Here is what Jim Harbaugh said at his postgame press conference after the 49ers lost to the Rams 16-13.
HARBAUGH: It was a football fight and we did not. It will test our character as a team by the way our team competes and fights and plays with the effort that they do. I feel good about our guys and our character.
Q: How do you think Kaepernick played today?
HARBAUGH: I thought he made some very clutch plays, was under some pressure, backed-up field position and he made some outstanding plays. It was a tough game for a quarterback to play in. I thought he did well.
Q: Did you understand the safety call?
HARBAUGH: No.
Q: What did they tell you?
HARBAUGH: That the ball didn’t get past the line of scrimmage.
Q: Did you try to challenge?
HARBAUGH: They said I could not because it was a scoring play.
Q: Could you talk about the pitch to Ted Ginn Jr. that didn’t work out so well?
HARBAUGH: Yeah, that’s on us. That was the wrong play to call at that time. I would love to have that one back. Don’t blame the players on that one. That was too risky of a play at that time.
Q: Did you think it had the potential to catch the Rams off guard?
HARBAUGH: Yeah, we really felt like when we called it it was a safe play, but then when they got the edge pressure, Colin pulled and was forced to pitch right away. It threw the rhythm and the timing of the play off.
Q: This is the first time Colin has experienced adversity as a starter in the NFL. Is this good for him in a way?
HARBAUGH: Yeah, and for our whole team. It shows what you’re made of, how you handle adversity. We’ve got some. But still, our team played with tremendous effort and made clutch plays and got clutch stops. Gave our team a chance to win, but we didn’t get it done.
Q: Were the Rams taking away the deep passes?
HARBAUGH: There were some checkdowns that he was hitting early that were the result of taking away some downfield throws.
Q: At the end of regulation, Kaepernick scrambled and ran out of bounds. Would you like to have that one back?
HARBAUGH: Everything’s happening so fast out there. Sure, you would have liked to keep that one in bounds instead of going out of bounds, make them use another timeout.
Q: Is David Akers injured?
HARBAUGH: Not that any of us were aware.
Q: Do you know the extent of Manningham’s injury?
HARBAUGH: That’s a good question. We won’t know that right away in terms of how that will affect next week.
Q: Why do you think both games with the Rams were so close?
HARBAUGH: Both two great football fights. Good teams played hard. Physical football both games.
Q: Is there any questions who your starting quarterback is next week?
HARBAUGH: I’ll let you know if there’s a change, but right now I feel this will be the same as it was this week. I’m proud of Kap, proud of the way he played. He did some really good things under a lot of heat and duress. Handled himself well. Gave our team a chance to win.
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I love when there are losses around here. All the fingers come out pointing in every direction. This loss isn’t on just one person. On top of that, the Rams defense was really good at stopping our run. We never made the right adjustments. CK made a really bad error so did DW, our line didn’t hold and made mistakes and our great record holding kicker was nowhere to be found. But to solely put blame on any one of them is just a convenient excuse for the smithers and lazy.
I was with you until you mentioned smithers. Had AS been in this game he’d be getting roasted by the anti Smith crew.
You’re right about it not being on one person. Team game. Win, lose or draw.
You’re right… But nothing i said about the Smithers was false
Fair enough, js. Just no middle ground for some. Team needs to rebound regardless of qb.
There is a bit of a double standard. It is the QBs fault when the 49ers lose…if the QB is Alex Smith.
It is a team game so I agree that it is NOT all Kaeps or Smiths fault if the team underperforms…but they do share some of the blame.
In this case Kaep made some ‘rookie’ mistakes in the past 2 games. Not all his fault but they cannot be ignored. Kaep will be our future – I just think it is premature.
The loss is on Kap and Harbaugh. One for thinking the kid could overcome all this pressure and adversity. And for the play calling. Injuries are mounting, players questioning the head coaches decisions, and now a huge loss.
Who knows if Alex was a better choice. Right now it looks like Kap was not. That’s not hate, that’s fact based on how he played today and made two very glaring errors.
He made one really bad fumble, but that safety was questionable, not to mention that he had 0 time to do anything with the ball once it was snapped. He also made up for it in the drive where he had the big run and placed the ball perfectly to DW for the would be go ahead TD.
Please wake up! Smith has been extremely good against the blitz. I am not saying that CK is not the future but the future is not now. Now it is time to establish this team in the payoffs, not experiment! CK should have been PULLED, that doesn’t mean he would not start next week, who knows. Harbaugh spent two weeks talking about having TWO starting QB’s, Then act like it.
Harbaugh WANTS HIS QB in there period! Whether that means we wait till next year for a Super Bowl or not!
Like Alex Smith doesn’t have a bad game. You act like Alex Smith is Payton Manning.
I’m sure the Rams thank Copperneck for the 10 points.
So, AS is the Captain of the team and Jimbaugh bench’s him to experiment with his prized 2nd year draft pick? What was all the stuff Jimbaugh had to say complimentary to Smith last year when JH needed him? What kind of con artist is JH anyway?. What’s up with that? What team in any sport benches the Captain? Good Bochy doesn’t get a hair in the wrong place and bench Posey after he does well.
I am neither for or against either QB, but it interests me that this blog the backed CK7 to the hilt and as the saviour and the one to take us to the super bowl are now defending him. If this had been Smith at QB you would be hearing about hanging him for not winning a game that was supposed to be a blow out from reading last weeks posts. Lets see. We heard screams when Smith missed Moss in the end zone and I didn’t read one blast about CK7 missing a wide open receiver in the end zone when he made that short pass to Manningham. I didn’t hear that he held the ball too long and took 3 sacks. I didn’t hear about how he gunned a 96 MPH fast ball that flew through Crab’s hands. I didn’t here that he couldn’t complete a long pass and overthrew his receivers. I didn’t hear about getting caught in the endzone for a safety. I didn’t hear that he didn’t make a pass longer than 17 yards in the first half and missed two along the sidelines. If this had been AS he would have been roasted here. CK7 did have a couple of great plays, but inconsistancey and his running out of bounds at the end of the game Sealed the loss. I will leave the choice of QB to JH, but I wanted to make an opinion known about the total bias by some on this blog.
Prime Time says: “The loss is on Kap and Harbaugh. One for thinking the kid could overcome all this pressure and adversity.”
The “kid” did pretty good against chicago and the saints according to most nfl people. Should we fire Harbaugh to keep Smith?
Lets talk Akers, the coach doesn’t even know if he’s hurt! Because no one will say they are hurt after what has happened to A.S… Afraid for his job, at this point he should be.. Akers lost that game, pure and simple.
It is funny how people blamed so much on Smith and now Kap has this learning curve and it fine for him to make these mistakes. Well the 49ers are a super bowl contender and are ready for the next step forward. Smith should have had the chance to lead this team. He lead them last year and was doing great this year.
Mike,
AS has had 8 years of mistakes, on top of 4 crappy games this year.
Totally agree, Kap is the FUTURE.. we need to put Alex back in as he is the the experienced veteran here. Start looking at the stats, Smith has earned his position let Kap learn from the sidelines.
The line held a lot. Those 10 yard penalties did a lot to keep the Niners point total down.
The O-line had an awful, utterly forgettable game both run and pass blocking.
Dude did u even watch the game. To pull Kap and put smith back would have been suicide! Look what happen when Smith face a fierce pass rush 3 INT’s against the Giants.
Now CJKrew is comparing the Rams to the Giants…
Harbaugh wants his guy in there period. It has nothing to do with the phantom HOT HAND. If it did Smith would have come in the second half. With this attitude you can kiss the Super Bowl good-bye. CK played like a first year rookie. He was terrible, period! He is not ready. We were winning under Smith and he would not have made those mistakes. Now we are in a position were we could loose the second seed and the division with the Hawks coming on.
The next three games will tell. The Dolphins, Pats, and Hawks. We will be lucky to win two.
I have said it before you do not mess with team chemistry this late in the season unless you are forced too!
