Would you trade Alex Smith for Colin Kaepernick straight up?

[Alex Smith 4Ever]

I would not. Alex is a better quarterback right now and does not have the off field incidents of Kaepernick

[temper11]

Fun article... I'm sure many won't agree with some of it, but thought this was interesting in relation to this thread:

Third and long is the last split I'm going to check before calling it a dealer's choice (between Kaepernick vs. Smith). If third down is the money down for QBs, thirrd and long is the BIG money down. The stakes don't get higher. Third down with nine-plus yards to go ... You're not going to believe this; they both have 51 attempts in that situation. Unreal.

Smith: 64.7%, 10.41 YPA, 4 TDs, 1 INT

Kap: 58.8%, 6.92 YPA, 1 TD, 1 INT

Read here for full article.

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2014/4...g-quarterbacks

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Tattoo boy will fail once again

[Kaepernick]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Are we really using this clip as a means to prop up Kaep's game?

That was a horrendous decision and not even great placement.

Says you.

Walther Thurmond begs to differ. I'll take the word of a 3 time NFL All Pro defensive back over yours, thank you. You know -- the guy who tried but could not defense that perfect pass from Kaepernick to Boldin. I would say he had a much better view from which to speak than you do.


Seahawks’ Thomas on Kaepernick: ‘That’s a special player right there’


Thomas termed the Kaepernick-to-Boldin touchdown “… good offense vs. good defense and as a defender, I just think it was better offense.”

"He also throws one of the hardest balls in the league, almost like a baseball player, and it comes out like a fastball. Hot. The play I had against Boldin in the end zone, Kaepernick was jumping up in mid-air as he threw. That was a dime. I was kind of surprised he even threw it. They usually don’t when I’m that close in the area."



http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2014/01...r-right-there/


Let me know when you become a 3 time NFL All Pro and I will start to ask your opinion over Earl Thomas's.

[ThaVirus]

Wonder why he said he was surprised Kaep threw it...

Oh, yeah. Probably because he knew it wasn't a great idea.

[Sandy Vagina]

These 49ers fans are annoying asshats... may they all die in a fire as they hang from an aids tree after being soaked in antifreeze.

[Kaepernick]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Not at all.

That was a horrendous decision because it was 2nd and 8, in a tie ball game that was a low-scoring affair, with a quarter and a half left to be played. As someone said earlier, it was hardly "do or die" time.

More than that, the receiver was blanketed basically the entire route by an All-Pro defender.

There are so many reasons why that was a bad decision..

And, as I said, it wasn't even great placement, although it was not bad while on the move and under pressure.

Boldin is what, 6'2" or 6'3"? Earl Thomas is 5'10". If you watch the play, first of all, ET had excellent coverage. He really "won" that battle in the position department. He had a clean chance to swat or pick that off and even got a hand on it, which he shouldn't even have had the chance to do in the first place. When you're throwing to a guy that has a 4 or 5 inch advantage on his defender and the guy covering him gets a hand on it while your guy doesn't even have to jump to catch it, you just didn't throw it high enough.

TL;DR: if we played that back 10 times, ET would probably intercept that pass at least half the time.

Not great placement on a pass where the QB has left his feet and is fully in the air? Give me a ****ing break. It was a ****ing laser beam in the perfect spot at the perfect height.

Not great placement? See an eye doctor for new corrective lenses.

Anquan Boldin is 6'-1" not 6'-3 -- 3" taller than Thomas.

Thomas has a 32" vertical leap. Boldin had a 33" vertical leap coming out of college 11 years ago. Thomas's leap cancels out Boldin's height advantage. Any higher and that is an incompletion rather than a touchdown.

That was a perfectly thrown pass. Perfection.

[ThaVirus]

... And, yes, I'm sure the guy who was on the field, with his focus on covering his man, from 20 yards away has a "better view" than me.

I'm sitting at my house and watched the shit in real time and slow motion from 6 different angles.

Thomas' comments are nothing more than professional glad-handing. Find me the article where the reporter asked him if they ran that play back 100 times, how many times it would still be a TD.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Kaepernick

It was... in the perfect spot at the perfect height.

Right.

A perfect pass in perfect placement.. for the defender to touch it first?

Makes a lot of sense considering ET was damn near fully extended (albeit in a falling position) while Boldin didn't even jump.

[Kaepernick]

“… good offense vs. good defense and as a defender, I just think it was better offense,” Earl Thomas

Deal with it.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by Kaepernick

Not great placement on a pass where the QB has left his feet and is fully in the air? Give me a ****ing break. It was a ****ing laser beam in the perfect spot at the perfect height.

JFC, the defender got his hand on it, how can you call it perfect?

[Kaepernick]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Right.

A perfect pass in perfect placement.. for the defender to touch it first?

Makes a lot of sense considering ET was damn near fully extended (albeit in a falling position) while Boldin didn't even jump.

Horseshit. Pure horseshit that Boldin didn't jump.

I am no longer joking about that eye Doctor appointment.

[Kaepernick]

Different angle with Slo motion. Absolutely perfect ****ing touchdown pass. PERFECTION.

If 33-year old Anquan Boldin COULD jump higher, he WOULD jump higher. Kap has what he has out there. Boldin is not a jump ball guy at 33 years old. He doesn't have his 33" vertical anymore.

Perfect.

****ing.

Pass.

ANY higher and it sails over Boldin's hands and you are bashing Kap for "poor accuracy".

[Kaepernick]

Originally Posted by splatbass

JFC, the defender got his hand on it, how can you call it perfect?

Because it went for a TD while any higher and it falls incomplete. Look at the 2nd video I just posted. Kap could not have thrown that pass anywhere but where he threw it. 1/2" lower and it is deflected. 1'2" higher and it goes incomplete off Boldin's fingertips.

brucey_72 said Kaepernick is not an accurate passer. I posted that video showing his accuracy. It is a perfectly accurate pass placed exactly where it needs to be for Boldin to catch the touchdown. Perfectly accurate.

[ThaVirus]

Boldin was really straining his calves with that 6 inch vert there..

[BeeHo]

Originally Posted by Kaepernick

Because it went for a TD while any higher and it falls incomplete. Look at the 2nd video I just posted. Kap could not have thrown that pass anywhere but where he threw it. 1/2" lower and it is deflected. 1'2" higher and it goes incomplete off Boldin's fingertips.

brucey_72 said Kaepernick is not an accurate passer. I posted that video showing his accuracy. It is a perfectly accurate pass placed exactly where it needs to be for Boldin to catch the touchdown. Perfectly accurate.

You're emphasizing ONE play. I can easily do the same and cherry pick by choosing the last play of that game interception/deflection by Sherman.

Like this: If Kap had thrown the ball 1" (probably needed a lot more) higher, Sherman only grazes the football then maybe Crabtree has the touch down. If Kap had thrown the ball half a foot higher/deeper then Crabtree has the football to himself or it/he goes out of bounds. Biggest play of the game where Kap can perform the "The Catch IV" but falls short (pun).

Anyways, in regards to Kap's 2013 overall accuracy (with cherry picking):

58.4% regular season (ranked 31st of 37), 54.9% post season (ranked 12th of 12)

Compare to Russell Wilson:

63.1% (Ranked 12 of 37) regular season, 63.2% (ranked 7 of 12) post season