For good or ill we are finally on the brink of the 2015 season. Coach Tomsula has said that Kappy and the first stringers are getting the first quarter, and Gaine Blabbert and the rest of the crew get the remaining 3. I guess they need to see what they can get out of Gabbert as he was rated the worst backup in the league. This from a guy drafted 10th in 2011, 26 spots ahead of one Colin Kaepernick. 25 spots ahead of Andy Dalton. 2 spots ahead of Christian Ponder. He was also 2 spots behind, Jake Locker, and 9 spots behind #1 pick, Cam Newton.
Of the 6 QBs taken in the first 2 rounds that year, only Dalton and Newton are pro bowlers. But only Kaepernick has had playoff success. He’s the only one to get into a Super Bowl, anyhow. And he’s the only one with a winning playoff record.
- Kappy has a 4-2 playoff record, (90.6 rating) with a couple impressive road victories among them.
- Newton? 1-2 record, 80.6 playoff rating.
- Dalton? Eeeesh. 0-4 with a 58.7 playoff rating.
- Ponder led Minn to their only recent playoff berth in 2012, but missed the game due to injury. Since then, he dropped to 3rd string last year and is now a Raider.
- Locker has been hurt and ineffective his career and has retired.
- Gabbert? Well, 5-22 (66.2 rating) on a shitty team does no good. No playoff experience.
Much has been made of Kappy getting help this offseason. As in why didn’t he do it before? Well, I thought we had the quarterback whisperer. Wasn’t he the divine savior of passers? Well, I guess not. But looking at that large class of QBs, you realize that what appears to be a slam-dunk often isn’t. The next guy taken after Kappy was Ryan Mallett with the 74th pick in the 3rd round by the Pats. He’s now a Texan. One start in his career, but he’ll battle Brian Hoyer to be the starter. Ricki Stanzi of KC and TJ Yates have actually seen a little success, but TJ’s now a Brown, and Stanzi is bouncing around the league and has landed on the Giants.
Anyhow, on with the season!!! Go Niners! Let’s all pay attention the the play clock.
My first priority now. Anyone want to put money on a false start?
Forty Niners Forever 
Lurker- Moody can play some NFL football. His issue as I see it is he gets to the play but doesn’t always make the play. Kind of like Eli Harold. He looked better at that than last year. He’s a good back up at this point and I would imagine he’ll get better. I’ll feel better with Bowman and Wilhoite in there. I even like Bishop in there more than Moody but Bishop has a lot of experience and Moody is young. It will be interesting to see what decisions the coaches make.
Touchdown Tebow! WOOHOO
Hard to say how Tebow looked; he was playing with the scrubs and it showed. A perfect short pass dropped, consistently bad shotgun snaps, no protection, but he was slow getting rid of the ball as well and badly overthrew a couple.
Some good, some bad, nothing great, nothing terrible. His first series looked terrific. Absolutely no reason why this guy’s not a #2 somewhere.
6-12 69 yds, 3 sacks 28 yds, 67.7, 4 carries for 15 yds and a TD. Not bad. Really good for his first time in a game in 3 years.
In conclusion ………it was PRACTICE. Go team.
Oh on the “other” blog …..they’re celebrating over the meaningless loss and predicting the HC melt-down when the games count.
I type a lot for no reason.
V is lucid today? Meds must be working.
That’s lucidity?
For V it is lol
Silent lucidity would suit me.
New thread is up.