That’s how I feel too — that Harbaugh wants CK in because that’s his guy. What do you do if you win the SB with Alex? Would be hard to get rid of him then.
CK will have his growing pains and I’m not sure they Niners win in the playoffs with him as QB. I root for either one, but this one hurt.
AMEN….you are the only one who can admit the truth! So much for our season. thought the new coach last year was the answer, but obviously he just screwed our team over!
I am not particularly a “Smither”, but we win both Ram games with him at QB.
That being said, we win this one with Kaep if Walker catches a perfectly thrown TD ball that a Pop Warner player would have had. We also win if Greg Roman does a better job of play calling.
Delanie Walker dropped tons of good throws from Smith.
wec
‘I’m with you. DW drops as many balls as he catches.
The 49ers should have drafted a tight end who can catch rather than two guys who they don’t feel are good enough to get on the field. They were also outcoached in both RAM games. One fake punt is excusable, two are not. The pitchout to Ginn did not make sense. The 49er defense held the Rams to zero
touchdowns- why run a high risk play?
We also win both games against Rams if Akers makes those field goals. Kid should have four wins.
Kaepernick may or may not be the answer at QB for SF… I don’t know yet, it’s too early to tell. But I can tell you Alex Smith isn’t the answer. If Smith played the last 4 weeks we definitely wouldn’t be 2-1-1. When Smith was in for their first match up he got knocked out leaving them behind, and CK brought them to a tie… Then came out and thrashed a top 5 defense in the league? And is able to out do a guy like Brees? Anyone can argue a pick 6 on defense bailed him out sure… But how many times did this same #1 defense bail out Alex Smith over the past 2 years? If 49ers make it to the Superbowl it’s not behind Smith
49ers offense -339 yards
Colin Kaepernick – 275 yards
Yeah he sucked today.
Impressive. And it only took OT to get that many yards.
The point is, NO ONE else on the team is doing much right now. Hunter is hurt, Gore is wearing down as the season reaches the end, and our run game is going cold.
QB making plays is pretty much all we have now. Whether it’s AS or CK, that is not always going to be enough.
Did he win today???
That does not matter. What matters is that he’s got big guns.
Kid did things Smith just can’t do. Some 3rd down passes were huge for us. He made some mistakes, but it comes with the territory. That bunk safety call loomed large. That toss was bad, but Ginn didn’t do his damn job, the play calling was horrible. And Akers needs to retire at once. The rams just match up to well with us.
Not saying he did not make plays smith could. Just saying the notion he played great is inane…his inexperience should up and hurt today
yeah. Alex won’t give up 8 points on rookie mistakes.
All i am saying is with Alex you don’t even attempt that risky play.
I notice we don’t throw the screen passes no more, offense has regressed, where are the deep passes.
Who said he played great?
He played a lot better than some would like to give credit for. He was about a C/C+ today.
To high of a grade…
Kap didn’t show up? Really!! This kid came in with little to no playtime and has won some games. You my friend are probably a new fan that came in last year. This is the situation Steve young faced when Montana was injured. Kap is shining brighter than young did. Ask young he’ll tell you.
CK7 = 8 points for the Rams.
We may as well have had the Precious in there. QB is still the weak link on this team.
Precious leads us to a 6-0 victory at worst. But I guess JH doesnt have as much confidence in CK as we thought with that conservative @$$ game plan
How many td’s did he have again? It’s a team game. The yards are meaningless in a loss! If coach thinks CK is our best chance to win, then I’m thinking he knows more than the rest of us… But his stats are irrelevant. (In fact, since 2006, only 33% of QB’s that have over 400 yards have won their game.)
Stats are for the lame and weak. Did he get the “W”?
13 points, 1 touchdown in 5 quarters.
You do the exact thing you say what you and your friends have sarcastically started calling the “Smithers”. Make excuses.
If Smith had played that exact game today you would be tearing him a new one. You are a hypocrite.
spot on!! KaperCrap is not doing the job! 13 points in 5 quarters??? AS gives us the best chance to win this year period. Get over it!!!
This is the truth, we have so many great 49er fans. If harbaugh wanted CK as the starter, he should have did it that way to begin the season. Why change in the middle of the year. Hot hand. Nice
turn overs win and lose games you of all people know that Jack
292 yds, I agree he sucked. When was the first time smith had his first 200 yard passing game? 5 yrs into his pathetic career?
Yards…. Aren’t points more important. TD’s seem way more relevant than yards and how many did Kaepernick get today.
kapernick is not ready for the nfl iwonder how much he was payed to throw taht opption play in the end zone ???????????? think about it.
“Proud of Kap”? What universe is Harbs living in?
Exactly! God help us! Here goes another season!
Harbaugh stop with the jive turkey gobble turkey jive
Harbaugh stop with the jive turkey gobble turkey jive.
JH screwed himself over this time.
I said all this past week. There is 1 way this works out for us well. And infinity -1 that it doesn’t.
This kind of result isn’t going to get us that 1 good result.
I can see the locker room parting like the Red Sea. We’ll see if he’s wise enough to fix this before its too late.
Yup. I see it.
Man there are a bunch of clowns on here that don’t really know football at all. Colin Kaepernick is the real deal. Anyone who thinks Alex should be the starter probably thinks Bush was a good President too.
Les49er – Please post more often. We need some higher football IQ’s in here.
Amen!!
We have to begin to ask if Harbaugh is really a great coach as we have been hoping, or just another mediocre one? Remember when we were all behind Singletary? I’m beginning to get the same feeling.
Take that feeling and get lost. Really? Because they lost a game? Because he doesn’t like smiths play? You are dreaming if you think smith would have fared any better today the way the o-line was getting punked. We probably would have gotten shutout with NO chance to win. Questioning if Harbaugh is a good coach. Lmao!!!! Yeah we really stink. Nyj stinky.
Lots of excuses there.
I don’t remember him saying he didn’t like Smith’s play. His words were “Both our guys have hot hands”. He went with his gut and he was wrong.
To compare Harbaugh to Singletary is ludicrous.
You talked like AS never played in hostile defense before. Remember AS is one of the QB who has given up the most sacks in the NFL but he has only 5 turn overs and have a 6-2 record this season. He has a 70% completion and is ranked fifth in the NFL. People keep mentioning about the Giants game but remember The giants was one of the best defense the niners played so far.
that was the crappy Nachos you just ate, get some Tums n shhhhhh. Singletary mention disqualified you.
You can’t deny – that was a very poorly coached game
Really bumpkIn??? And what seifert was wrong about young. Come on bro everyone stumbles. Kaps the next Montana mark my words.
Bumpkin,
You really are a bumpkin. A country bumpkin. Harbaugh is an atrocious QB!! Wake up an take a look around. You’re missing a great season of football. You’ve lost 95% of your credibility here. We know the coach is the reason we are winners now instead of losers. Think before you post. You actually mentioned JH and Singletary in the same post! Incredible!
“Harbaugh is an atrocious QB!!”
Huh WTF?
You are a idiot!
any one who thinks Harbaugh is not a great coach is a country bumpkin, for sure
So no one blames Smith when Niners lose with him starting? Need to be fair and balanced. If you’re going to blame Smith after a L than Kaep has to deal with it too. Have to live with young mistakes from our QB and unfortunately they played a role today. He deserves criticism just like anyone else does.
Please do not even try to compare Sing to Harbaugh
They don’t get many “L’s” to dog Smith about so they learned how to critique his “W”s”. Thats all they got.
Umm, seriously? Alex was a loser his entire career before Harbaugh rescued him from the trash heap.
Now that Harbaugh has moved on to a better QB you suddenly call Alex a winner? Shaun Hill has a better record than Alex.
That better QB cost us the game with his “heroics” where slow and steady Alex would have done just enough. Im not saying he would have torn up the rams but i can say with 100% certainty he would not have run 25 yards back in to his own endzone for that awfull safety.
Harbaugh’s in a tight spot. A really tight spot. He’s staring down 4 games – two on the road in NE and Seattle – and the very real potential that the Niners will NOT get the 2nd seed in the NFC…which means a wild card game. He’s made the switch to Kaep, and I think he risks losing the locker room if he switches back to Smith – shows a lack of control perhaps? Unbelievable.
