Originally posted by longtime49erfan:
Everyone is raving about Tolzien, but Harbaugh played to his QBs' strengths during the first preseason game. I suspect he will throw other things at the three backups in order to more fully evaluate them. It is way too soon to crown Tolzien as anything IMHO. Watch for JJ to be inserted before Tolzien in game #2. Whichever of those two gets more playing time in game #3 is likely going to be the #3 QB.
Your right, it is way too soon to crown Tolzien. But when watching the game there is more to drives then just the competition he faced or the passes he made. I loved the way he took command of the huddle, made pre snap reads and showed players where to line up, for instance when AJ Jenkins the play he looked lost out there. Sure the next few games he may throw a couple more picks or show some indecisiveness, but that's expected, hard to get into a rhythm when your a reliever. I think it would be a big mistake to not keep Tolzien at least as the #3 QB another year or two, depending on the progress of Kaepernick.