Colin Kaepernick Thread

Originally posted by Sosa:

Originally posted by aTx49er:
You're having fun trying to get a reaction out of the Kaep fans aren't you?

Kap fans? Why would you categorize that? He's trying to get a reaction out of everybody. We're all 49er fans.

I don't consider him a 49er fan. just my opinion though.

I am thinking he will have a better year just by playing to his strengths..that and a non turnstile ol

Originally posted by 49erphan:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

In any case, to stay on topic, Kaepernick had three major issues that I had problems with last season:

1) Decision-Making: Forcing the primary read no matter what and scrambling and RUNNING OUT OF BOUNDS FOR A LOSS instead of throwing it away. PLEASE.. PLEASE just throw the ball away if it's not there. 0 yards gained is better than -3 or more yards lost.

2) Vision: Looking deep. And looking deep. And looking deep but NEVER looking short or at the outlets. One fundamental vision/progression teaching for QBs is to look high-low. CK endured a lot of pressure because he only looked high -- he REFUSED to take what the defense gave him. Instead of taking the first down or potential big play from the shorter routes, he was far, far to insistent on waiting and hoping the deep route would open up. Too focused on the 50 yard bombs or deep TDs.

3) Touch: Too many rocket balls on the few passes he did make to the flats. Receivers seemed to really struggle catching slants -- even Boldin -- and I think this was also partly due to CK often times telegraphing that route.

Decision making: I agree with your assessment and think that it is a manifestation of one of his somewhat weaker attributes (all quarterbacks have weaknesses) - situational and field awareness. I suspect that the Harbaugh/Roman system tended to exaggerate this weakness. I think he will generally improve in situational and field awareness as he gets more experienced and I suspect he will have little to no problem with taking a loss by running out of bounds rather than just throw the ball away (I think he showed improvement with that toward the end of the season.)

Vision: I think Kap's relative weakness (relative especially to greats like Aaron Rodgers) in situational/field awareness plays into this as well. Probably too often, he doesn't seem to feel confident in anticipating where the receiver will get free and so he seems to want to wait a couple more beats to make sure. His rifle arm helps him get away with that (and he probably relied on that heavily in college), but backfield defensive players in the NFL are really quick and/or fast so that his waiting often limits the receiver's YAC. (I'm not saying he does that all the time - far from it; it's something he needs more work on avoiding, though.)

Touch: yep

When I scouted Kaepernick the year before we drafted him, he was my favorite QB in that class. While I didn't have him ultimately graded above Newton, his long term ability and other intangibles made him my favorite QB and one that I most hoped we would take if we took one that year. All that said, from the very beginning I knew he was going to be a project for at least 3 - 4 years and that was one thing I said we were going to have to deal with. In college, he made incremental improvements year after year, but it took him all four years to get to be a top NFL prospect.

My expectation was he would eventually get to the point where he could play, but would not be consistently good until he truly learned to be a complete NFL QB, which I thought would take him around 4 years. At this point, he's going into what, his fifth year? My expectation is that at this point he will again improve and hopefully in a way where it is VERY noticeable. That's the hope. A Kaepernick who makes better decisions is much more dangerous. Better utilization of the backs out of the backfield hopefully will help Kaep develop a more frequent tendency to scan through his progressions and get the ball to those outlets when that's what's immediately open.

Partial season in 12.two full seasons(championship game were he was about the only guy keeping us alive in that game).then a season were erry one played kind of meh. Now a fresh new start.should be fun to watch

Originally posted by bors:

I want that 2012 vs patriots Kaep this year

I still have high hopes for him

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by bors:

I want that 2012 vs patriots Kaep this year

I still have high hopes for him

He hasn't showed that he's an awful QB , worst ol in the league and still better then almost half the leagues qbs

I really think if the O line improves (my God, it better bcuz it cant get much worse), then Kap will improve drastically. As will the entire offense

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by bors:
I want that 2012 vs patriots Kaep this year

I still have high hopes for him

He hasn't showed that he's an awful QB , worst ol in the league and still better then almost half the leagues qbs

This.

Originally posted by ginseng1000:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by bors:

I want that 2012 vs patriots Kaep this year

I still have high hopes for him

He hasn't showed that he's an awful QB , worst ol in the league and still better then almost half the leagues qbs

This.

With last years line, I'd imagine that the majority of that top half would have had an Eli like season. Given that the Giants line was equally as effective in pass protection.


Something to contemplate

What is this optimism I'm sensing in this thread I haven't seen it since Kap's 2nd year! Finally

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by bors:
I want that 2012 vs patriots Kaep this year

I still have high hopes for him

This

Originally posted by SFGiant49ers:
I really think if the O line improves (my God, it better bcuz it cant get much worse), then Kap will improve drastically. As will the entire offense

Wars are still won in the trenches

Originally posted by bors:
I want that 2012 vs patriots Kaep this year

you mean the one we almost lost because the coaches decided to crawl into a fetal position after we got the lead?

Well Cc, I am hoping that we are done with the harbaw conservative and lackluster approach or the "no O " approach to football. Re: kap, he is going to have to get better protection this yr, but also, he is going to have to look like an MVP and carry this team into the playoffs. Lots less developed talent, but possibly, hopefully, more of it. Still, we go only as far as kap goes this yr. He either IS the wunderkind....or he isn't. If he is, he will be around some yrs. If not, we go looking next yr for a replacement.

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by bors:

I want that 2012 vs patriots Kaep this year

you mean the one we almost lost because the coaches decided to crawl into a fetal position after we got the lead?

Let's stop pressing their recievers and let Tom Brady rip us apart. Thank God for Kaep hitting Crabtree on that hitch that went for a TD or that game may have ended differently.