Well, in a late breaking development, Alex Smith didn’t pass the final contact drills for his concussion, so he is out for tonight’s game against the Bears. So, we have Cappy vs Campbell. Jason and the Sluggonauts vs the raw Reno talent. Jay Cutler may or may not be the gift that keeps on giving, but he’s not a mobile as Campbell. Which may actually help the Bears and their sieve-like front line. Campbell IS a backup, though. He failed pretty miserably as a starter in both Washington and Oaktown (not that he had a shit-load of help) so the hope is the Niners can force mistakes and get some turnovers from him.
Offensively, the hope is the Niners can maybe use their new big-armed QB weapon for some longer passes, but I expect to see a steady dose of Mr. Gore to start the game. If the Niners can establish the run early, then the game should go their way. If the Niners are forced to lean on their passing game, this is where things can get dicey. Chicago is very good at creating turnovers, and they have forced 30 turnovers already. Charles Tillman himself has forced 7 fumbles. The Niners are pretty good at keeping the ball, they have only 9 turnovers, but time will tell. As far as I can tell from here, the weather looks good. Although it may be colder/wetter down by the ocean tonight.
All in all, an interesting game with Cappy getting his first start in real-time. He has shown some impressive arm strength and some nice runs out of the pocket in his limited action. We’ll see how he does against an aggressive defense. I think screens may be in order, and also some misdirection/trap/draw plays to get those active linebackers out of position.
Forty Niners Forever 
Too bad Grumpy. Your play by play commentary is an added game feature.
Pretty good play calling script on that first series.
Lets the QB controversy begin. Kaep looks damn good.
Hard to look much better than Kap has.so far.
kap is the real deal ! gore destroyed urlacher on that td !
I saw the pass to Kyle and the scoring play on NFL-dot-com. Wow. If that kid learns to read defenses, look out.
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Jon Gruden just picked the Niners to win the SB with Kaep at QB.
What about Alex?
uh oh we’re stuck on our own 3 !
Wow!! Who was whinning and crying and saying if the Niners don’t learn how to pas the ball they would go no where?? Yeah me! Everyone else was oh the Niners are winning with a strong run, well chuck you were right about the Bears having a strong defense, stopping the run cold tonight!!
Kappy First Quarter as a starter: 8 of 9, 126 yards, 1 TD.
Impressive, so far.
whoever said 40 – 0 niners might just be right ! 😉
Nice to see the Niner coaching staff to have a plan B
Another long pass?
Holy smokes. Harbaugh is not being conservative at all tonight.
unbelievably impressive throws from Kappy tonight. It’s like a completely different player (with the same throwing motion 🙂 )
hunter !!!
Oh and these Runs, they were set up by the pass, the way Walsh drew it up!!
Uh… did we just go 96 yards for a TD on Obama’s”Best Defense in the NFL?”
I think he jinxed ’em.
17-0? Chicago is now officially fucked. We are shredding their D and Campbell can’t lead a comeback like this. This is gonna get ugly (for them). Fast.
Aldon and Ahmad time soon….
So who’s their THIRD string QB? 😉
Hello, Mr. Campbell, my name is Aldon. You can call me sir.
Unreal start. Let the QB controversy begin. Chicago started the game with 8-9 in the box, daring us to pass. Well, so far so good.
PICKED!!
t brown !!!