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“I want Colin to step back and breathe and look at things through a different lens”, Tomsula said.
He took the 49ers back to the NFC title game following the 2013 season, but his performance dropped off past year and was abysmal for the first half of this season.
“Blaine has been here for two years and I’ve watched Blaine get here better every day”, Tomsula added. He has lost his last 10 starts, and his teams are 5-22 in his career as a starter.
“We’re evaluating everything right now, we’re in the middle of it right now”, he said.
Though there was consultation with management and ownership about the change at quarterback, Tomsula said he made the final decision to bench Kaepernick.
These are all things that Gabbert was exposed to when he was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2011 National Football League draft. Watching, feeling where I’m at, I just decided now is the time.
“They have a lot of options”, Quinn said on a conference call, “so our preparation comes down to, let’s make sure we’re really detailed in our prep for whoever plays at QB, and that way we’re not so focused on one player”. So I don’t know enough about what’s going on out there this season, but he was certainly a great competitor the times we went against him.
His passer rating of 78.8 is the 25th best among quarterbacks who have thrown at least 100 passes this season.
“We’re going through a little rough patch here, and I’ve been through plenty of those in Jacksonville”, Gabbert said.
Gabbert hasn’t taken a game snap this season outside of the preseason, where completed 82.1 percent of his passes (23 of 28) for 203 yards and a touchdown with no turnovers.
“It’s definitely a big opportunity for me, but a big opportunity for us as a secondary as a whole, just to show what we have, ” Collins said.
Is getting another look at Kaepernick worth the risk of potentially paying almost $12 million in 2016 to a quarterback who likely isn’t in their plans? TE Garrett Celek and CB Kenneth Acker are in the concussion protocol…. The Niners rushing game is also is turmoil with Carlos Hyde and Mike Davis both injured Jarryd Hayne should see action and Anqua Boldin is the top receiver with 31 catches but he is questionable.
The San Francisco 49ers are signing former New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas following a successful tryout according to sources with knowledge of the situation who weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
