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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi
Kaepernick or Dalton? Both have terrible matchups on paper.
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My dilemma as well having Kaepernick and Schaub. Schaub is a safer pick this week going against Minnesota but they are a running team and Schaub will get you 250 and a TD maybe 2 if you are lucky. Kaepernick against a very salty Seattle D at home not to mention a divisional game. I see a much high scoring affair this time around compared to their last game that was 13-9. The reason why is both Kaep and Wilson have more games under their belt and playing better, have more confidence, both very athletic playmakers, thus the divisional competition between themselves for the top NFC WEST BIG DOG QB will be huge and both desperately need this game even though they both possess great Defenses.
BUT here are the 2 caveats about Kaepernick you have to remember: 1) He went into Foxborough against the best D schemer(Bellichek) in the NFL and put 41 on them. And Kaepernick is very athletic regardless of going against a salty D meaning there is always that extra playmaking ability he will have to score points whether with his arm or legs that Dalton only possesses with his arm.
The upside to Dalton is that even though going into Heinz the Steeler 2ndary is beat up all to hell and the Steeler D IS NOT the Steeler D of old and the Chargers exposed this big time just a few days ago and it is a divisional game.
I say it is a wash and whoever you go with you will be fine but at this point. I would say Kaep just on pure athletic ability to score with his legs which will open up the pass game regardless of the Seattle's superior 2ndary.
I gave Bellichek too much credit last week and sat Kaep and I paid for it not going with the hot hand.