Is Kaepernick salvageable?

[Messiah]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... gst-ensues

This is one of the worst displays of a quarterbacking ever. How you, as a professional quarterback, don't recognize that literally nobody is covering Torrey Smith and don't audible to a pass play is mind-boggling. All it takes is a quick smoke screen. Every quarterback is taught to do this.

Kaep has regressed since he burst onto the scene as defenses figured him out. He's far too slow at going through his progressions and doesn't see the field well at all. According to a report, multiple players on the team want him benched. Do you think Kaepernick's career is salvageable or is he just not cut out to be a starting NFL quarterback?

[The Legend]

Well, here's what I'll say. This isn't particularly a Kaep issue. This is an NFL offensive development issue, and really a college football development issue. The problem is that nobody at any level (or almost nobody), teaches quarterbacks to be free thinkers or evaluators any more, or at least not for a very long time. Quarterbacks have their hands held for so long that most never get to the point of teaching the logic and reasoning of offense. Quarterbacks today are taught to be parrots in the huddle and then robots on the field. They repeat the exact play their coordinator or coach calls, and is too much of a control freak to let them adapt at all, and then read a progression precisely how they were taught to read it if it's a pass play.

I miss the days where QB's called their own plays in the huddle or at least had the freedom to audible out of a bad look, but my guess is this wasn't on Kaep. Probably more than half the coaches in the league wouldn't let their QB change a play under any circumstance any more and half the other half wouldn't have been properly taught how to read situations like this one very often. It's only when you get to the Brady, Manning, Rodgers type level is there enough, education, trust and respect to really let them play quarterback any more.

[Messiah]

All of the best quarterbacks audible. Brady, Rodgers, Brees, Manning, Rivers, Cam, Flacco, Eli, Luck, Romo, etc., you see them audibling a lot. The QBs who don't seem to audible much are usually the ones who also suck.

[The Legend]

All of the best quarterbacks audible. Brady, Rodgers, Brees, Manning, Rivers, Cam, Flacco, Eli, Luck, Romo, etc., you see them audibling a lot. The QBs who don't seem to audible much are usually the ones who also suck.

After Brady, Manning, Rodgers and Rivers there's a drop off in # of audibles by them. In certain situations sometimes, but coaches still like to have a stranglehold on most offenses now than they did 20 years ago.