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[BSLChrisStoner]

Sports on Earth: Breaking the mold
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[You Play to Win the Game]

ESPN: Jim Harbaugh: Option ruling 'biased'

http://espn.go.com/n...awed-bit-biased

 

"I believe that when a quarterback is handing a ball off or faking a ball -- in the read-option case, he's reading on an option play and he's as defenseless as a quarterback who's in the act of throwing," Harbaugh said.

 

Harbaugh is a damn fool. 

[SportsGuy]

According to redzone, the 49ers have suspended Aldon Smith indefinitely and he is going into rehab.

His locker has been cleaned out.

[Matt]

According to redzone, the 49ers have suspended Aldon Smith indefinitely and he is going into rehab.

His locker has been cleaned out.

Of course they waited until after the game.

[mweb08]

It's actually not a suspension. It's voluntary.

[SportsGuy]

Of course they waited until after the game.

Dungy felt Harbs should have sat him...that he could have sent a message.

[Cisc-O's]

Sure looks like to me people have figured out the read option.  The one true qb Wilson looks like he is going to outlast them.

[NewMarketSean]

I think it's a combination of that and the Niners having no receiving weapons. Boldin had a huge week 1 no he's what the Ravens thought he'd be.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Sure looks like to me people have figured out the read option.  The one true qb Wilson looks like he is going to outlast them.

 

Niners actually haven't been using their Pistol, they've been operating a conventional offense.

[Matt]

Yeah, none of the teams have really been using the read option much. The Seahawks have and it's worked for them. Carolina rarely uses it, the 49ers haven't used it much, and we all know about the Redskins.

 

The Chiefs actually used it very well with Alex Smith in Week 2.

[BSLJamieSieck]

I posted the following on the Ravens board in the Anquan Boldin thread...

 

"While many have been caught up in the read option euphoria, they've missed the big picture. When the misdirection, gets the defense to bite on something and when the run action sucks the defense in, it creates WRs/TEs running wide open; the result is easy pitch and catch type throws.

The flipside is when a good defense can stay disciplined and cover, the QB is forced to read the defense and deliver the football. The result is, well, exactly what happened on Sunday.

 

I also go back to the Super Bowl, Kaepernick was 0 for 8 in red zone passing attempts. Everything gets condensed, there's not a lot of space for the misdirection stuff to create easy reads, therefore the ball needs to be put into tight windows.

 

At this point in his development, Kaepernick doesn't have that in the bag. He can deliver bullets to open targets, outside of that, I haven't seen him really make consistent reads or have any kind of success on timing throws that need to go to a spot. He's still very much a collegiate type QB in that he needs to have an open man to throw to."

 

I'm not at all surprised to see Kaepernick stuggle. SF hasn't been running the ball at all. Not even just that they've been unsuccessful, they're just not getting Gore enough touches. That alone puts more pressure on Kaepernick.

 

Harbaugh is putting the fate of his team on the shoulders of a QB with 11 starts under his belt and a QB that's never really had to take 5-7 steps, break down a defense and then decide where to put the football. Kaepernick has essentially been running a college system and more often than not, throwing to the open man; rather than throwing to a spot, on time.

 

It's going to be interesting to see if Kaepernick can adjust but it's going to take a lot of work on his part. It seems to be that his throwing motion/mechanics need some work. He very much has a pitcher's mechanics and he essentially throws 1 type of ball; low, hard and fast.

[You Play to Win the Game]

 

Holy hyperbole, ESPN. Three games. Three. 

[Matt]

Why is a 49ers player checking out Harbaugh in that picture?

[BSLChrisStoner]

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[SammyBirdland]

Colin Kaepernick's immaturity has to be concerning to the front office.  It's like having a moody self-conscious teenager as the face of your multi-million (billion?) dollar franchise.   They need to ban him from all social media and bicep-kissing immediately until he realizes his role and the responsibility that comes with it.     

 

 

http://www.nfl.com/n...t-to-me-tonight

[SportsGuy]

Colin Kaepernick's immaturity has to be concerning to the front office.  It's like having a moody self-conscious teenager as the face of your multi-million (billion?) dollar franchise.   They need to ban him from all social media and bicep-kissing immediately until he realizes his role and the responsibility that comes with it.     

 

 

http://www.nfl.com/n...t-to-me-tonight

He has all the talent in the world...but give me Russell Wilson because of things like this.

[NewMarketSean]

Right. He beat the Rams.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Grantland: Deliberating the Niners
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[Matt]

Colin Kaepernick's immaturity has to be concerning to the front office.  It's like having a moody self-conscious teenager as the face of your multi-million (billion?) dollar franchise.   They need to ban him from all social media and bicep-kissing immediately until he realizes his role and the responsibility that comes with it.     

 

 

http://www.nfl.com/n...t-to-me-tonight

Holy overreaction.

[BSLMikeLowe]

So the 49ers lost big to the Seahawks in Seattle (same as last year) and got beat handily at home by Indy (the Giants did the same last year), and we are already burying them? Haven't we learned by now how the NFL works?