49ers QB Colin Kaepernick: When Does He Make His Move?

He is not ready but has major abilities. He needs to be trained in pro-style, like steve young, and maybe in a year or two, we will see. Don’t throw him to the dogs like Alex was, look what happened to him. He needs to learn to drop back, take snaps, read defenses and all the little things that make a QB good. He as the physical tools, Harbaugh just needs to mold him into a QB. Then when he gets a shot, boom goes the dynamite!!!!

He gives us hope. Hope that one day we will have a QB that everyone wishes about. A day where our QB helps us win games instead of not losing. A day where we will bring home the Lombardi in back to back to back years.

Kaepernick has amazing arm strength, pinpoint accuracy, and mobility to rival the best in the business. Oh, and has a QB guru in Harbaugh and mentor in Smith. I think that he will hit the ground running and everyone will be complaining that we should have started him sooner. I don’t think we should shield him just because it was bad for Smith. If Kaepernick is the best man, start him.

I can only see him starting at all next year if Alex is hurt, Alex plays that poorly, or he practices so well, that its a no brainer. I don’t see this happening at all. I personally think the offense is simplified enough for a young QB to start. But time on the bench is good. First start 2013, unless an unfortunate injury occurs and he looks like the better option, than watch the niners get media coverage.

He has to show that not only is he better, but that it isn’t even close. Unfortunately for him he’s also going to need some luck. He has to show that he can make passes that we don’t see Alex even attempting, and he has to do it without getting picked.

Alex isn’t the answer. Alex is never going to be the answer. But until there is one he is the default.

The most realistic scenario is that our turnover ratio and average starting field position will regress to the point that our offense can’t ride the D and ST like it did this year and we are going to have to accept the risk of throwing into tight windows like the good quarterbacks in this league do on a regular basis. That is well out of Alex’s comfort zone and we’ll see Kaepernick in 2013.

Whether that will be a second disaster nobody can really say since we haven’t seen enough of Kaepernick. But he has the potential to be very good.

Hope to get a better look at CK7 next pre-season. Maybe then I can form an opinion of him.

Its more important why he takes over.

Those are the words that I expect for him to say. But (barring injury) he will be behind AS for another year. If Josh Johnson signs he might be fighting for 2nd string. There will be competition at various positions. Cannot wait till the draft!

Minimum 3 years before they are consistent enough to win games. Sure they can win if the team is good enough and sure they can win a few with their wild throws, but the key to consistency is polish and poise.

I figure if Colin gets three years behind Alex he comes out as a highly tuned and polished machine. He might take a few games to get the final lessons of in game pressures, but after that he should be golden.

I would have him in earlier than 2014 if Alex wasn’t progressing at all. I wouldn’t have Colin in until after 2015 if I saw a little more from Alex this year. That said, I think Alex may take a huge jump next year and we won’t see Colin for quite a while. I feel good that he’s back there waiting for his chance though.

We are lucky to have a talented guy with a year in the system backing up our quarterback next year. The last thing we want is to have our whole season get tanked if one guy goes down. I feel like we don’t have to worry about that next year.

The Titans went 13-3 in ‘08 before going winless their first 8 in ’09 (IIRC). Fisher finally caved and put Vince Young in and the Titans nearly made the playoffs.
I’ll be interested to see when or how long it takes for the coaching staff to looks to Kaep—whether it’ll take a Kerry Collins-in-‘09 run of QB futility for them to put Kaep in.
I obvious have more confidence in Alex and the coaching staff not allowing the team to fall apart on either side of the ball (as that Titans team had serious issues on defense too). So the analogy isn’t perfect, but it is thought-provoking.

I dont ever want to see Kaep. He could end up being a great QB. But I dont think we have begun to see the best of Alex. Im excited to see his improvment over the next 2 years under Harbaugh. But its clear Alex has earned the right to continue here and I have a hard time seeing him losing that job based on preformance. Hes such a smart QB. Doesnt make mistakes. I could see Alex breaking some sort of record for least amount of INTs in a five year span or something like that. I love Alexs improvement and want to see him for a long time

the point may become moot.

Let’s say Alex flatlines…I assume Kaepernick will make a big push in 2013.

We should all want Kaep to want to be the starter. If he didn’t, there’d be something seriously wrong with him.

That being said, another year of seasoning isn’t a terrible idea. Let him backup. Get him into a few more games late in decided games. Get him some real NFL experience. If we lock up our playoff seed early, let him start in week 16 or so. And if he impresses, and continues to improve, then we go from there.

Honestly, him having to wait another two or three seasons to become the starter wouldn’t be the end of the world either.

Alex is our now. I don’t see him starting next year unless Alex is hurt, but maybe the year after that. He needs some refining, but the talent and the drive is there.

When we sign Peyton to mentor him he will start next season

He knows the playbook way better than Kaep, he’s a seasoned vet and showed lots of confidence as the season progressed. He’s not gonna lose his spot, no matter what Kaep will show in the camp.

I say let him learn the system and come in to play when games are in hand. If Alex gets hurt then he will need to be ready to play.

Who is Colin Kaepernick?