Quite the game by Colin Kaepernick yesterday. On national TV, and in front of the guy whose job he wants, Cappy came into the game throwing darts all over the field. 16-23 for 243, 2 TDs sounds very Smith-like (esp with the 123 yards on the ground), but it sure looked different. Particularly sweet was the bomb to Kyle Williams on his 2nd drive. He couldn’t have handed the ball to him any cleaner as Cappy hit KW in stride for a 57 yard strike to set up a TD on the next play, a nice play action pass to VD for Cappy’s 1st TD as a pro. The next drive featured a 32 yard strike to VD and was capped by a 14 yard run up the middle by Kendall (end zone) Hunter. Drive #4 was puctuated by a 20 yard pass and run by Michael Crabtree, with some touogh running form Frank Gore. All in all, 4 possessions, 4 scores, and a 20 point lead going into the half. For all intents and purposes, the game was over. Not bad for the gangly kid from Turlock.
Leading off the 3rd quarter, Cappy his Mario Manningham on a nice slant that MM took up the field for a 37 yard gain. On 3rd and gola from the 6, Cappy dropped back to pass and looked right for VD dragging across the back of the end zone. he was covered, and Cappy rolled left to buy time, and Crabs read this and cut to the left corner of the end zone. Cappy hit him easily for his 2nd TD pass of the game for a 27-0 lead.
The rest of the game was just handoffs for the most part as the defense laid to waste the Bear offensive line. Aldon Smith had 5.5 sacks by himself, and really, the Niners should have pitched a shutout as Aldon Smith was penalized for trying to get to a fumble on 3rd and 19 after yet another sack by the Niner defense. Jason Campbell, the erstwhile vet, didn’t stand a chance against the Niners intense pass rush. They [pretty much were forced to abandon the run due to the instant deficit, and Campbell rarely had a clean pocket to throw from.
So, what now? I don’t listen to KNBR much, nor do I spent too much time reading other blogs and such, but I’m sure the airwaves are sizzling with conjecture regarding who starts next week. Add to the firestorm the fact that Harbaugh didn’t douse any fires by saying “I have 2 hot-handed QBs” and the controversy begins. Frankly, with Alex Smith not even cleared to play, I don’t see too much reason to take anything from Harbaugh’s comments yesterday. They were made right after the game, and Harbaugh always seems to be struggling with the come-down from his hypersonic adrenaline-fueled coaching high. Until Smith gets cleared, everything WILL be conjecture and innuendo.
I’m fairly certain Harbaugh reinstates Alex Smith as the starter going forward if he is cleared to play. Cappy played as near-perfect a game that anyone could have expected, but one game does not make a ginormous decision like this cone to pass. Although the pressure to perform is ratched up a little bit under Alex Smith’s ass.
Forty Niners Forever 
At this point, cappy gets his start. After that, we’ll see. Nothing is set in stone here.
Exactly.
http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2012/11/22/roman-on-qb-situation-no-decision-has-been-made/
Smith has not been cleared yet, and Roman says no decision has been made yet about the starting QB…
Oh, and have a Happy Thanksgiving folks. Off to dinner we go.
The standard disinformation campaign continues. I doubt we get definitive info from the team until gametime.
I know one goddamn thing for sure: if we woulda signed Peyton Manning, he never woulda been benched for Colin fucking Kaepernick.
Happy Thanksgiving you mooks.
He would if he had a concussion . . .
No. That’s not a benching. That’s an injury replacement. Sources, whether you believe them or not, have said that Alex has been cleared to play this week but will not. That’s a benching! That would happen to Manning if he were cleared…
would *never* happen…
there I go omitting entire words again. Should I blame it on the alcohol or the strokes? Your choice.
And need I remind you mooks the cardinal rule…?
Manning didn’t want to come here Dell. THe faster you understand that , the better you can go through life.
“Dell” is the computer that I use, not my nickname. It’s “Del” you mook. Just like Del Griffith, the role John Candy so expertly played in “Plains, Trains and Automobiles.” I watched that movie last night like I do every Thanksgiving. One helluva fucking funny flick from John Hughes…
“You’re going the wrong way. He’s probably drunk.”
And if you believe the reported reasons, it was because his brother plays in the same conference. I never understood that reason. Still don’t buy it, and still can’t get past it. It was patently obvious that coming to SF gave Manning the best chance at another Super Bowl. But looking at how he and his Broncos are playing, I’m not so sure anymore…
Why did he decide to go to Denver, Deldo?
Because Harbaugh wouldn’t give him control of the offense. Duh. What the fuck do you think happened?
Chuck, neither you nor I know the real reason why Peyton Manning didn’t sign with the Niners. But that’s immaterial at the time. What’s pertinent to our situation and germane (although Sheriff Buford T. Justice would claim it has nothing to do with the Germans) to our QB situation is whether Harbaugh is making the right decision by changing horses in the stream? Tower of Power would say no. Maybe you could create a poll to allow your faithful readers to voice their opinion with a vote.
Alex Smith or Colin Kaepernick? You know damn well who I’m voting for — Ronald Reagan.
Hey, why not?
New thread is up . . .
I’m always down with TOP . . . Best horn section in music . . .