Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by biggiep:
I've been making excuses for Kaepernick throughout this entire season to anyone who asked. His passing yards are down because all they've needed to do is run! His receivers are terrible! Etc. etc.
This game is the straw that breaks the camel's back. The fact is Kaepernick hasn't done anything for this team since Week 1. Have we really been crying that Kaep hasn't had Boldin, Davis, Crabtree AND Manningham all to throw to? When people like Brees and Brady can turn no-name receivers into stars? To make it seem like Kaep can only be expected to succeed if he has a 1000 yd receiver as his third receiving target is making it too easy.
Kaep really needed to step up this game and he failed with SO MANY chances. All the defense needed him to do was score 3 points in the second half and he couldn't do it. Even career backups like Tolzein, Hoyer, Thad Lewis can get more than 91 passing yards. Kaep looks like a deer in headlights under any kind of pressure and the dude is just not ready to start. The team should've opened their wallets bigger for Peyton Manning and let Kaep back him up for a few years. The team is built to win NOW and does not have time to screw around and wait for Kaepernick to grow up.
Yeah, Brady and Brees do that all on their own, its not like they have brilliant talented offensive minds that call a very competent and explosive passing offense and scheme to get guys open. 
Put Roman in New Orleans, bring Payton to the 49ers and I guarantee that neither QB looks like the same player. Scheme plays a huge role in it and this team's BS conservative passing schemes don't work in the NFL, plain and simple. Let me correct that, they work against inferior defenses, they don't work against top defenses such as Seattle, Carolina and others. This is hardly just a Kaepernick issue, I saw these same things pop up when Alex was the QB, the same irregular playcalling, the lack of in-game offensive adjustments, the inability to target a defense's weaknesses with precision, this is nothing new.
Get rid of Kaepernick, bring in another QB, the offense won't change one damn bit. Just as like this coaching staff wasn't able to properly utilize Ted Ginn but Carolina was, I guarantee Kaepernick would be a far better player on another team with more cohesive offensive playcalling.
This is the worst, most putrid offensive playcalling I've seen since Jim Hostler, it is getting to the point where perhaps the 49ers should call up someone like Ted Tollner and have him sit up in the booth with Roman, because nothing about the passing offense reminds me of an NFL offense in anyway.
I'm getting tired of quoting you for agreement
The sorry fact is, as outlined many times by Phoenix, we scheme to get one guy open. That guy is either VD or Boldin. Every other receiver is either running decoy with their head turned from the QB or blocking, they are not definitive receiving targets.
Our offense was good last year because Moss was a deep threat clearing out defenders, that's why he complained about his role. He didn't complain because he wasn't getting thrown to in a QB read offense, he complained because on most calls he was never even considered an option and his sole role was to take defenders away from the designated receiver.
The reason our pass offense is sucking, and as Ginn's better performance with Carolina has shown, is because defenses are adjusting and they know the ball is going to either Vernon or Boldin, they are now understanding who the designated receiver is. Now add to this the fact that our o-line is great at run blocking but terrible at pass blocking, and it makes the QB look like hot garbage when the other team has us figured out.
Essentially our passing woes come down to this:
1) We scheme to get one receiver open. That designated receiver is covered.
2) No other receiver is open or looking at the right time for a catch because they are running decoy routes as instructed or they are blocking.
3) Our O line pass protection is sub par and the QB is coming under pressure before there are any receiving options down field.
That's exactly what we saw last night. Vernon was injured, Boldin is obviously our only passing outlet with Mario rusty. Boldin is getting covered, we've no deep threat as VD is out and Moss is not on the team. The O-line is giving up sacks to a 3 man rush and Kaep is running for his life hoping that someone get's open after running their decoy route, but because Boldin is the designated receiver, Kaep''s on the run to his side of the field hoping he gets open or trying to force it into coverage. That's exactly what happened on the INT at the end of the game.
People are bashing on Kaep, as they bashed on Smith, and the real culprit is the incredibly shoddy, naive, one-trick pony passing offense we are running.
