NFL 2012 Regular Season Thread

[Vibranium]

As a diehard Niner fan I have to say I am hugely impressed with Kaep's 1st NFL start. Couldn't have written a better script against a stingy Bears Defense. Very excited for his future, and glad we have two QB's that can get the job done. As far as starting goes, when healthy Alex Smith will get that spot. He has done nothing to lose that job whatsoever, and he's having a great year. We will continue to use Kaep as we've done against the Packers, Jets, etc. But for now Smith is still the starter, although I can tell Harbaugh is in awe of Kaep's skill set...so we'll see. Still, exciting to be a 49er fan right now!

this isn't 1920...you go with the hot hand

Tom Brady got his job because of the exact same situation...Drew Bledsoe was having a good year, got knocked out, and Brady came in and did it better

and like a previous poster said, they were looking to move Smith this last off season anyway when they were in the Peyton Manning sweepstakes

[Brian Gravity]

this isn't 1920...you go with the hot hand

Tom Brady got his job because of the exact same situation...Drew Bledsoe was having a good year, got knocked out, and Brady came in and did it better

and like a previous poster said, they were looking to move Smith this last off season anyway when they were in the Peyton Manning sweepstakes

No argument there...having two starting QB's is a good problem to have. Reminds me of the whole Montana/Young fiasco way back when.

[Hiromi]

this isn't 1920...you go with the hot hand

Tom Brady got his job because of the exact same situation...Drew Bledsoe was having a good year, got knocked out, and Brady came in and did it better

and like a previous poster said, they were looking to move Smith this last off season anyway when they were in the Peyton Manning sweepstakes

Unless you're the Jets.

[JaggedFel]

It's the jets what do u expect but yeah this scenario is pretty much exactly how Brady got his job. Miners can trade smith for something useful

[SUPERECWFAN1]

As a diehard Niner fan I have to say I am hugely impressed with Kaep's 1st NFL start. Couldn't have written a better script against a stingy Bears Defense. Very excited for his future, and glad we have two QB's that can get the job done. As far as starting goes, when healthy Alex Smith will get that spot. He has done nothing to lose that job whatsoever, and he's having a great year. We will continue to use Kaep as we've done against the Packers, Jets, etc. But for now Smith is still the starter, although I can tell Harbaugh is in awe of Kaep's skill set...so we'll see. Still, exciting to be a 49er fan right now!

this isn't 1920...you go with the hot hand

Tom Brady got his job because of the exact same situation...Drew Bledsoe was having a good year, got knocked out, and Brady came in and did it better

and like a previous poster said, they were looking to move Smith this last off season anyway when they were in the Peyton Manning sweepstakes

Uhhh to be fair here ... the Patriots was 0-1 when Bledsoe suddenly went down with that internal bleeding hit. The Patriots weren't gonna ride the hot hand of Brady unless Bledsoe could have came back. And his injury made him be out the entire season . So Brady got the job for that reason. And things weren't going so well under Bledsoe because in the 2000 season the team was 5-11 .

The 49ers situation is vastly different. The past 2 seasons Alex Smith has played very well and not someone you would debate is in danger of losing his job. Also the fact was he was playing pretty well this season before his concussion. Kaepernick has only started 1 game. Its one game and before the team rides his hot hand completely , maybe we all should wait and see what he does in the next game he may have to start.

[Paradox]

Brady got the opportunity to show he was better than Bledsoe, nothing more. Bledsoe was always quite overrated anyway.

[Vibranium]

Blaine Gabbert has been placed on IR

[worstblogever]

Word is Arizona might start Ryan Lindley to see what he's capable of until Kevin Kolb comes of the injured list. Ken Whisenhunt and the organization may have seen "enough" of John Skelton, with him missing a wide-open Larry Fitzgerald in the second quarter against Atlanta being the final straw.

[JaggedFel]

Uhhh to be fair here ... the Patriots was 0-1 when Bledsoe suddenly went down with that internal bleeding hit. The Patriots weren't gonna ride the hot hand of Brady unless Bledsoe could have came back. And his injury made him be out the entire season . So Brady got the job for that reason. And things weren't going so well under Bledsoe because in the 2000 season the team was 5-11 .

The 49ers situation is vastly different. The past 2 seasons Alex Smith has played very well and not someone you would debate is in danger of losing his job. Also the fact was he was playing pretty well this season before his concussion. Kaepernick has only started 1 game. Its one game and before the team rides his hot hand completely , maybe we all should wait and see what he does in the next game he may have to start.

Once again Smith was terrible before Jim came down. I will admit Alex Smith is a good game manager though you cannot expect anything great from him but nothing poor so he has a small margin of error around the C. Niners don't need him to do much for them to win, they need him not to do anything wrong which he does by not doing much at all. But Alex Smith is not Peyton Manning, he is not the most important factor in his team winning by a long shot.

[inferno]

Goodell finds out the Saints are .500

[Tuan]

Looks like Harbaugh has made the decision to go with Colin Kaepernick this Sunday against the Saints according to Jim Trotter of IS.com, Harbaugh saying that the decision was not based on Alex's health issue.

[Brian Gravity]

Looks like Harbaugh has made the decision to go with Colin Kaepernick this Sunday against the Saints according to Jim Trotter of IS.com, Harbaugh saying that the decision was not based on Alex's health issue.

Yep, also this:

Jim Trotter ‏@SI_JimTrotter

i have great respect for @tdespn and alex smith, and stand behind my report. harbaugh to alex: "I'm going with Kaepernick. Alex, I'm sorry."

tdespn is Trent Dilfer who is good friends with Alex. Just as I feared, Harbaugh is in awe of Kaep's abilities. But truth be told, and although I support both QB's-- I am tired of just having a "game manager". If Kaepernick plays like he did on MNF the rest of the year we would be unstoppable. But he is bound to have his up's and downs like all QB's, especially once teams learn to play against him. There is no drama like NFL drama. I just hope Harbs bromance with Kaep doesn't screw up our season!

[Vibranium]

hey where is the Jags fan who said Gabbert was a lot better than he seemed and the Jags were going to make the playoffs?

[ponset]

I thought this was CUTE. She is REALLY GOOD.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...ameDay-Morning

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Yep, also this:



tdespn is Trent Dilfer who is good friends with Alex. Just as I feared, Harbaugh is in awe of Kaep's abilities. But truth be told, and although I support both QB's-- I am tired of just having a "game manager". If Kaepernick plays like he did on MNF the rest of the year we would be unstoppable. But he is bound to have his up's and downs like all QB's, especially once teams learn to play against him. There is no drama like NFL drama. I just hope Harbs bromance with Kaep doesn't screw up our season!

Its going to be interesting to see really. Lets see what Kaepernick can do with his 2nd game before we crown him as the next great one really.

hey where is the Jags fan who said Gabbert was a lot better than he seemed and the Jags were going to make the playoffs?

Did anyone say the Jaguars were gonna go to the playoffs ? I mean the team is what...2-7 ? I remember myself saying Gabbert needed to keep developing because as a rookie he was terrible. In his 2nd season he needed to keep working on things.