Hangman_52 wrote:NinerSickness wrote:Hangman_52 wrote:Many fans told me Kaepernick was the problem and Gabbert was the answer.
Kaepernick was the problem. Gabbert wasn't the answer though. Connor Cook or Jared Goff is.
I'm thrilled Ward is playing better; he was struggling mightily earlier this season. I want to see this level of play over the course of the entire season though.
Jury's still out on Armstead, of course.
Kaepernick is not the problem. The problem is a horrid, almost the worst ever, right side of an offensive line. 3 out of the 5 offensive linemen were near the worst of all offensive linemen the whole time he was QB. That meant you can't run or pass. Not even Tom Brady would look good because of that line. In fact, Devey alone made it so KC destroyed Tom Brady last season so badly that Steve Young and Trent Dilfer said that Tom Brady was through and the Patriots were not good anymore. The next game they benched Devey and they became good again and went on to win the Superbowl. The line is also the reason we lost so many runningbacks this year. They were getting hit before they had a chance to find a hole causing less chances to run out of bounds and had to struggle many times to get to the los. When your offensive line doesn't give you time you start throwing the ball dumb and missing reads. I have seen it from some of the best QBs this year. Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers both have thrown horrendous passes when there a couple of their starting linemen are out. And those backups were playing better than the garbage the 49ers were throwing out there.
I am not saying that Kaepernick is as good as those 2, but he has shown in the past that he is not crap. I see him getting back to being a solid starting QB next season if they rebuild the line to being competent. That means that we have a real RT and RG play next season. No more Jonathan Martin at RT, Marcus Martin at center or guard, Pears at RT or RG, or Devey at G. We need palyers with actual talent. The funny thing was as bad as J Martin was he was the best of the bunch of rejects we have had over on that side of the ball in the past 2 years; Boone included. Now he is out of the NFL.
As for Goff and Cook being the answer. They might be good QBs in the future, but they need a few years as a backup learning to be good. Same with Lynch who is probably better than the other 2. But if we want to rebuild faster than you get either a play making defensive player or a stout offensive lineman and go with Kaepernick. If for some chance you can get a first round pick or 2 for him from the Eagles then trade him, but I would rather trade Gabbert to the Cowboys for a 3rd or something similar. If lucky we might even get a second or 2 for him from a desperate team like the Cowboys or Eagles.
I am not so sure we won't rebuild really fast. We have the cap space to lure in great talent. On offense we need 2 linemen, both guards if Davis comes back in shape(only one if Boone comes back), a 3rd down back and maybe a TE in the mold of Walker. On Defense we need a DE, OLB, (both to get pressure on the QB) and an ILBer.
The other thing we need is our OC to go and get someone who can actually make moves with the offensive line and put out the people who can actually play and design plays to go beyond the los.
A little late to this one, but I view Kap in much the same light as Tomsula this season. Was either guy going to succeed? No. Not unless they were HOFers at their respective posts. You can't discount them as a coach or QB based solely on the numbers. It's not the fact that they're losing, it's HOW they're losing. In Tomsula's case, lack of discipline, no consistency, utterly predictable, not getting up for games. All point to a HC who is in over his head. In Kap's case, absolute lack of pocket presence or awareness, horrid inaccuracy, poor decisions. All point to a QB who isn't a franchise guy. Kap and Gabbert both have elite physical talent, but there's something missing. If it's not there yet, the odds of it appearing at some point in the near future are awfully slim. If this team wants to move ahead, we need to move on from coach and QB.
As far as rebuilding quickly, I won't discount it. Our biggest problem, the OL, could be looking an awful lot stronger next year if we can trot out something like Staley - A. Davis/TBD - Kilgore - Tiller - Brown/A. Davis. Hyde is a talented guy, we have some talent at WR and would presumably add something else, lots of depth at TE if they can stay healthy, and a D that is a solid pass rusher away from being good and potentially great. That said, that's a best-case scenario, and that rarely pans out. We could just as easily go 6-10 or worse next year. At the end of the day, we don't have a QB, and that's going to hold us back unless we're once again elite across the board. I don't see that happening again soon.