Bay Area Writer: Kaepernick One-Read QB, Cam Actually Reads Defenses

[Montsta]

If we win I may have to get a tattoo on my dick that says, "the essence of 'erto' ". Because that's awesome.

[Pox 08]

49ers in the tougher division?  Didn't the Saints and Panthers beat the 49ers?  How would they fare in the NFCS?   49ers would probably be third in the NFCS..

[Mr. Scot]

Yes, you are correct.  My only assessment of this situation is that there seems to be the existence of a secret media cabal, if you may.  Seemingly, this cabal has been rumoured to include journalists/bloggers/beat-scouts/and has-been professional football players, all with the same agenda.  

Taking it one step further, Grant and Dilfer might belong to this same group.  As such their asinine sentiments towards, young Kaepernick are explicitly understood.

I will continue my research in this endeavour and probe the anonymous source for confirming information.  I will let you know!

 

It goes much deeper than that.  I've overheard some unsubstantiated sources reveal that Dilfer much like Cohn, transmitted unwarranted advances towards young Colin

 

This would explain why they would appear to display a deep antipathy towards young Colin, when in actuality it is vindictiveness that drives their cattle.

 

I'd like to assume you're joking because I'd prefer to believe that no one is actually stupid enough to believe the crap you're posting here.

 

Sadly, I've been around long enough to know that indeed, some people really are just that dumb.

 

Either way, you've proven you're not worth talking to.

[beastson]

Lol this thread

[KingKaepernick]

49ers in the tougher division?  Didn't the Saints and Panthers beat the 49ers?  How would they fare in the NFCS?   49ers would probably be third in the NFCS..

 

[94niners]

You Panther fans should know that Grant Kohn is considered a complete joke by most people familiar with Bay Area media. 

 

 

EDITED TO ADD:

 

Here's a good example why Kohn is such an idiot. He says this:

 

 

"This style of passing offense allows coaches to do most of the thinking, and it makes quarterback, the most difficult position in sports, much easier to play: Just fire the ball to the primary receiver if he's open and, if he's covered, run for your life.

When the 49ers' passing game is clicking and Kaepernick is hitting wide-open receiver after wide-open receiver, that means Greg Roman is guessing correctly. He's calling plays designed to get one player open against the type of coverage he expects the opposing team to use on that play. When Roman guesses incorrectly, you don't see Kaepernick reset his feet and find his second and third targets. There are no second and third targets. Those guys are decoys clearing space. When Roman guesses incorrectly, Kaepernick has to flip the ball to a running back in the flat, or scramble, or get sacked."

 

Why is he wrong? Roman isn't the one guessing. Kaepernick is! He almost always goes to the line with 2 plays called in the huddle, sometimes 3, and he's the one who picks the play based on the defense he sees. 

 

And regarding the progressions, how the heck is Trent Dilfer going to know? What about when Alex Smith was the QB running the same offense? Did every one claim the offense was all one read then? No? Then why now? Because its Kaepernick, not the offense.  He has at times stuck to one target, but it often times has more to do with his trust of the WR and his tendency to get too greedy for the big play. That interception Kohn references also had a wide open RB in the flat, which Kaepernick ignored- because he wanted the big play. If Kaepernick doesn't trust his WRs, he doesn't play confident, and if he reads a defense pre-snap that suggests a big play, he almost always forces it. 

So in short, Kohn doesn't know what the hell he's talking about, as everyone who follows Bay Area media knows. 

 

 

 

And Newton doesn’t need great receivers – he doesn’t have any. Kaepernick does. Kaepernick needs Michael Crabtree and Anquan Boldin and Vernon Davis, or else the other team can double-cover Kaepernick’s primary receiver, and then Kaepernick is out of options.

Newton can make ordinary receivers dangerous because of Shula’s offensive scheme. Ted Ginn Jr. is the perfect example. He was on the 49ers last season and caught just two passes because Roman almost never called plays for him. This season, Ginn is a Panther and has caught 36 passes and 5 touchdowns because whenever he’s on the field, he’s part of a progression. He gets the ball when he’s open and Newton decides to throw it to him.


Good Article.

Ted Ginn didn't catch any passes last year because he was behind: Michael Crabtree, Randy Moss, Mario Manningham, Vernon Davis, and Delanie Walker. Why would you call passes for Ginn when those guys are in front of him? Ginn was almost never even on the field last season. How could either Alex Smith or Colin Kaepernick throw to him when he was on the bench because there were five other targets?

