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Golden Nuggets: Kap underwhealms, Gabbert not much better

Your San Francisco 49ers links for Saturday, August 27th 2016

By Patrick Holloway@PatOHolloway Aug 27, 2016, 3:00am PDT

This is not a good start to my weekend. The San Francisco 49ers’ 3rd preseason game, and the one where the starters will play the most before the regular season begins, didn’t inspire much confidence for the offense. The team couldn’t seem to get anything going at all not counting a quick Blaine Gabbert touchdown in the 1st quarter.

There’s a lot of things to pick apart as far as what exactly happened in the game, but all I’ll say is while Kaepernick had a lot of rust, Gabbert wasn’t exactly that much better. He had a nice touchdown drive, but again did nothing to elevate himself in this quarterback battle.

I guess we’ll be going into week 4 of the preaseason to see how the two of them do against backups before we’ll have any confirmation on who starts. I still think we’ll see both of them this season, Week 1 will be interesting. Onto the links!

Kaepernick, Blaine Gabbert mediocre in 49ers tuneup (NFL.com)

49ers-Packers: Colin Kaepernick’s rusty return seals Blaine Gabbert as Week 1 starter (Kawakami)

Kaepernick doesn’t stand during national anthem; 49ers issue statement (Inman)

49ers inside linebacker competition could continue into season (Maiocco)

49ers' usage of sports science began before Kelly's arrival (Maiocco)

49ers’ DiAndre Campbell prepared for a higher calling (Branch)

Staley: 49ers RT Brown could be one of best in NFL history (Bach)

49ers' Davis makes debut at right guard vs Packers (Maiocco)

49ers notes: Anthony Davis plays guard for first time in nine years (Barrows)

49ers forced to punt on Colin Kaepernick's first three drives of 2016 (Biderman)

Report: With Neal injury, Falcons to work out ex-49ers FS (CSN)

Chip Kelly: “There’s never been a conversation about cutting Colin Kaepernick” (Florio)