Originally posted by Psinex:
Originally posted by natrone06:
Originally posted by Psinex:
Hey Marvin,
What do you think about Kaepernick ignoring his receiving options underneath? On one play, I saw Kaepernick scrambling away from the rush with Frank Gore running wide open down the middle. Gore shrugged in the middle of his route. On the pass to Bruce Miller, he went through every single progression before it looked like he dumped off a pass to Miller as if he had nothing better to do. He seems to be repulsed by the idea of throwing underneath.
http://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionary/nfl/checkdown.aspx
No kidding. But Kaepernick ignores his outlet passes and underneath routes to the point where he's almost greedy for long plays. If he took more underneath routes, he would eat up more clock and extend drives. With Kaepernick, it seems like it's either feast or famine. Yesterday, everything worked out well because our passing game tore up Green Bay's secondary, but let's not fool ourselves. Several of their key starters were out, and they were playing undermanned.
Against a better defense like Seattle, Kaepernick's most likely not going to throw for 400 yards. If our running game can't get going, we are going to be in big trouble. We will need shorter completions to get down field with the occasional long strike. Balance is the key.
On the list of things that would upset me about a QB, keeping his eyes deeper down the field is pretty low on the list.
There is a reason he has a CAREER 8.7 yards per attempt as a starter (and his 8.3 would have led the NFL last year if he'd thrown enough passes).