Kaepernick was given a big contract past year, but his play has dropped off, beginning last season.
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Actually, that’s not true.
The one area where the 49ers have constantly played to the level – or higher – of their opponent has been special teams.
The benching of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick this week has only heightened the frayed relationship between him and the upper management of the team and created a climate in which it is virtually certain he is not back in San Francisco in 2016, according to team and league sources…
NOTES: QB Blaine Gabbert will start the 49ers’ next game on November 22 at Seattle, he was informed by coach Jim Tomsula on Monday.
The 28-year-old quarterback has 144 completions for 1,615 yards and six touchdowns, with five interceptions in nine games played this season. But a win is a win, a rare thing for the 49ers this season, and it’s hard to ignore that. “I’m pleased with the progress I’ve made so far”. While the receiver is trying not to call out the coaching staff, he is not thrilled with his role in the offense that has left him with just a handful of targets each game this season while having two catchless games.
Gabbert completed 15 of 25 passes for 185 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions – with one of his interceptions a perfectly thrown deep pass to Jerome Simpson who botched the reception, batting the ball in the air for a Phillip Adams to intercept. Does our offensive line still have a lot of work to do? Yes. And when it was time to run and use his feet, he did.
“I don’t regret the decision”, he said. This week’s game against the Cardinals is important for their NFC West hopes, because a loss would leave the Seahawks three games behind with only seven to play. But the Falcons lost for the third time in four games following a 5-0 start, with their first two-game skid of 2015. Limiting Devonta Freeman to 12 yards on the ground and the Falcons to 17 total rushing yards made the Falcons offense extremely one-dimensional.
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The Falcons parlayed that turnover into a scoring drive, but only in the form of a 19-yard field goal from Matt Bryant rather than a go-ahead touchdown. Certainly, it’s not as easy of a win. The Falcons would have had plenty of time to get a stop of their own and get the ball back with good field position. I was under the impression that coaches had calculations for all of these scenarios so as to leave those types of decisions up to math, not a human hunch, but maybe that’s not true? Atlanta kicked a field goal and fell just short. SB Nation goes into way more depth as to why here. “We’ve got a big playbook. That’s our next game up there, so whatever 11 guys we march out on the field we’re going to go up there and expect a victory”, Gabbert said.
