Colin Kaepernick Thread

On multiple short passes early in the game:

You have to be able to take what the defense is going to give you. They were playing deep on most of the plays so we're not going to be able to throw over their head or down the field. That limits you to shorter underneath passes.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by TonyStarks:
WHY DOES CHRYST GO FOR THE FADE IN THE GOALINE INSTEAD OF A SLANT TO TE'S?

OR AN EMPTY SET ROLL OUT WITH A TE DRAG (EITHER RUNNING IT IN OR TO THE TE)?

Anything better than running it against a tough run defense.

yea that wasn't a good goal line offense in the 1st half. spread them out thin like they did us and run it in or pass it in quickly.

hindsight is 20/20

Some of us said this before the game!

Originally posted by 5thSFG:
The kaep from the last 2 games looked better than any other 2 game period in his career.... Based on my uncalibrated eye.

I'm excited about it. Need a little more time from the O-line.... Notice that even with the terrible O-line play, kaep kept his composure (as much as anyone could) and went through his progressions better than he ever has..... And other than the fade-type routes, his accuracy and touch are better than ever!!

Need more time from the O-line.

Old kaep would have let the ANTICIPATION of the inevitable o-line collapse ruin his poise.......top 10 qb play in my opinion, but what do I know??

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by TonyStarks:
WHY DOES CHRYST GO FOR THE FADE IN THE GOALINE INSTEAD OF A SLANT TO TE'S?

OR AN EMPTY SET ROLL OUT WITH A TE DRAG (EITHER RUNNING IT IN OR TO THE TE)?

Anything better than running it against a tough run defense.

yea that wasn't a good goal line offense in the 1st half. spread them out thin like they did us and run it in or pass it in quickly.

hindsight is 20/20

Some of us said this before the game!

wizards you are!

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
I feel like this is a different/better Kap than last year, by a big margin. Just wish the D could get their s**t together.

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
I feel like this is a different/better Kap than last year, by a big margin. Just wish the D could get their s**t together.

Originally posted by crake49:

Yeah, he was evidently talking about how he got away, went into the desert by himself or something like that, and just thought about how he should be a better person and a better leader.

He certainly has shown a different persona in his post-game press conferences this year. I think he's showing improvement in a lot of the little things on the field and if he wants to change his persona to a more mature presence, more power to him. It's never bothered me, but this can't hurt.

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:

As for kap, he looked uncertain to me in the first half, tentative maybe.

He wasn't uncertain or tentative. He ran the plays that were called. he was 11/14 in the 1st half. It wasn't for major yards because he took what the defense gave him along with the play calling (1 wr sets) he was decisive and accurate from the beginning to the end. We can't discount that. How did we manage those 17 play drives if he was tentative? We know the running game was basically non existent.
He threw accurate passes and scrambled when he needed to in order to extend the drives. We just waited way too long to come out of the big formations of last week and open up the ferrari for this week. If it were me, as soon as we had that 17 play drive and got 3 points out of it we're opening it up and carving up that secondary because theirs is just as bad as ours played yesterday.

Mostly all of this is moot though. you're not going to win if your defense gives up 43 points.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
I feel like this is a different/better Kap than last year, by a big margin. Just wish the D could get their s**t together.

Agree! I think the complaints are coming from folks who miss the somewhat erratic super-athlete who would just take off and run 50 yards! He's calmer this year, more patient...and that's boring to some.

Originally posted by crake49:
Turns out Kaepernick was actually pressured by blitzes more in the second half the the first. He was pressured on 16 of his second half drop backs and for the entire game, Kaepernick was under the fourth-most pressure defense in his entire career. To me, that makes his performance that much more encouraging. I think he's definitely getting better and progressing at the things he needs to to be a pocket passer.

Originally posted by crake49:
Turns out Kaepernick was actually pressured by blitzes more in the second half the the first. He was pressured on 16 of his second half drop backs and for the entire game, Kaepernick was under the fourth-most pressure defense in his entire career. To me, that makes his performance that much more encouraging. I think he's definitely getting better and progressing at the things he needs to to be a pocket passer.

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
I feel like this is a different/better Kap than last year, by a big margin. Just wish the D could get their s**t together.

Agree! I think the complaints are coming from folks who miss the somewhat erratic super-athlete who would just take off and run 50 yards! He's calmer this year, more patient...and that's boring to some.

he's doing what i hoped. exhaust the play and then rip off 15 yards.

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

I feel like this is a different/better Kap than last year, by a big margin. Just wish the D could get their s**t together.