SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS VS. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS GAMEDAY THREAD

Wow. I think people are looking at Kaepernick through some ridiculous love-goggles () and failing to judge him objectively.

His overall performance was good, but his complete body of work today did nothing to distinguish him CLEARLY above Smith as a guy who should be starting for the rest of the season.

Kaepernick is awesome, but he played the worst defense in the NFL. Let's look at the positive versus negative:

Positive:
-Speed put pressure on defense and his running was got us some first downs and a TD.
-Bigger arm allowed him to fit in some of the intermediate throws better.
-He displayed the fact that he is a right-hander that can roll left and find receivers perhaps better than any other QB in the league.

Negatives:
-He had multiple delay of game penalties
-He had an ugly fade that was nearly a 100-yard pick 6.
-He had an INT straight to a defender because he didn't use his eyes and blindly threw a pass that an experienced QB wouldn't have.

Other notes:
-We played the worst defense in the entire NFL and scored less offensive points than the opponent.

Overall, B+ game from Colin. But not enough to win me over yet.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Wow. I think people are looking at Kaepernick through some ridiculous love-goggles () and failing to judge him objectively.

His overall performance was good, but his complete body of work today did nothing to distinguish him CLEARLY above Smith as a guy who should be starting for the rest of the season.

Kaepernick is awesome, but he played the worst defense in the NFL. Let's look at the positive versus negative:

Positive:
-Speed put pressure on defense and his running was got us some first downs and a TD.
-Bigger arm allowed him to fit in some of the intermediate throws better.
-He displayed the fact that he is a right-hander that can roll left and find receivers perhaps better than any other QB in the league.

Negatives:
-He had multiple delay of game penalties
-He had an ugly fade that was nearly a 100-yard pick 6.
-He had an INT straight to a defender because he didn't use his eyes and blindly threw a pass that an experienced QB wouldn't have.

Other notes:
-We played the worst defense in the entire NFL and scored less offensive points than the opponent.

Overall, B+ game from Colin. But not enough to win me over yet.

Ill agree with most of what you said, but the refs also killed some drives with stupid calls, and there were a couple of bad drops on well thrown balls.

Originally posted by SneakySniper:

Obviously, the race part was a very very small part of my argument, and you probably did not read the "some people" and "especially" part. To be honest, I have heard people say that a quarterback is supposed to be white, so my point is still valid.

I honestly did not see anything bad that Kaepernick did, it was a near flawless performance. The interception he threw, like I said, was 50% on the center, who was delivering low snaps all game.

Does the center throw the ball?

Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Wow. I think people are looking at Kaepernick through some ridiculous love-goggles () and failing to judge him objectively.

His overall performance was good, but his complete body of work today did nothing to distinguish him CLEARLY above Smith as a guy who should be starting for the rest of the season.

Kaepernick is awesome, but he played the worst defense in the NFL. Let's look at the positive versus negative:

Positive:
-Speed put pressure on defense and his running was got us some first downs and a TD.
-Bigger arm allowed him to fit in some of the intermediate throws better.
-He displayed the fact that he is a right-hander that can roll left and find receivers perhaps better than any other QB in the league.

Negatives:
-He had multiple delay of game penalties
-He had an ugly fade that was nearly a 100-yard pick 6.
-He had an INT straight to a defender because he didn't use his eyes and blindly threw a pass that an experienced QB wouldn't have.

Other notes:
-We played the worst defense in the entire NFL and scored less offensive points than the opponent.

Overall, B+ game from Colin. But not enough to win me over yet.

This, this and this. Could not have said it better. I'm as big as a critic of Alex as I am Kaepernick. Or Tolzien for that matter. People play favorites around here.

If not for our defense, who actually looked kinda bad today at times, we would not have won the game. That, and the refs were killing us with BS calls in the first half.

Anyway, Kaep looks extremely good, but makes some really bad plays. That interception was completely on him, not the bad snap. He didn't see the defender underneath Kyle Williams and gave the Saints an easy pick. And that throw to Moss in the endzone was God awful. We were extremely lucky that wasn't a pick six. Well, extremely lucky Moss mauled the guy lol.

B+ is a fair grade. I'd give him a solid B.

his throws were put in places that allowed the receivers to catch the ball and continue to make a play..something alex doesn't do

The refs were frickin horrible today!!!!

Seriously not one holding call against the Saints O-line.

today the saints did not play like a worst defense,there blitz was fierce,there run d held up most of the game.

colin did great,most importantly was that 9 min 4th quarter drive,picking up first downs,keeping brees of the field.am curious what are 3rd doen ranking is looking like through last two games.

i love alex,and he has been paid greatly for his service.dont feel to bad for him

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
AJ Jenkins, hope you're ready to play.

Im thinking AJ and LaMichael will get a chance to play. I hope so anyway...... speed kills defenses...............

there is no reason to feel bad for alex, his career is resurrected and he's going to get paid to be a starting qb somewhere else

Originally posted by Kolohe:
The refs were frickin horrible today!!!!

Seriously not one holding call against the Saints O-line.

this. I hope Kendall hunter is okay!

Kaepernick played great tonight. Dropped passes and penalties made him look not so good. There was a lot of pressure on him in the first half also.

Haha just heard ODB playing in the locker room during Willis interview..

Originally posted by xela510:
Kaepernick played great tonight. Dropped passes and penalties made him look not so good. There was a lot of pressure on him in the first half also.

Sounds like the same excuses people make for Alex.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Wow. I think people are looking at Kaepernick through some ridiculous love-goggles () and failing to judge him objectively.

His overall performance was good, but his complete body of work today did nothing to distinguish him CLEARLY above Smith as a guy who should be starting for the rest of the season.

Kaepernick is awesome, but he played the worst defense in the NFL. Let's look at the positive versus negative:

Positive:
-Speed put pressure on defense and his running was got us some first downs and a TD.
-Bigger arm allowed him to fit in some of the intermediate throws better.
-He displayed the fact that he is a right-hander that can roll left and find receivers perhaps better than any other QB in the league.

Negatives:
-He had multiple delay of game penalties
-He had an ugly fade that was nearly a 100-yard pick 6.
-He had an INT straight to a defender because he didn't use his eyes and blindly threw a pass that an experienced QB wouldn't have.

Other notes:
-We played the worst defense in the entire NFL and scored less offensive points than the opponent.

Overall, B+ game from Colin. But not enough to win me over yet.

I agree with most, and would add that Colin didn't get sacked once today where Alex would have at least 4 or 5 times. I think Colin has better pocket awarness and short area quickness to avoid sacks. I do think Alex is better at getting us into the right play at the line, espeacially runs. This is not the worst defense in the league right "now", which is when were playing them.

Originally posted by ElDannMann:
Sounds like the same excuses people make for Alex.

I havent seen the 49ers get that many penalties in a long time. Alex doesnt make some of those passes and he probably wouldnt have extended the plays Kaepernick did. I like Alex a lot and think he has the right to start but Kaepernick led the team with his arm, Alex struggles a lot when we have to rely on his arm.