I blame the past few WILD weeks on one key point: Alex Smith going down with a concussion.
*Cue the rage*
Harbaugh put himself in that tight spot.
“I’ll let you know if there’s a change” at QB. Doesn’t sound like a hint CK will start the next game to me. JH always supports his players in media conferences. What else was he going to say “yeah, CK sucked so I’m benching him”. Doubt they’ll make a decision in the emotional aftermath of a loss. Nothing to see here.
CK looked just like he did last week against the Saints. His playing was identical. He didn’t have an “off” game.The difference? The Saints have the worst pass defense in the NFL. It is horrendous and almost every QB who has played them has lit them up. The Rams are not so soft. I saw the exact same CK this week as last week. So as long as we can play horrible defenses the rest of the season, the 49ers can run the table.
Two plays against the Saints saved Kaep. 1 – the pick six after Kaeps pick. 2. Moss’ uncalled PI to save the pick in the end zone on the long scoring drive.
And the massive success against the Bears was a result of the Bears *totally* not game planning of the aggressive passing offense that they saw.
Besides that, two losing efforts against the Lambs.
Harabugh is digging his own hole…
Actually Matt Barrows said on KNBR that the Bears games was tailored for AS. The Saints and today were tailored around CK’s strengths.
Yeah. Very impressive. Maybe he can imitate AS better than he can play as himself.
This was a game against an average team (W/L). Can CK get ready for the playoffs in time? That’s the main concern. Last week it was two poor throws – one INT and one saved INT. This week week a safety and fumble. Not good.
It was not a safety. You heard what they said about that bad call. Keep hating Hoff. It’s your turn. All in???? Lol
cmon ninermd that was a safety.
MD, I haven’t seen all of the plays just the written summary. What’s this hating nonsense? Again, with the name calling! Have I ever called you anything other than MD? Knock it off!
>>It was not a safety.
Oh, it wasn’t? Did the Niners win by two points in regular or did I miss something?
CK should NEVER have taken that scramble back into the end zone.
If CK never runs back in the endzone (thinks smart like AS), then it is never even a possibility at all.
Thinking isn’t one of md’s strongest qualities.
Kaep cost us this game pure and simple. His terrible decision to run 20 yrds back caused a safety. His option pitch to TG that went 5 feet wide also directly led to 8 points. TG could have kicked it out of bounds for a safety but for some reason he tried to pick it up. The only play that CK made that alex couldn’t have was the long run at the end of the 4th, but AS wouldn’t have been in that position because he would not have given up 10 points by himself.
Terrible. CK got the ball at the 50 in OT and all he could gain was 13 yards for a 51 yrd fg attempt. I hope the guys in the locker room arnt second guessing JH cuz that could be the real trouble. So far kaep has 1 good game (bears) 1 so so game (saints) and 1 terrible game (rams) if u want to give him a pass for the first rams game u can
Esperanto?
bos
Ginn could have kicked it out at the 2. Not give up any points at all. Let Lee kick it to the moon, and get our D back out there to stuff the Rams offense.
We win the game. Of course if CK makes the toss a lot better, Ginn gets it easily and that fumble never happens. It is the QB’s job to manage the game. Everybody here thinks that is a bad thing. Well, guess what happens when you don’t manage it? You get this game.
CK messed up all over the place. After his big 50 yard run, he ran out of bounds instead of staying in. So the Rams had that extra time and didn’t have to use a time out. That is where game managing comes into play. It’s not a stat like Grant loves to think it is. It is the stuff that happens that wins or loses games. Numbers don’t. Managing the game means winning it.
Queue the Smithers hate lol. Kaep needs to be the starter going forward, period. The upside is too good. How many 3 and longs backed up near our endzone did he complete for first downs? Hopefully Alex winds up somewhere where he’s happy in the offseason.
Yeah upside got us a safety and a fumble for a turnover because of inexperience in making pressure moment decisions. Take your upside and wipe your a$$ with it. We need experience right now, not your crystal ball crap!
It wasn’t a safety, refs missed the call n Fox ppl noted it many mins after. His pass traveled over the line out of bounds
what else could he have done with the ball in that questionable safety? The D Lne were in the backfield as soon as the ball was snapped. The O-line was horrible today
Jsand
He could have dropped to the ground at the 10 and live to fight another day. it would have been second down I believe. Then we punt and let our D go to work like they did the whole game. Blown call never happens if he doesnt run 20+ yards backwards trying to make a heroic play
BOS49er
Have you watched the play? Do you know what play was called? He drops back almost 10 yards because it was a play action pass. By the time he looks up to throw, hes at the 8 yard line and there’s 4 guys ready to pounce. Before he had time to do anything hes got a guy pressuring him straight back and 3 more on the edges with nowhere for him to go but back. I’m sure that you also probably saw the o-line just totally botch that play or how about instead of calling for a play that close to the endzone, call for a quick slant or run?
He completed 2 for first downs backed up, fourthandalex. He also had a costly turnover and that botched safety call in which he faded back 20 yards tecmo bowl style. I don’t blame CK for the loss as it’s a team game but come on.
The Smithers aren’t hating. They’re deliriously happy.
Don’t project, clems.
This sucks bug time. The last thing our SB contending team needs is a QB controversy and complete distraction for the team. The only people deliriously happy are the writers and pundits like our host here. This is a gold mine for them.
Look, we’re not happy about this at ALL. And being called sarcastic names by idiots does not help. This is Harbaugh’s fault. The guy has begun to believe his own press clippings. Kaepernick is not taking us to the SB.
I havnt read one post where someone “seems” happy. Now if it was AS and he lost, U Msc67 would most certainly be calling him precious and letting us all know how terrible he is.
All i see here is frustration and second guessing. I hope that the same things arn’t happening in the lockeroom.
Face the facts. the explosive plays never came and the inexperience cost us the game
Not happy a bit.
I did feel this coming though. If you think it is ok for a player to lose his job due to injury, this is what will happen. Especially if that player got you 19-5.
It is karma. I argued with my spouse during the game the whole time when they said “You’re team will lose.” (which has never happened by the way even when we did suck). And guess what? We lost. We are superior to them in every way, and we lost this game.
That is bad karma. That is due to JH doing what he did. Tell me you didn’t feel like that was going to happen if not this game, then very soon. And I’ll tell you about a great bridge.
Delani Walker dropped a game winning touchdown and nobody is talking about it how can that be?
it was a great trick play call that would have iced the game, yet somehow all the attention is on the QB controversy
That’s how the media works. QB Drama in the NFL is always worth talking about more than all the facts on the table.
Have to spread the blame around on this game, you can’t just single out Walker though he should have caught that pass. Kaepernick also missed a wide-open Moss in the endzone by checking-down to MM which resulted in a FG. Kaepernick hits Moss for a TD and there never would have been a tie. It would also have negated Akers from having to kick a game-winner.
Walker has always been a mixed pass catcher. Who knows why he couldn’t get his hands on a touch pass at the corner of the end-zone.
The game was lost because of several bad plays.
More excuses.
Sled
For all of the passes Walker dropped from Alex, no one got on him….only Alex
We win if Akers could kick! He will be released on monday.
People who argue Kaep had a good game today are blind. He played horrible. Gave the Rams 8 points single handedly. Including a TD with 3 mins left in game where we were up by 8. And even after his impressive run. He then failed to stay in bounds and gave rams enough time to come back and tie. Kaep should not start again this season. He made “rookie mistakes” which we cannot afford to have. People argue with Kaep in we “stretch the offense” and “open the playbook” but I’ve yet to see any of that. It was made clear today that Smith is more reliable and should be the QB the remainder of the season. Hope Harbaugh makes the right move.
Adam,
The offensive line sucked all game long! Kaepernick made the most of the plays. Smith would have been knocked out with another concussion if he played today.
would have..should have. Bottomline we win without CK turnovers.
