.
Kaepernick, 28, signed a six-year, $114 million contract with the 49ers before the 2015 season. Buffalo’s defense is also playing very well right now and if they can get Marcell Dareus and Jerry Hughes going early here I think the Bills can absolutely walk through this one in a game that figures to get out of hand early.
Assuming that Kaepernick is indeed 100 percent, or somewhere close to that, and we could be looking at a 49ers offense much more capable of putting points on the board, and also producing through the air.
“My take on it is obviously the things the cops are doing is definitely wrong”, McCoy said Wednesday.
San Fransisco has struggled mightily throwing the ball with Blaine Gabbert who averaged just 170 yards per game.
Kaepernick in that game completed 20 of 41 attempts for 162 passing yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. It’s worth remembering, he led the team to a narrow SuperBowl loss as recently at 2013.
Before the Eagles and Bills played past year, McCoy said he wouldn’t shake Kelly’s hand.
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Gabbert expressed his displeasure with the demotion Tuesday. “And he’s worked extremely hard at putting himself back into shape, getting himself ready to play football”.
