Jim Harbaugh has not named starting quarterback

This is because Hairbag can't remember who is hurt

It will be even more interesting to see what they do with these two guys after the season. Could be some interesting horse-trading going on.

I like how they posted the same topic twice, just from different writers.

Ask Bledsoe and Maddox about that old maxim.

I hear Jeff George is available...

In college, when coach promised the kid he would get to play so the scouts can see him and he can maybe earn a pro contract, then the player doesn't lose his starting job due to injury. The NFL isn't college. Players lose their their starting job due to injury, whim, coach wanting to shake up the lineup, or whatever. That is (partly) why so many guys play hurt--they do not want coach to find out how good the backup is, 'cause coach may just like the other guy better.

Colin Keapernick is their Quarterback of the future. And the future is Sunday. Alex has never lived up to being drafted #1. Too much pressure being drafted so high. Better to be drafted in the 6th round. Right Tom Brady?

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Originally posted 10:25 AM ET  11.24 by Eagles in 2020

This is because Hairbag can't remember who is hurt

I'm not really sure Hairbag is so much an insult as it is just putting two words together.

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Originally posted 01:13 PM ET  11.24 by NFL ADDICT

Colin Keapernick is their Quarterback of the future. And the future is Sunday. Alex has never lived up to being drafted #1. Too much pressure being drafted so high. Better to be drafted in the 6th round. Right Tom Brady?

He might be the QB of the future, but it's hard to argue how Smith has perfomed under Harbaugh...19-5 I think is the number wins/loses. They're also going into a very hostile environment in the Sueprdome agaist a very hot SAints team. not exactly the best time to give Kaeps his 2nd start if Smith is healthy. Kaeps cooled off a lot in the 2nd half last week, and the Saints have a little bit of film on him now too. If Smith is healthy he's gotta be the guy. He showed against the Saints last year in the playoffs that he can run and gun to if you let him.

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Originally posted 02:51 PM ET  11.24 by stevieb

He might be the QB of the future, but it's hard to argue how Smith has perfomed under Harbaugh...19-5 I think is the number wins/loses. They're also going into a very hostile environment in the Sueprdome agaist a very hot SAints team. not exactly the best time to give Kaeps his 2nd start if Smith is healthy. Kaeps cooled off a lot in the 2nd half last week, and the Saints have a little bit of film on him now too. If Smith is healthy he's gotta be the guy. He showed against the Saints last year in the playoffs that he can run and gun to if you let him.

Good post.

How many team over the years have had the backup take over and perform significantly better? Steve young comes to mind. Tom Brady of course. Can't think of too many others who truly outperformed the incumbent.

Point number two is the Niners could probably win with any type of game manager QB which Smith is. Frank Gore and the best defense (defense and running) make it easy on them. Harbaugh may see Kaepernick as the future, but he gets paid to win games not play the guy with the best stats. Smith wins week in, week out and so if he's healthy than there is no reason to change a running system unless something is broken. Whats broken as long as SMith is healthy?

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Originally posted 01:13 PM ET  11.24 by NFL ADDICT

Colin Keapernick is their Quarterback of the future. And the future is Sunday. Alex has never lived up to being drafted #1. Too much pressure being drafted so high. Better to be drafted in the 6th round. Right Tom Brady?

smith did a great job and if not for 2 mishaps that had nothing to do with smith, the 49ers would have been in the super bowl instead of the giants. i do like CK's upside and the 49ers have the luxury of testing him one more time, resting smith and still have a fairly good shot of winning. you can't say the same thing with the steelers, eagles and chiefs...

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Originally posted 10:42 PM ET  11.24 by *BIERMON*

really cant argue with that and i cant stand the panty liners!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let's see brady & belichick win a super bowl post videogate

And the media wreathes in agony!! I guess that sells stuff!

Harbaugh is a bit of a tool, but is a very good football coach. If he cannot see that the 49ers are vastly better with Kaepernick, and have a much higher upside, then he will not be their coach for long.
Not to be unkind, but Alex Smith is essentially a "Wally Pipp" in waiting. The 49ers are much better off with Kaepernick. Nothing else matters. If the 49ers are going to be smart about their succession at QB, and I believe they will, it means that Kaepernick is the full time starter, and Alex Smith will be available for trade in the offseason.
No disrespect to Alex Smith either, but he has had so many opportunities, and is essentially a "game manager" or a "don't make a mistake" type of QB. Kaepernick has vastly greater upside. And this comment from a Cowboys fan. Why couldn't all this have been avoided by having the Cowboys draft Kaepernick? Oh well, hindsight is 20/20.

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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  11.24 by Debbie Does

It will be even more interesting to see what they do with these two guys after the season. Could be some interesting horse-trading going on.

No there will not. Alex Smith will be available for trade. Kaepernick will be the QB of the future for the 49ers. Nothing interesting about that.

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Originally posted 03:55 AM ET  11.25 by jr1966

Harbaugh is a bit of a tool, but is a very good football coach. If he cannot see that the 49ers are vastly better with Kaepernick, and have a much higher upside, then he will not be their coach for long. Not to be unkind, but Alex Smith is essentially a "Wally Pipp" in waiting. The 49ers are much better off with Kaepernick. Nothing else matters. If the 49ers are going to be smart about their succession at QB, and I believe they will, it means that Kaepernick is the full time starter, and Alex Smith will be available for trade in the offseason.No disrespect to Alex Smith either, but he has had so many opportunities, and is essentially a "game manager" or a "don't make a mistake" type of QB. Kaepernick has vastly greater upside. And this comment from a Cowboys fan. Why couldn't all this have been avoided by having the Cowboys draft Kaepernick? Oh well, hindsight is 20/20.

Kaepernick has started all of what, one game? Let's not pretend like we have a real good idea of how he's gonna play every week.

We do know, however, that with the oft-besmirched Alex Smith at QB the 49ers were a muffed punt away from representing the NFC in the Super Bowl.

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Originally posted 03:56 AM ET  11.25 by jr1966

No there will not. Alex Smith will be available for trade. Kaepernick will be the QB of the future for the 49ers. Nothing interesting about that.

Only if the people running the 49ers are as short sighted as some fans.

It's been one start. One.

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Originally posted 11:14 PM ET  11.24 by Center Ice

And the media wreathes in agony!! I guess that sells stuff!

Wreathes are christmas decorations.
The media writhes in agony.
What exactly is the media selling here?