Don’t speculate and pretend what would have happened. That’s lazy. Like Adam said, we know what happened with Kap. Rookie mistakes that cost us. You think we have time for Kap to figure it out before the playoffs? It’s a tight playoff race and with home playoffs games on the line, you think Kap can go to ATL or NY and win? GTF outta here!
Excuses, excuses.
Kaep had a horrible game but he’ll continue to start. What other choice do the 49ers have? Go back to 7 years of failure? Noodle arm Tolzien?
The draft will be interesting.
You seem to be ok with changing QB’s every year until we hit the lottery.
You think Smith’s performance was a failure last year? Most would characterize it as a break-out year.
It that’s a failure, what would you call today’s performance?!?
I think Kaep with a full offseason as #1 he will be a stud. He just doesn’t have the necessary experience right now. He’s too young.
Kap also had the winning touchdown throw to seal the game.
Unfortunately, he threw it to Delanie “Brickhands” Walker.
Sigh.
Who said Kap had a great game? Where? Read the blog. Niner fans, smithers, alex haters all are blaming the whole offense. Stop making stuff up. The whole offense was bad, the o-line got handled in pass protection, Gore was wearing down bad and got stuffed everytime. Play calling got very conservative late with all the RB and FB dives. Turnovers by Kaep/Ginn, Safety by Kaep and Akers field goal miss killed us. Kaep stay poised under pressure in the pocket and scrambled for 1st downs when he could but the Rams played alot of tampa 2 and took away the deep ball. Bad game all around, nobody comes out smellin like a rose on offense.
Change the name and post this a couple of weeks ago, and you had the same thing being said about AS.
It’s funny because if Smith was the QB today and we had the same result, the game would be blamed on Smith. I’m simply holding Kaep to the same standard. When he makes costly plays ill point it out. I read people blaming Walker or Akers, fact is Kaep handed them 8 points which ultimately lost them the game. Love or hate Smith, he does NOT make those mistakes. Kaepernick gave us a F game today
Kaep plays like that again next week, I expect Harbaugh will go back to Smith. We should handle Miami with ease. If our offense struggles….
We can’t throw away a chance to win a Superbowl because of “upside”, or “higher ceiling”. Kaep make one great play today, and several terrible ones.
That game is on the coaches and the QB. Wasted a good defensive effort.
Wake up,
Harbaugh has started the process of going in a new direction. Love it or hate it, it is what it is.
Smith heard time and time again the whispers of not throwing the ball down field. Smith heard the whispers that he had to increase his third down percentage. He got his chances. Now we will have to suffer through some growing pains plain and simple. NO QB HAS EVER NOT HAD GROWING PAINS IN HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE FIELD.
Now a new QB also has to get some help from his team. Harbaugh calling a left handed option pitch inside the 10 was terrible.
Delanie Walker dropping a TD uncontested terrible. Roman repeatedly calling runs up the gut when it wasn’t working, terrible. Playcalling in OT, terrible. Kaepernick’s toss terrible and Kaepernick not staying in bounds in regulation, terrible. But the goat is Akers.
FOR ALL THE AS LOVERS LISTEN UP. HOW MANY GAMES DID AKERS COME THROUGH FOR AS LAST YEAR? IF AKERS PERFORMED THIS WAY LAST YEAR WE ARE A .500 TEAM.
The other kicker nailed 50+ kicks in an indoor stadium. Akers only enemy was between his ears. He’s done. We can’t win with him.
So…….we’re going to toss away a chance at a superbowl for ‘growing pains’?
Sounds like you’re making excuses.
Plain and simple, if Kaep continues to struggle, Alex will be starting again. If he gets better, it’s all good…
You keep dreaming and pretending you see a different outcome. Where were Kaps explosive plays? Blame Roman right! Where was taking the top off defenses today? Blame Roman. Where was Kaps ability to extend plays and drives and lead them in position to win? Blame Akers.
Two huge and costly errors lost us that game. Don’t deny that. We now have a QB controversy and Harbaughs leadership in questions. Those are facts!
The happy Smithers are the only ones who think there is a controversy. CK is the starter. Alex is gone.
Have fun on the Eagles’ blogs next year.
Prime Time says: “We now have a QB controversy and Harbaughs leadership in questions. Those are facts!”
Harbs leadership in question now? Thoses are facts? LMAO The smithers posts are like watching Fox News. Man you guys are in fantasy land. Should we fire him Smither Nation. Hmmmm what coach can we hire that will keep “Elite Alex” at the helm to keep you happy? lol
Lemons again No ONE HERE IS HAPPY. Unlike U haters all we want is a good qb there is no “I told u so” and agenda unlike u we dont hate Kaep we are just disapointed he played poorly and think he played poorly because he is not ready. We dont want him in philly like u want AS gone. Thats the main diference we dont hate anybody on our roster unlike u the AS hater
NNation
Sure sounds like Joe Staley is questionimg his leadership and decision making.
Without a delay of game penalty against the Rams on a successful FG try in overtime of the first game,you would have lost them both. The “what if” game is easy to play.
Thanks a lot chargerfan
I was trying to forget that.
Have we ever heard more excuses than we’re hearing today?
Hey Grant,
Is your Dad gonna take his relentless style into Harbaugh’s presser tomorrow and ask him tough questions that he can’t avoid? I would think that the press corps would be all over him like white on rice….especially after the way JH has been somewhat condescending to the press in the past.
Dad is already dancing on the 49er’s grave.
Blowout? Blowout? Where’s the stink’n blowout?
I put this loss more on the play calling then on the players. You also have to give credit to the Rams defense for playing at a high level today and shutting our offense down. You all need to stop panicking….you’d think we were Browns fans based on the way some of you are talking. Coach Harbaugh knows what he’s doing; today was a hiccup, we will finish the season strong.
Keep, did pretty good. He avoided 4 additional sacks. Walker dropped a sure TD. Kaep made a few big mistakes, IE the pitch to Ginn and not running out of bounds to force the Rams to use their last time out. Now, this game was solely on the coaches, the Rams were giving 5-7 yards on slants all day and the 49ers ran the football 3 times in a row to set up a 51 yarder in OT. Why? Everyone knows Akers has been struggling and we bail the Rams out with running up the gut! We went for a field goal in regulation instead of a TD to seal it. Kaep has a strong arm but we never throw deep and teams are playing their safety’s so deep to prevent it. I’m upset
No decision to make at this point; it has been made. Kaepernick is the QB and Smith will be somewhere else next year. The trust between Smith and Harbaugh has to be gone now, and I can’t see how it ever gets rebuilt. The coach has cast his lot with the new guy.
A game like this was inevitable at some point. Kaepernick is far more explosive than Smith but also far more inexperienced. That is a sword that cuts both ways. He will win some games that Smith would lose and lose some that Smith would win. This was one of the latter.
I do very much believe that the 49er odds of winning the Super Bowl this year are much less now than they were a month ago. Their record and remaining schedule almost assure that they will have to win playoff games on the road against good teams, and they just lost on the road to a bad one due in part to mistakes that are typical of young players. His education will continue with some huge bumps in the road but I am convinced he is a huge talent.
So? The kid can’t even beat a 4-6-1 rams team and people expect him to win in the play-offs? Kiss the season bye bye, everyone can stop watching 49er football now cause the 49ers is now going back to losing to trash teams by starting inexperience CK for the rest of season.
AS wins this game chargersfan. We remain the #2 seed in the NFC and undefeated within our division.
@FA
He didn’t lose to them before. He tied them. So he is getting worse. Not better.
I agree. I think the 49ers win both Rams games without the concussion injury to Smith. Not sure about the Bears game though.
@chargers
To me it looked like the Bears just stank that night. Like the Niners did agaisnt the Vikings.
Don’t get me wrong. CK looked great that day. He still has to hit the open WR by 3 yards, and get the pass off with forever in the pocket.
But the Bears stank that day. Why do fans always think that their teams can suck when they lose a game, but the opposing team could never have sucked when we beat them? Does that make any sense at all?
the Bears stank that night because the Niners made them stink that night.
never mind, you’re hopeless – hopelessly in love with a single player, not the team.
