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<blockquote data-quote="pizzle" data-source="post: 749588" data-attributes="member: 12428"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Football is a team game. This isn't tennis. While AR12 masks many of the flaws GB has, the team as a whole has to give him some support or we won't win even with him playing other-worldly.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">With that being said, you can't look at the overall 2016 record of the 49ers and make a blanket statement that Kaep wasn't any good.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">This article very meticulously broke down why many of the narratives about Colin's effectiveness as an NFL QB are, as I stated before, just not accurate:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><a href="http://presnapreads.com/2017/07/30/colin-kaepernick-is-better-than-joe-flacco/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px">Colin Kaepernick Is Better Than Joe Flacco</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Here's an excerpt that explains something I always noticed when watching the playoff-level 49ers under Kaep:</span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>The depth of Kaepernick’s throws wasn’t the only reason he had a lower completion percentage last year. While Flacco lost a reception to receiver error once every 17 attempts, Kaepernick lost one once every 8.49 attempts. Nobody in the league lost completions on accurate passes because of receiver error as often as the San Francisco 49ers quarterback did.</strong></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></em></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The 49ers' best WR while Kaep was with SF was some kind of combo of Anquan Boldin/Michael Crabtree. While Boldin has typically had sure hands as a player, when you look at all the wideouts/TEs (Vernon Davis, anyone???) they've had as a core, they'd drop alot of balls that Kaep threw well. How many times when Kaep played against GB in the post-season did we see a 49ers pass-catcher drop a well-placed ball on 1st or 2nd down-and-whatever that would have put them in position to score a TD, only for Colin to simply put it upon himself to run rough shot thru our defense on 3rd down?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Poster, I think you need to reevaluate your stance. A QB's completion % isn't always a full indicator of their accuracy. If a thrower doesn't have wideouts that he can rely on to catch the easy ones, let alone snatch some poorly thrown ones, it can hurt them. Remember when Davante had a sophomore slump case of the dropsies? The only reason AR12's stats didn't waver significantly then was because he had two other vets in Nelson and Cobb he could count on. Kaep has never played with a WR core as polished as we have consistently had in GB. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Even with not having quality receivers last season, and dealing with a situation similar to what Tyrod Taylor is being subjected to in Buffalo, Colin had a 90.7 passer rating with 16 TDs to just 4 INTs. That's really good considering how bad that offense was around him. They literally had no player you were concerned about beating you other than him. I attribute the fumbles to his play style, which, if managed properly could easily be avoided. Not always having to make something happen and instead being able to just take what a defense gives you within a more balanced offense surrounded by other legit weapons could have done for Colin what being in Philly did for Michael Vick-showcase his true potential. While I like what Harbaugh did with Kaep early on, I think that Colin could have benefited greatly from a new environment with some different WC passing principles mixed in with pistol formation flexibility. Alex Smith will always be a scrub to me. But, despite losing his job in SF he got another chance at being a starter in KC. With Andy Reid doing some things to make his job much easier/surrounding him with some talent offensively, now Smith is a legit NFL QB. We could have provided Colin a similar situation with the scenario presented to us in the 2017 campaign.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">IMO, if you look at all the mediocre QBs that get to bounce around the league as journeyman for doing much less, it should be a no-brainer that a supposed "QB guru" like MM would have been intrigued with a talent like Kaep and wanted to bring him into his QB room around AR12 and the young pups to see what happens. Or at minimum, when Rodgers gets his collarbone snapped after the dirty hit from Barr in MN, you tell Murphy and TT "Hey, let's take a flyer out on Kaep now just in case Brett ends up not being ready for prime time. Colin might be able to come in after the bye and keep us afloat until Aaron returns so this season isn't a waste..."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Kaep is a good QB that could have helped a bunch of teams, including ours. That is accurate...</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pizzle, post: 749588, member: 12428"] [SIZE=4]Football is a team game. This isn't tennis. While AR12 masks many of the flaws GB has, the team as a whole has to give him some support or we won't win even with him playing other-worldly. With that being said, you can't look at the overall 2016 record of the 49ers and make a blanket statement that Kaep wasn't any good. This article very meticulously broke down why many of the narratives about Colin's effectiveness as an NFL QB are, as I stated before, just not accurate: [/SIZE] [URL='http://presnapreads.com/2017/07/30/colin-kaepernick-is-better-than-joe-flacco/'][SIZE=4]Colin Kaepernick Is Better Than Joe Flacco[/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=4] Here's an excerpt that explains something I always noticed when watching the playoff-level 49ers under Kaep:[/SIZE] [I][SIZE=3][B]The depth of Kaepernick’s throws wasn’t the only reason he had a lower completion percentage last year. While Flacco lost a reception to receiver error once every 17 attempts, Kaepernick lost one once every 8.49 attempts. Nobody in the league lost completions on accurate passes because of receiver error as often as the San Francisco 49ers quarterback did.[/B] [/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=4]The 49ers' best WR while Kaep was with SF was some kind of combo of Anquan Boldin/Michael Crabtree. While Boldin has typically had sure hands as a player, when you look at all the wideouts/TEs (Vernon Davis, anyone???) they've had as a core, they'd drop alot of balls that Kaep threw well. How many times when Kaep played against GB in the post-season did we see a 49ers pass-catcher drop a well-placed ball on 1st or 2nd down-and-whatever that would have put them in position to score a TD, only for Colin to simply put it upon himself to run rough shot thru our defense on 3rd down? Poster, I think you need to reevaluate your stance. A QB's completion % isn't always a full indicator of their accuracy. If a thrower doesn't have wideouts that he can rely on to catch the easy ones, let alone snatch some poorly thrown ones, it can hurt them. Remember when Davante had a sophomore slump case of the dropsies? The only reason AR12's stats didn't waver significantly then was because he had two other vets in Nelson and Cobb he could count on. Kaep has never played with a WR core as polished as we have consistently had in GB. Even with not having quality receivers last season, and dealing with a situation similar to what Tyrod Taylor is being subjected to in Buffalo, Colin had a 90.7 passer rating with 16 TDs to just 4 INTs. That's really good considering how bad that offense was around him. They literally had no player you were concerned about beating you other than him. I attribute the fumbles to his play style, which, if managed properly could easily be avoided. Not always having to make something happen and instead being able to just take what a defense gives you within a more balanced offense surrounded by other legit weapons could have done for Colin what being in Philly did for Michael Vick-showcase his true potential. While I like what Harbaugh did with Kaep early on, I think that Colin could have benefited greatly from a new environment with some different WC passing principles mixed in with pistol formation flexibility. Alex Smith will always be a scrub to me. But, despite losing his job in SF he got another chance at being a starter in KC. With Andy Reid doing some things to make his job much easier/surrounding him with some talent offensively, now Smith is a legit NFL QB. We could have provided Colin a similar situation with the scenario presented to us in the 2017 campaign. IMO, if you look at all the mediocre QBs that get to bounce around the league as journeyman for doing much less, it should be a no-brainer that a supposed "QB guru" like MM would have been intrigued with a talent like Kaep and wanted to bring him into his QB room around AR12 and the young pups to see what happens. Or at minimum, when Rodgers gets his collarbone snapped after the dirty hit from Barr in MN, you tell Murphy and TT "Hey, let's take a flyer out on Kaep now just in case Brett ends up not being ready for prime time. Colin might be able to come in after the bye and keep us afloat until Aaron returns so this season isn't a waste..." Kaep is a good QB that could have helped a bunch of teams, including ours. That is accurate...[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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