 

 

And let's not forget that the other WRs that were on the 49ers THIS season prior to Crabtree coming back are no longer on the team:

 

Starter Marlon Moore => cut

Starter Kyle Williams (after Moore got benched then cut) => cut

3rd WR A.J. Jenkins => traded

 

You say Newton has no weapons. What about Steve Smith? Greg Olsen? Combined with Brandon LaFell, that's pretty much as good as Boldin + Davis + Marlon Moore/Kyle Williams/A.J. Jenkins (which is what Kaepernick had prior to Manningham and Crabtree coming back a few weeks ago).

 

Just for comparison:

 

Career receptions for Brandon LaFell: 167

Career receptions for Marlon Moore, Kyle Williams and A.J. Jenkins COMBINED: 74

 

Brandon LaFell has MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY receptions as ALL the other WRs Kaepernick had besides Boldin and Davis. 

 

 

So let's not act like Kaepernick somehow had so much better weapons than Cam Newton. The notion is ridiculous. NOW, yes, but for most of the season? Only if you're completely ignorant about the 49ers (or pay attention to San Francisco's own court Jester, Grant Cohn).

[Marguide]

When we drafted Colin we had just come off a losing season, so Colin didn't come into a winning team.

Also, did the Packers not not emphasize teaching Rodgers when Favre was still their? Did Walsh not emphasize teaching Young when we had Montana? 

I really don't think teams fail to properly teach backup QBs because they have a winning record. 

 

Don't be so dense. When Kaep started playing for the 9'ers, they were a winning team. He was expected to keep winning. Therefore, their emphasis was on not fugging up a good thing, not on CK's development.

 

Sure, when he was a backup, he received coaching, just like every other player in the league. But even you should agree that holding the number 2 role is not the same as being the starter. Reps in practice are not the same as game experience.

 

Before Cam's first year in the league, our coaching staff specifically asked the team owner about his expectations and whether or not he was okay with them emphasizing the new QB's development even if some wins were sacrificed. Richardson gave the okay. 

 

Understand the difference now?

[Awesomeness!!]

John Parker Wilson scored like a 49 on the wonderlick and I don't believe we ever saw the field.

In all aspects of the game Cam is far superior to Krap.

[Jackofalltrades]

My favorite part as well. And have you heard his press conferences? Awful. I've never seen Cam interviewed at his locker either or with headphones around his neck.

That's because Cam oozes class. I'd rather have a passionate QB sulk and be "Mr. Mopeyhead" at pressers than a guy who shows so little respect for his position. Kaep is a kid with a football, Cam's a man with a franchise.

[PghPanther]

Intelligent execution on the grid iron doesn't always equate to cognitive problem solving measured in testing scores........that arena resides in the area of game planning and reading defenses during snap counts.......

 

........the real performance in the pocket whether passing or scrambling for a QB is a short term sensory reaction to environmental stimuli such as found in nature under the "fight or flight" syndrome.......

 

In that regard, Cam is showing superior skill sets to that short term reaction to a defense with his 3rd/4th down conversions and late game winning drives.

 

This is inherited within your neurological network system and is more genetic than nurtured........

 

Any serious student of sports medicine knows that champions are born with that potential more than they are acquired.

 

 

 

 

[Galvatron]

Yes, you are correct.  My only assessment of this situation is that there seems to be the existence of a secret media cabal, if you may.  Seemingly, this cabal has been rumoured to include journalists/bloggers/beat-scouts/and has-been professional football players, all with the same agenda.  

Taking it one step further, Grant and Dilfer might belong to this same group.  As such their asinine sentiments towards, young Kaepernick are explicitly understood.

I will continue my research in this endeavour and probe the anonymous source for confirming information.  I will let you know!

 

 

[Heiisenberg]

Intelligent execution on the grid iron doesn't always equate to cognitive problem solving measured in testing scores........that arena resides in the area of game planning and reading defenses during snap counts.......

 

........the real performance in the pocket whether passing or scrambling for a QB is a short term sensory reaction to environmental stimuli such as found in nature under the "fight or flight" syndrome.......

 

In that regard, Cam is showing superior skill sets to that short term reaction to a defense with his 3rd/4th down conversions and late game winning drives.