The Bears stank because they stank. No pressures. Their OL was in shambles.
But go on thinking that you are a “team” guy by thinking it is cool to dump the leader of the team, their captain by the way for a guy who managed to score just as many point for the opponent as he did for his own team. That opposing team by the way…below 0.500.
Well Chargersfan, next year you can have Alex along with a new coach and general manager. You folks seem to appreciate mediocrity, I’m sure Alex will be welcome down there.
“I’ll let you know if there’s a change, but right now I feel this will be the same as it was this week. I’m proud of Kap, proud of the way he played.”
He’s fu*king around again. We all know that now. CK played like a backup without enough experience, he can’t even beat a 4-6-1 rams team and people expect him to win in the play-offs and lead the team back to the NFCC? LOL ROFL LMAO. FAIL.
Another happy Smither.
MSC is another bitter hater. Bitter becuase he is running out of Qb to hate on. but hey remember CK is better than Luck RGIII and Cam all rolled in to one. Sure glad we got all those explosive plays out of him
Kaep played well enough to win today – if DW makes that catch, Niners win.
Kaep made a few completions today on passes that Alex wouldn’t even attempt. He had a few escapes Alex couldn’t make.
Did he play like Montana at his peak? of course not – its his third start, for crying out loud. Rams D is very good, and Fisher is very cagey. That’s why my earlier “prediction” was for a tight game.
If the Alex fans apply their same “logic” as they did to their beloved, then Kaep should have quite some time to grow into this starting job. Pass protection was weak, Harbaugh has already done a mea culpa on play calling, and do we really need to remind ourselves that Alex had 6 years to learn – under a variety of coaches – before he became a consistently solid qb? Kaep already looks better than Alex did for most of his career. If he’s still doing this 6 years from now, THEN we have problems
He played bad enough to lose the game, and he DID.
To a 4-6-1 team at that. Notice the defense was playing well and did stop steven jackson this time… however because of CK’s failure at QB, they LOST this time instead a lousy tie. What a JOKE.
your comments do suggest that you are indeed just effing around.
What?
CK is directly responsible for every single Rams point in regulation. Had we simply handed the ball off every time, we win this game with ANY points at all. But we couldn’t manage that could we?
Nope. We wanted excitement. Well, I don’t want exciting endings to games which should have been blowouts against sub 0.500 teams at all thank you very much.
DS, you know what you sound like now?
you sound like what you used to call anyone who questioned Alex.
a hater :-)
NO.
I sound like somebody who was pissed that 19-5 was dumped for a guy who can’t beat a sub 0.500 team when the defense shuts out the opposing teams offense.
You NEVER replace a guy if the new guy isn’t immediately better. JH did that. Now we have a loss where we should have a W.
Give it up BS. Alex ain’t coming back next year, You may need to find a new team. lol
+1 DS
Put Kaep on that 2005 team and see how he does. Make Jimmy Ray the OC and Caveman the HC and see how Kaep does. Enough with the “six years” nonsense. Kaep is taking over a potential SB team. He better deliver.
Kap not only cost us 10 points; his clock management was terrible at the end of regulation.
Don’t forget also, the 49ers got 3 pts pretty much for free on the drive with a bad penalty call.
If it really is about going with the hot hand, then AS needs to go back under center. His upside is not as good, but he wins and he went out hot. CK made crucial errors today that cost the team. This is known as going cold. I believe what is best for the team is to bring back AS for the duration, then work CK like a dog all off season to get him ready to take over in earnest. Loseing to the Lambs like this is unacceptable for a top tier team.
Harb needs to take the pill and start AS. Keep losing with CK vs below .500 teams and sooner or later the defense, the whole team, and the fans will turn on you for a FAIL WASTED SEASON.
Alex has already shown he can lose – twice in the same year – to the NYGiants, who we are likely to meet in the playoffs. The last debacle vs the Giants is why Kaep is starting, and will likely continue to start.
CK can’t even beat a 4-6-1 rams, that means CK can beat a above .500 team like NYG or Min??? Or win every game in the play-off against good teams???
LOL ROFL LMAO. Give me a break. GTFO.
@fesnyc
CK won’t get to play the Giants. He barely manages points against bad teams. What makes you think he can beat a good team who is playing well?
DS…ummm…Kaep was qb when we destroyed division-leading, likely playoff-bound Chicago…
i’m guessing you and the others who are inexplicably more interested in Alex than the Niners will find a way to explain that away, while putting all the blame on this game on Kaep. That’s fine, you can choose to see what you want to see. I’ll go with whatever Harbaugh decides on the qb situation – so far, he’s done very well.
See my 2:54 post above fesnyc
So, which team will you be rooting for next year? I’m sort of thinking your Precious will end up on the Eagles. It could be the Cardinals.
Do you need links to their blogs? I’ll be happy to help you find your new home.
So MSC which QB will u be tossing under the bus next season? This year u gave us gems like Precious, Noodle arm tolzien, and u wanted to ship Kaep out after the rams tie. Now ur looking forward to the draft already in week 13. Have fun dumping on Geno Smith (at least u wont have to change the smither’s moniker for people who disagree with you)
I have never liked running QBs, this it not how the game was designed. Sure Kap chalked up yards, but my argument is he stole those yards from the rest of the offense. His receivers are trying less and less because they keep turning around, after pushing hard to get open, only to see Kap running. BUT, and this is the bottom line…Harbaugh wanted Kap all along. Barring a CK injury, Smith is done. He’ll be playing somewhere else next year. And this is why Harbaugh is not the magic man we thought: He handled this obvious preordained QB choice poorly, as he does a number of situations. His emotional and impulsive decisions, lack of integrity, and steadily less personal confidence (he’s playing desperate now) have diminished his leadership status on the Red and Gold bench.
Even if CK is the future after AS, he isn’t ready. He can’t even beat a 4-6-1 team, and Harb wants the kid to start in the play-off this season??? LOL ROFL LMAO… FAIL.
You don’t seem to know the history of football. When it started, forward passes were not allowed.
Smith should be the starter, he gives us the best chance to win kap didn’t get it done today and last week wasn’t much better our D put up 14 of those points
D won the last 2 games plus this one, the difference was CK LOST THIS GAME FOR THE WHOLE TEAM AS THE QB.
LOL
He can’t be now though. That is what sucks.
This season hangs on the balance of JH’s ego. Had we kept with AS, we’d make the playoffs and win our division easily. Now, Seattle is back in it. And guess where we have to go?
Seattle. Fun.
Agreed
Stupid, stupid, stupid. I hope all you smith haters will feel great when we go 9-6-1 and get to play an extra wildcard game where we get bounced out. You’re blind out of old out of date animosity from the days when Alex had the keystone kops coaching him.
Colin suck! Smith’s our man! Harbaugh’s can’t coach, right there with Singletary! COME ON FOLKS!!! Before today Niners lost 1 of 8!!! It’s the Rams, they always play us tough! Aikers makes that FG, it’s all good,,,Relax, this is great team, with great coaching,,,Niners are gonna be fine, trust me!!
Hunter is gone Gore has to run on his own, AS is benched, offense is back to trash now they know CK is the starter, the Defense tried and gave up after seeing CK suck and will give up again knowing CK is the starter.
Who is going to lead them back into the play-offs and NFCC again… CK??? LOL ROFL LMAO…
KW is injured as well. And boy, Ted Ginn looked great today!
Please keep all sharp objects away from DS. Wheeeeew…
Wow. Chicken Little much?
Jack
Please write a post blog about how CK looked so good. And how he can do things that AS can’t.
Except win games against a sub 0.500 team when the D pitches a shutout.
BS, Your man crush played in 4 lousy games this year, you pathetic blog idiot.
Neal
Didn’t read my reply to your Steve Bono comment did you?
Not surprised at all. Just pointing it out.
No I didnot read your Bono comment, you bonehead.
