[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Kapernick is not a drop-back passer, there is no point in putting him in that style of offense.
He looks very uncomfortable in the pocket, he is a scrambling QB that should be doing playaction passes, bootlegs, and plays where he rolls out.
His ability means you need nickelbacks in the game, which makes Gore’s running game better.
This is more of Harbaugh’s fault than anything else, he has the wrong offense for his personnel.[/quote]
Whoa there partner
DB has decided Kap can do it all.
Did you not get the memo?
We may need you to move your desk down to the basement…yea…[/quote]
He’s looked like shit the last two games. It isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Every QB who has ever played the game has looked like in two consecutive games at some point in their careers, even more so when they had less than a year’s worth of starts under their belt.
The issue isn’t with Kaepernick, it’s with the motherfucking receivers on that team. I was at the game on Sunday, just like every other Sunday, and I spent most of the time the Niners were on offense watching their receivers run routes, if that’s what you want to call it.
They look like they don’t even give a shit. The minute they finish the top of their route and turn for the ball they simply quit if it isn’t coming their way. They aren’t getting any separation at all and none of them outside of Boldin are even remotely big enough to beat press-man coverage on a consistent basis. So Kaepernick is doing what pretty much every single uber-talented QB in the history of the NFL has done at some point: forced the ball into tight spots trying to make something happen. He throws so fucking hard that when he’s fit it into tight spots where someone might be able to make a play, it’s going too fast to be handled. The guy needs to improve his touch on short throws and he also needs to understand that not one single receiver on the team outside of Boldin has good enough hands to catch his passes when he rifles them downfield more than he should be.
Stupid penalties, regressive play from the OL and the mind-boggling abandonment of the running game are all more to blame for their struggles than Kaepernick.
You guys all lambasted me over and over and over for declaring him the next Big Thing after 10 starts. I suggest some of you follow your own advice and reserve the “overrated” comments until he’s played more than 2 awful games. If this shit continues through the rest of the first half and he doesn’t make some needed adjustments, have at it. But until then, let’s just settle down with all the overreactions. Pretty much every team over the last 20-30 years that has won the Super Bowl has looked like shit at some point in the season. I’m just glad it’s happening to the Niners now instead of in December. There’s a lot of football to play.
And I laugh at the notion that Kaepernick isn’t a drop-back passer. You simply haven’t watched him play at all if that’s what you think. Other than the Green Bay game, which it seems is the only game of his that most of you have watched, he’s beaten every single team he’s started against almost exclusively from the pocket. The Green Bay playoff game was an aberration, as are these last two performances. The guy is a pocket passer. He hasn’t looked comfortable the last two weeks in the pocket. So what? Show me one QB who never looked antsy in the pocket at one point in his career and I’ll show you a fucking tackling dummy and not a QB.