 

This is inherited within your neurological network system and is more genetic than nurtured........

 

Any serious student of sports medicine knows that champions are born with that potential more than they are acquired.

This comment got me interested in some research.  Concerning 3rd downs here are their numbers for 2013 season:

 

QB1  61.6%  completion   7.97 yard per pass  6 td  4 int 21 sacks   89.6 QBR

QB2  63.4% completion    8.93 yard per pass  7 td  2 int 14 sacks  104.3 QBR

 

You tell me which of these guys performs better on third down.  I'll give you a hint, its Kaepernick.

 

OH you meant  conversions with like 3rd/4th and short?  Alright with 3rd/4th down and 1-2 yards to go here are the #s:

 

Cam 58% completion 3td 0 int 117.4 QBR, Now thats pretty damn good

Kap 72% completion  1td 0 int 133 QBR   HMM ,talk about Cam's superiority!

 

 

Oh how about 3rd/4th and medium like 3-8 yards?

 

Cam 55% completion  3 td 2 int   88.6 QBR

Kap 65.6% completion 5 td 1 int  119.3 QBR

 

I guess that's more of Cam's 3rd and 4th down superiority.

 

Okay how about BIG PLAY ability eh? You know, balls thrown 30+ yards in the air? That matters SOME right? Comparing how a couple of guys can impact a game with big time big play deep passes? Cams numbers are VERY interesting.

 

Cam 2/26 7% completion 2 td 2 int   41 QBR

Kap  5/13 38% completion 3 td 0 int  129 QBR

 

To Cam's credit his only two completions were touchdowns. 

 

I'll do you one better.  In close games down by 1-8 points, you know, having the ball and down by 1 score and the ability to tie or take the lead.  Clutch situations would you agree, game winning/taking the lead type drives:

 

Cam 54% completion 8 td 3 int 13 sacks 79.1 QBR  - respectable

Kap  56% completion 5 td 2 int 7   sacks  93.7 QBR-  slightly more respectable but its close.

 

How about holding on to close leads being up by 1-8 points, needing to maintain the lead

Cam 61% 4 td 4 int  82.6 QBR

Kap  64%  4 td 1 int  95.9 QBR

 

 

Tell me more about his superiority in clutch situations like 3rd/4th down and big plays, getting leads, holding leads etc.   You can verify these numbers on ESPN.com

[coralreefer_1]

Dude, we're a Southern franchise and I can't believe I have to tell a San Fran fan to shut the fug up about talking about peoples sexual preferences. It has nothing to do with the conversation. People are people. What if your uncle, aunt, brother, sister, or cousin were bullied because of who they are? That type of attitude isn't welcome here.

 

 

 

LOL...Seriously? In case you havent read our board over the past week, there have been numerous remarks and side comments about the sexual preference/sly gay joke thrown around. In fact, Zod himself make a similar gesture with a bet to the owner of their board and as a prize giving what...some dildo/ass cream or some other poo gift that basically plays into the stereotype the city has.If you have an issue with how people are treated because of who they are...take it up with the leader of the board who opened that can of worms with that bet.

 

 Leave the guy alone. He may be an opposing fan and of course has a different viewpoint (he supports his qb like we support ours...HUGE surprise there) but he has been at least in this thread respectful..which is a surprise given some of the southern hospitality some have shown him.

 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

LOL...Seriously? In case you havent read our board over the past week, there have been numerous remarks and side comments about the sexual preference/sly gay joke thrown around. In fact, Zod himself make a similar gesture with a bet to the owner of their board and as a prize giving what...some dildo/ass cream or some other poo gift that basically plays into the stereotype the city has.If you have an issue with how people are treated because of who they are...take it up with the leader of the board who opened that can of worms with that bet.

 

 Leave the guy alone. He may be an opposing fan and of course has a different viewpoint (he supports his qb like we support ours...HUGE surprise there) but he has been at least in this thread respectful..which is a surprise given some of the southern hospitality some have shown him.

 

 

oh so you wouldn't like someone who posted something like this:

 

 

Not a fan of the Saints by any means...but wow it seems so childish when we finish with the pooty record we did, yet so many of our " self proclaimed classier than Saints' fans" fans come out with the nanner nanner poo poo when another team with a MUCH BETTER record falls.

Division rival aside...I'd rather a "Southern" team win over a west coast hippy ***** city, or a Yankee city anyday.