DS all week we heard why Kap was the obvious choice. Explosive down field plays, winner, ability to get those deep threats involved, and extend plays. What happened?
I said once teams have enough film on new QB’s, their inexperience shows. Fisher is one of the best defensive coaches. He game planned for Manning how many years. A 2nd year QB would be easy and it was.
This is the NFL on any givin Sunday the best can be beat, IE Arizona over New England, Cincinnati over NY, Seattle over Greenbay, and of course St Louis over San Francisco! So this talk about the Rams being inadequate to beat the 49ers is a moot point! It happens in the the NFL!
The real score:
49ers offense: 13 points
Rams offense: 6 points
49ers offensive gifts to the Rams. 10 points.
Forget the refs. They went both ways.
What’s pathetic is the hypocrisy, but it’s nothing new for this blog.
Blowout? Blowout? Where’s the stink’n blowout?
How about that roughing call when the Rams lineman brushed Kaep’s helmet? Not seeing much complaining about that one.
thats why he said the bad calls went both ways
Training camp is where we experiment, not in a playoff run…we now have a qb controversy, and have lost our direction. This was a Change when nuthin was broke. I am raging mad at this loss. How many losses before we realise Kaep ain’t ready?
I know the feeling!
You are exactly right. Harbaugh screwed this up big time. December is when you want to be playing your best football, not training a new QB.
AMen!!!
Teams lose. But for some reason when the Niners lose the team’s entire fanbase goes into collective suicide mode. People who’ve blamed Smith all this time won’t blame CK and vice versa. The Niners aren’t infallible and are still a top NFL team. Mistakes were made all around. The bad pitch, the safety, Walker drops the TD, Goldson’s hit on Bradford, and Aker’s missed FG. A collective team effort in the loss. Yeah it sucks but it happens. Move on people! Harbs has been great and then some things go awry and people are ready to throw him to the dogs. Silliest fans ever!
We didn’t have to lose. That is what is painful. Our QB gave up 8 points. Should we wait till we get to the playoffs and lose like this before we raise the red flag.
Thank for the voice of reason! It’s funny how this dumb so called fans on this blog now think the 49ers r the worst team in the league after a close lost. I would assume they thought the 49ers going undefeated.
True HipHopGodd. Bad game all around. Going to rewatch it again after i digest this loss. uggghhhhh
Every team looses. Not every team snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. Thats why we r so angry.
I am not a 49niners fan but you lovesmitten cap fans are crazy. You understand that this team could have made the Super Bowl this year. This game and last game the offense scored less than the opposition. Smith had the hot hand and ran things without many mistakes. He is consistent. You guys may not have the most electrifying player but a serious contender this year with smith leading. By the time cap is as consistent you may have lost other assets and by doing so have blown this year!
Ahhh….
But consistent is easy to defend you see. What you do is…umm….I don’t know.
I actually made the argument earlier this week by the way that consistent is what you can’t defend, but exciting (CK) you can. Many here said “What are you thinking DS?”
Well, this game actually is what I was thinking.
Agree, Blame Harb for listening to clueless smith hating fans and idiots in the media that proclaim AS is trash and CK is now.
People tend to forget that these “electryfing” players DON’T win championships, how many superbowls do Mcnabb, Vick, Young, Cunningham,Stewart have?, 0, (Please don’t throw the race card) Yes It looks sexy and It’s a good show, but today was the perfect example this type of QB’s don’t win championships.
Juan
I said it all week. Consistent is what AS is. And CK is exciting. Consistency wins games. Exciting wins highlights.
How about that 52 yard run? Huh? That didn’t amount to a hill of beans though because he didn’t manage the game at all.
Juan, you forgot Doug Williams, the only black QB you failed to mention, he won a Super Bowl and set a record doing it! So much for your theory blacks can’t win the big game.
Put Mc Nabb on the patriots with that great defense the year they played and he would have won a Super Bowl! Look at Brady now with a mediocre defense, two Super Bowl losses!
Even better, take John Elway without Terrell Davis 3 Super Bowl losses, and Dan Marino 2 Super Bowl losses! You see it don’t matter what color you are, if your team is great, you more than likely will win a Super Bowl!
Aaron Rogers throws the football 46 times a game and won 1 Super Bowl and he’s talked about like he’s a hall of famer!
Jim Kelley 4 Super Bowl losses!
I guess you get the point!
BS, Your man crush is anything but consistent, that is why JH sent him to the bench you blog bum.
Are you crying in your tub now Neal?
Nahhh. You don’t care either way. You’re a Dolphins fan. This game means nothing to you.
I think this team is well built for slow and steady. Like the Ravens under Dilfer. Personally I’d rather grind out wins than have flash. But people seem to love flash.
CK Failed. That’s your flash of fail.
He has got to say that. He made the big decision and today ended up in a loss. He would look like a fool if he said he was wrong and kept flip flopping QBs. He has to ride it out.
The result? No SB this year.
I remember 2 years ago when 90 % of Niner fans were screaming for Alex’s head on a stick. I remember going to the game and everyone in unison would boo him. Now, all of a sudden after a guy named Harbaugh designed a system for this failure of a QB that won him 13 games last season, people are crying for him to come back. Well guess what, I trust Harbaugh and his judgement, He made Alex Smith and I strongly believe he knows that Kaepernick is the best Qb for this team and Alex Smith is simply a tool. While Kaepernick did not blow away the stat sheets, he did complete 65% of his passes for just over 200 yards. he also had 84 yards rushing, 50 of those on one critical play. The Go-Ahead TD was dropped by Delanie Walker to which a ensuing penalty would force us to settle for a FG… Again blame Kap…The Safety, was simply a b.s. call the refs fabricated by not knowing the rules and getting bullied by the Rams defenders. the only real blatant mistake was on the toss to Ginn to which (A) was a call from the sideline, and (B) Ginn could have helped prevent the turnover but did nothing. im a bit dissapointed that my fellow Niner fans cannot see the upside to Kaepernick compared to Smith. I honestly believe that if Smith were in we would have only scored a FG, possibly 2…
Smith’s 2 fg would be better than ck’s -8points
everyone can see that Kaep is going to be a great player. The issue is making the change midseason. Id rather harbaugh have started him at the beginning of the season so he could go through these struggles early on. Instead, it is late in the season and could potentially cost us playoff seeding.
Will you feel the same way, IF the 9ers don’t win their division and lose in the first round?
Yes, I would feel the same way because I do not believe that Alex can take us to the dance. Its a gamble right now but if it pays off then we all win.. Alex Smith scares NOBODY.
JP
I think that a few myths got exploded today…QB guru, QB whisperer, unquestioned best offensive staff on earth…
+1
Smith is simply a tool? You are simply an idiot.
Other teams are now loving it that Harb started a inexperience kid at QB…
I know the 4-6-1 rams did.
Time to activate La Michael James and play him. He’s explosive and we need a home run threat on screen plays, punt and kick offs. Is it me or is Ginn afraid to take a big hit! Ginn appears to be apprehensive when he’s back there. Ginn also made a poor effort in going after the horrible pitch play the coaches called! Akers has no confidence from 40 and out. Harbough has to play for TD’s not long, stressful, field goals, especially when your kicker is missing! 49ers have to find a reliable FG kicker or it won’t matter whose at QB we will lose a close one in the playoffs! The D played well but cannot be left on the field all day long! Gore hurt his shoulder and were still ruining up the middle in OT! VD has to be utilized more and Roman needs to open up the offense! Take at least 3 deep shots a game if nothing more but to keep other teams honest. Teams know we can run the ball, good teams can stop it or minimize the damage IE the G-Men!
So lets see Akers missed two game winners against the Rams, two FG’s against the Saints and a few more this season! How many more will he miss? Also, coaching needs to be up to snuff the remainder of the season these ridiculousness missed direction tosses when you have the game in hand and PRESTO 49ers lose!
This one is on Kap and HarDOUCHE for sure, I wonder If kap costs the 9ers another game will Jimmy boy still be proud of Kap…..
