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Originally posted by ayleswbj11:
Man we got some arm chair QB coaches in here! Amazing the level of analysis. Why not one reasonable post that says this guy hasn't played football in a like a year, had 3 significant surgeries for a QB, miss a ton of the off season, only had 13 snaps and then gets judged on the 4th preseason game. I'll trust the real coaches who saw all the potential during hours and hours of practice and classroom work that think he still has it. The onlybreal thing going against him is that Balkee can't for the life of him grow up. Heck even CK is growing right before our eyes.

There is reasonable analysis here. The NFL game is about "what have you done for me LATELY."

It doesn't matter WHY you missed the time. It only matters what you can do now.

The coaches have obviously seen enough of him to have warranted a full half of play last night. They even had the team huddling around him to make sure everyone knew the play in order to assure each player had the max opportunity to show their ability.

None of that has anything to do with Baalke.
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Why is it news that he is going to make the roster?
Originally posted by Axl49:
the way qbs and players are going down, kap not finding a roster spot on this is team is incredibly asinine and ignorant based off football alone.

One quarterback has gone down and been replaced.
Originally posted by kray28:
Why is it news that he is going to make the roster?

Pretty controversial answer but this is just football conversation but it's cause of something not related to football.
Originally posted by Dicekiller:
Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Originally posted by Dicekiller:
Originally posted by dj43:
Originally posted by Dicekiller:
On that completion to Dres Anderson that was nearly an interception, it does look like maybe Kap at least tried to keep his eyes in the middle of the field first instead staring down in the direction of the two receivers the whole way through, if only for a moment. Can't see what that safety does until the ball is already by Anderson, so it's hard to say what happened.

I looked at that play half a dozen times and I see no helmet moved by CK that would indicate he looked anywhere but Anderson.

It's between his 2nd and 3rd step of his dropback. I definitely could just be looking too much into it or misinterpreting it though.

I see him getting the snap, look up, then left. If he did tried to hold the safety by looking down the middle, it wasn't enough.

That's pretty much what I thought initially, so I'll just go ahead and finish what my train of thought was.

If it was a middle safety(well, higher than the one that dropped down) which I'm gonna guess there was, Kap either pretty much negated trying to hold him and should be faulted for the almost pick. Or, it could be spun that he did just barely enough to rocket the ball in have that not intercepted. Although admittedly, that's not good either. Just to cover my bases in case I was wrong, if there wasn't a middle safety, and the safety that almost picked Kap was already in that area when the ball was snapped, maybe Kap just thought he could rocket the ball in there. Which wouldn't be good either.

I don't think I would fault Kaep too much on this play. I think the ball was thrown a tad late. It gave the safety on the outside to closed on the pass in addition to Anderson's route going towards that safety. The pass must be thrown earlier. This is where I think Kaep has to be even more confident and account for his wind up and timing of the throw.

There was another safety in the middle but he's almost out of the play. He was more for the inside receiver than Anderson on the outside. Kaep's head movement shouldn't matter because it's a quick strike throw.



This is a pic just as Anderson turn to look for the ball. The ball should be out of Kaep's hand or at the very least with a forward motion to release the ball. But Kaep is still in the middle of his throwing motion. Anderson ended up getting the ball in front of the goal line, but it shouldn't be that deep. Gave the safety a good play on the ball that was almost INT.
I'd go with Ponder over Kap.
Kap has been a pleasure for most of this decade, but there is nothing here with him skill-wise, that Ponder cannot replicate as #2. Neither is next year's answer.
So what's Baalke thinking? Is Kaepernick that much better than Ponder in his own view, or is he keeping him to keep looking for trade opportunities?

I don't know.
Originally posted by Crown:
Originally posted by 16to87:
clean cut Kap or afro Kap?

Fro-Mullet for the win!

This.
Kap - He's a complicated man but no understands him but his woman.
Kap has become a really lousy football player. He seems far more interested in becoming a semi illiterate activist than becoming a better QB. I say, let him go..

He and his "cause" have become a constant sideshow and organizational embarressment.
Originally posted by DaveWilcox:
Kap has become a really lousy football player. He seems far more interested in becoming a semi illiterate activist than becoming a better QB. I say, let him go..

He and his "cause" have become a constant sideshow and organizational embarressment.

It's definitely a distraction to the team. A distraction this team does not need by any means.
I'm just happy we are finally getting the real fun Kap. Unfortunately, it's like having him as a rookie and will need to sort of start over. Just glad he's having fun again.

Harbaugh really ruined this kids personality and made football not fun by ingraining this me against the world mentality in him.
Really hope we can find a trade partner for this guy
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Originally posted by DaveWilcox:
Kap has become a really lousy football player. He seems far more interested in becoming a semi illiterate activist than becoming a better QB. I say, let him go..

He and his "cause" have become a constant sideshow and organizational embarressment.

Been saying this for a while now.
Who do you think is more prepared at this very moment to start at QB?
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