Chip Kelly hatte genug. Nachdem Colin kaepernick in drei Quartern nur einen Pass für 4 Yards anbringen konnte wurde der San Francisco 49ers Quarterback vom Headcoach gebenched.
Blaine Gabbert übernahm im letzten Quarter gegen die Chicago Bears das Kommando.
Trotz der unzureichenden Leistung war Kaepernick von der Entscheidung des Coaches überrascht.
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I was surprised […] It wasn’t something I was expecting. I’m always prepared and ready to help this team win. […] Yeah, the weather definitely played a factor […] We have to be able to do a better job managing that. Handling it, being able to throw the ball still. – Colin Kaepernick
Kaepernick gewann seinen Starting Job in Woche 6 zurück, konnte die 49ers seither aber zu keinem einzigen Sieg führen.
I thought we needed a spark on offense and needed to get something going, give Blaine a shot at throwing. Knew we were going to be throwing every down, so give Blaine a shot. That was it, nothing more […] We haven’t had any discussions about it. It was my decision to make and made a move to see if we can get a spark and to see where we were. At that point of time of the game we were down a couple of scores and obviously we’ve (got to) throw it to see if we can get a spark for the team. There are no permanent decisions. – Chip Kelly