I just wanna point out that the Rams are 4-0-1 against the NFC West and 1-6 against everybody else.
We can talk about this mistake or that play calling decision, but the real story is the 49ers offensive line got manhandled. Hunters absence was also felt, as the Rams simply stuffed the runs between.
That was surprising. The Oline were not up to the challenge today. Running game was getting stuff. There should have been more sacks if not for Kaeps wheels. Agree on Hunter, i mentioned that in another post.
I could not agree more. This game was a complete domination of our O-line. From what I recall when that has happened in the past Smith looks pretty bad and takes a lot of sacks. Kap did his best today and the fact that we lost ultimately lies on the foot of David Akers once again because if he kicks that FG in OT, our conversations are entirely different…
The Niners Super Bowl hopes are over. We are a mediocre team at best with kaepernick in there. We lost to a horrible Rams team with a QB that is more like a scrub then a Heisamen. I had high hopes for our team. This dismantle of our program, gives no shot to be competive with a unexpierenced QB who has no prove to be elite bin any way. Colin could not throw down the field; therefore, without slant routes to accomplished recivers that any QB could make, Colin would only have a couple of wide open runs to stand on.
Akers just tweeted how bad he feels for,letting the team, organization and 49er faithful down! Really, dude has been missing big field goals all year! Akers time to be unemployed!
Maybe if the offense can score more than a single TD, we wouldn’t need Akers to save us.
After all. CK came in because AS depended on Akers. Funny how in 2 out of 4 games, CK has been the one needing Akers to save him.
The kick akers missed was 50 plus. A make able field goal; however, not a gimmie for any kicker. If Collins was our dynasty he should of set up a chip shot. Kaepernick is so far from future. Do Numbers really want a born again Cam Newton. Not me. I hope Harbaugh figures out his mistake before we lose our shot a Super Bowl.
CK is an overall better QB than Smith. He opens the play book and as a defense you have to prepare for the pass. With Smith if you stop the run n cover the check down WR you got us beat. CK keeps the play alive if our kicker would of made the kick there would be no talks right now. Everyone was waiting for this game and you got it.. stay with CK 49ers…
Kaep didn’t need Akers to save him, Walker should have made that catch, Kaep put it on the money! I love AS however he would have been sacked 9 times today under that Rams pressure! Like I said earlier, Akers can’t be missing FG’s even if there 50 yards! The Rams kicker made two 50 plus FG’s one to tie and one to win! This isn’t Jr. all American it’s the NFL Akers makes a hell of a lot of money IE millions to make them kicks! That’s all he has to do, make kicks and be a millionaire! If you don’t perform at your job you would be fired!
The team is out there busting their butts and Akers has to do one thing, make a FG and he blows it again!
I guess Akers has got comfy with no other FG kicker on the team. Bring in another kick or use Lee, I bet AKers will start making those kicks to keep his millions.
Will you people please stop sucking Alex Smith’s johnson! Geez! Dude is mediocre at best. Anyone can play conservative. Harbaugh didn’t draft Kaepernick to be a conservative QB.
IT’s getting really old. Alex Smith is reliable, but he’s not a play maker. Get over it.
The team got beat, not just Kaepernick. The boy can’t throw/block/catch at the same time. Geez.
Can he run 20 yards backwards into his own endzone?
Can he toss a terrible lateral resulting in a defensive TD for the other team?
Can he consistently not see open receivers, and the ones that he does see, overthrow?
Yes!
But not at the same time, angus.
It’s as simple as this!! Akers shanked another one and cost us another Win!! Everyone is debating Kaeper or Smith and Akers is escaping being the goat!! They gambled and threw the ball which was a risky buy good call . walker just dropped one that was placed right in the bread basket!! Kaeper didn’t Play a great game but he put us in a position to win!! What more can we ask for? I’ve been a smith guy but I don’t mind what harbaugh is doing with Kaeper! I would let him go out one more time and then go from there!!
Why does k have only 8 seconds every time he breaks huddle??? Why is it so hard to get a play in??? Why are the snaps 6 inches off the ground???? How did Walker drop that ball, and how come the safety wasn’t reviewed???? And yes, the bulk of the blame is the coaching staff’s. Period… bad play calling, and we need a stable kicker.. DA is done this year.. he lacks confidence…
Juan, you forgot Doug Williams, the only black QB you failed to mention, he won a Super Bowl and set a record doing it! So much for your theory blacks can’t win the big game.
Put Mc Nabb on the patriots with that great defense the year they played and he would have won a Super Bowl! Look at Brady now with a mediocre defense, two Super Bowl losses!
Even better, take John Elway without Terrell Davis 3 Super Bowl losses, and Dan Marino 2 Super Bowl losses! You see it don’t matter what color you are, if your team is great, you more than likely will win a Super Bowl!
Aaron Rogers throws the football 46 times a game and won 1 Super Bowl and he’s talked about like he’s a hall of famer!
Jim Kelley 4 Super Bowl losses!
I guess you get the point!
Yall are cracking me up. No one is going to be happy either way. If everyone has such great opinions why don’t you get on the field? I agree that it is sad that smith has been pulled as the starting quarter back, but being the wife of a 49er fanatic and watching every game last year, including the playoffs , even I had enough of Alex not taking chances and long throws. He is good, but everone has different abilities maybe it is time for someone with guts to try a few games. I agree with everyone who says they would be angry with smith if he had lost today. I watch my husband every week go through this. You are either a fan or your not. Regardless of harbaughs decision.
If 9ers win then we are happy if they dont we are not its pretty clearcut
Harbaugh can be a real prick sometimes and think he is smarter than he really is. Maybe a change at head coach.. History tells us it will mike tomczak.
Incrementally, what do you get with Kap? Not much.
Alex knows how to play in big games, period. Look at Detroit and NO last year. Clutch- under huge pressure. Kap…… Not so much, at least yet.
That option pitch was so wrong.
ALEX HAS BEEN LABLED A LOSER FORM HIS FIRST YEARS IN THE LEAGE WHEN HE PLAYED ON A HORENDUS TEAM FOR EVEN WORSE COACHES. THE NINERS HAD A LOT OF LOSES THOSE YEARS, BUT ALEX WAS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM IF THE PROBLEM AT ALL. STEVE YOUNG OR JOE MONTANA WOULD HAVE HAD LOSING SEASONS WITH THAT CAST (INCLUDING THE COACHES).
THE LAST TWO YEARS ALEX HAS BEEN ABOUT NOTHING BUT WINNING. HE WENT OUT AND EXICUTED THE GAME PLANS AS DIRECTED. FOR THIS HE IS CALLED A GME MANAGER, AND ALEX HATERS MAINTAIN THE COACH WON THE GAMES THROUGH PLAY CALLING AROUND HIS WEEKNESSES.
SIMPLE FACT IS PLAYERS WIN GAMES, NOT COACHES. COACHES CREATE WINNING STRATAGY AND COACH TO STREINTHS. BUT, THE PLAYERS WIN OR LOOSE ON THE FIELD. ALEX WAS HURT, INEXPERIENCED AND PLAYING WITH A POOR CAST WITH EVEN WORSE COACHING HIS FIRST 8 YEARS. THE LAST 2 HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT WINNING.
HIS PLAY LAST YEAR WITH A DEPLEATED RECEIVING CORPS WAS JUST SHY OF UNBELEAVABLE. THE END OF THE NEW ORLINGS GAME HAS GOT TO BE THE SINGLE MOST EXCITING GAME OF ALL TIME. THIS YEAR HE QB A TEAM THAT SET A CLUB RECORD FOR MOST YARDAGE IN A SINGLE GAME FOR A 49ERS TEAM, WENT INTO THE HALL OF FAME FOR QBING TE 300 YR PASSING/300 RUSHING TEAM. SET A RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE PASSES WITHOUT AN INTERSEPTION. NAME NFL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK, AND FINISHED HIS CARRER IN S F WITH ONLY 2 INCOMPLETES, 4 TOUCHDOWN AND NO INTERCETONS IN HIS LAST 5 QTRS OF PLAY. COMPLETED 70% OF HIS PASSES, 104 QB RATING…….. TALK ABOUT HOT HAND, DO I HAVE TO GO ON AND ON.
JIM WAS WRONG TO STICK WITH KC AFTER ALEX WAS CLEARED TO PLAY. THE TIMING WAS WRONG. YES HE HAS TOOLS THAT COME AROUND ONLY ONCE IN A VERY LONG TIME AND THE KID IS A BALLER, BUT HE’S NOT A SB WINNER YET. AND WITH HIM THE NINER’S WILL NOT BE EITHER. WE SAW ENOUGH TO KNOW HE IS THE FUTURE OF THE 9ERS. BUT, NEXT YEAR. SMITH WOULD HAVE TAKEN US TO THE SB THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE DIE IS CAST. SMITH IS OUT. JIM HAS KC AND SHOULD STICK WITH HIM. IT TOO BAD HE DIDN’T WAIT ONE MORE YEAR. BUT, I’VE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR ANOTHER RING; I GUESS ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO WON’T HURT.
Do you know what a caps lock key is for?
The window of opportunity is now! In this era of free agency, groups of players that gel to win a SB are together for a short time. Instead, we are messing with it and every expert and other team will be laughing their socks off at our expense. Changing QB midseason? oh-oh; letting an injury pick your team? Oh-oh; being too stubborn to admit you messed up? Oh-oh. By the way, where’s our draftees? We seem to have drafted a sixth string WR with our 1st pick, and a fifth string RB with our second pick. I have been a big fan of coach Harbaugh, but he has messed up really badly here……you don’t fix what wasn’t broken, you don’t mess with a winning formula, and you don’t screw with team chemistry. Above all else, you don’t let another team’s defense make your decision about who is your QB. We now have a green kid who has had his confidence rattled, and a winning vet who feels unwanted…way to go coach. If there’s no SB this year, I give Harb a D-
txtree
1. Maybe the guy has trouble seeing his screen.
2. If you’re not screaming after that game, there is something very wrong with you.
I’d say to start the back up QB…if we were last place.
dolphins can handle 49er offence next week. a few mistakes by last weeks 49er superstar Kap and BOHICA!
Everyone hates a loss, but the hyperbole meter is pegged to Extremely High.
Hundreds of comments; maybe two or three make sense. Some Einsteins calling for a new coach. Are we Philly?
“In Harbaugh we trust” sure did disappear quickly, eh?
I guess AS wore out Akers since last year under smith Akers scored almost all the points.
It’s interesting to read all this noise about CK7 and AS but it looks like the CK7 bashers need to step back for a minute and see the source point of view you are coming from, you expect CK7 to put the 49ers on his back and carry them all the way to the SB (which by the way AS will never do), he’s not ready to do that just yet but he will be soon and it’s already showing. Forget about the 10 points that CK7 takes ownership for giving the Rams, the 49ers had the lead with little time left in regulation for the Rams to come back and they did. Then CK7 drove them down for the potential winning kick in OT and Akers missed (again). CK7 gave the team two chances to win when they normally would have and didn’t, I’ll take these chances every time when my team is the 49ers. CK7 put the 49ers in position to win twice on Sunday and it didn’t work out but I guess it’s all on CK7 already and the team can drop their output because he’s the QB now.
Just dig into the stats and take away CK7′s numbers look at the output on offense, rushing yards 64 on 27 attempts (2.4 yards per carry), penalties 11-97 including the roughness by Dahon Goldson helping the Rams get into field goal range at the end of the game, dropped passes 5 including a perfectly thrown ball to Delanie Walker that should have been a touchdown at the end of regulation, and the list goes on.
Bottom line is that CK7 outplayed Bradford in the game (QBR 82.4 verses QBR 59.8) but lost the game. How many of you AS supporters would have taken CK7′s stats if AS was behind center yesterday?
Many of you here are forgetting that football is a team sport. Every win or loss is on the team and the coaches. I’ll take CK7 all day long to lead my team and the best thing is that he is only going to get better, way better.
I don’t take stats. Really easy. CK didn’t manage the game at all. That is why we lost. And JH is the reason why CK was in the game and not AS.
And Bradford showed up when he needed to show up. CK didn’t.
You’re right, CK7 drove the 49ers in OT to a field goal opportunity of 51 yards that Akers missed. Bradford got the Rams into a field goal range of 53 yards which they made. I guess CK7 didn’t show up because he didn’t make the field goal. Hopefully Akers is out next week and CK7 starts practicing kicking field goals as well, Jeez.
BigDaddyReno
You’ll be banging your head against the wall if you try arguing with that guy. He hates facts and only wants to spend the rest of his life curled in a ball next to a warm fire, purring away as he rubs up against Alex Smith’s legs.
It’s true big daddy. BS has a man size crush on 11
amazing how CK can get love & a free pass in a loss, but AS gets no respect by winning. Some 49er fans are blind, misguided and generally aint shyt. CK will be good one day, but to put it in his hands now is just plain FOOLISH. Harbaugh doesn’t want to win this year, he wants to develop his QB at the expense of a championship for his team. This is what happens when ego trumps common sense.
8 years vs 3 games. Do the math. And smith didn’t win a Superbowl last season. And it’s a guess whether they will this season. You act like smith is a shoe in to win a Superbowl like he’s an elite qb or something. Get real. I have a hunch that if they had signed manning last year it would have bothered you. Lets keep it real. You Smithers are the ones who said manning is old and over the hill and is one hit away from being a cripple. You don’t back Harbaugh. Then beat it. Find another team that you feel is making the right decisions
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Ah let’s just face it that we lost the game. There’s nothing to be blame, this is a team effort not an individual effort. Losing is not the end yet it’s just a learning process, so lets all be patient and be content of what we have right now. Let’s encourage them to be a better team and not criticizing of their mistakes. Remember that the pressure is in their hands not on yours. Lets just move on people!!
I think what Harbaugh did to Alex Smith will over time completely undermine the Player, Coach, Organization relationship. Harbaugh is flying high right now, but you can’t do what he did to Alex Smith and not have everyone in the entire organization raise an eyebrow and wonder if they may be next. If Alex wasn’t getting the job done its one thing, but when you are winning games and playing as effectively as he has been one has to ask ones self the same question Alex is asking, “what did I do to lose my job”. I hope Alex chocks this up as just another nickle dime coach who talks crap, means none of it and in the end only cares about himself, then runs to some other team that will appreciate his talents. Harbaugh is a jerkoff. He showed that last year when he lost against Detroit. I thought it was just a bad moment, but no, he is just a bad guy.
Harbaugh has never lost against Detroit. Please learn to football before blathering on our forum.
No one here cares what fans of Utah think.
It is hard for me to see how anybody can say that CK7 should be our starting QB. With him under center these last two games we have scored 17 and 13 points in the last two games. And as every Alex hater has stated, if not for the defense against NO, we lose. He had 5 quarters to beat the Rams and could not get it done. Time to put him back on the bench and put Alex at the helm. His performance has been average, don’t care what JH says, we can all see it. Not saying CK7 doesn’t deserve to compete for the spot, not saying that he isn’t a rising star, but save it for training camp! Alex was doing a really good job this year and is proving Urban Meyers point when he was drafted. He flat told the world that Alex would need time in a system, and once he had it we would do very well. And let’s not forget, Alex had horrible head coaches and no real supporting caste around him until the arrival of Harbaugh. Time to take your rose colored glasses off and see CK7 for what he is – developing.
Big Fan, I agree. I believe most everybody, especially Harbaugh have on rose-colored glasses from the Bears game. Kap is a good quarterback but it is not his “time to be prime”. We must get back to A.S. as our starter and finish this season with wins, or we invite the “Doubt Monster” into the players heads and games to be played and the playoffs. I achingly saw with my Purdue team this season what a multi-QB system can do to a team. Finally we started Marve in the last three games of the regular season, and won all three. I just hope Harbaugh doesn’t do the same. It’s time for A.S……it’s a must!