Admittedly I didn't watch any games this year. So I can't comment on mere stat lines.
The game is more intricate than that.
But the article goes deep into all of that.
Final 5 games
http://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2...lin-kaepernicks-final-five-games-in-2016/amp/
Touchdown Wire
Comparing Jimmy Garoppolo's 2017 to Colin Kaepernick's final five games in 2016
It’s not that there aren’t plenty of reasons to believe that Garoppolo is great, however it’s definitely not his production on the field that separates him — because Colin Kaepernick was just as good, if not a little better, in his last five full games for the 49ers.
Colin Kaepernick last five full games on 2016:
It’s exciting to watch, especially when you look to the north and see Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll and to the south to see Jared Goff and Sean McVay. Add Garoppolo and Kyle Shanahan into the mix, and all of the sudden the NFC West is the most exciting division in football again.
Still, there are a few qualifiers worth making if we’re to assess these quarterbacks and their situations as objectively as possible.
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Garoppolo entered those games with no pressure to save the team or their season. Essentially, all of his starts were in garbage time. Meanwhile, Kaepernick was playing under immense stress brought on by the scrutiny of a nation full of people who all seemed to have an opinion about the kind of football player he was, the kind of person he was and the kind of American he was.
He was already realizing his time in San Francisco was coming to an end. After all, Kaepernick had watched that very franchise give up on a 44-19-1 head coach who’d led the team to a Super Bowl two seasons prior. If Jim Harbaugh hadn’t been worth their time and aggravation, by the end of last season, Kaep would’ve been crazy to think he would be.
Those were the circumstances he was dealing with – one of the most toxic environments in the NFL – when he put together 9 passing touchdowns to 2 interceptions in his final five games.
If Kaepernick had played his last two NFL seasons under a decent head coach rather than Jim Tomsula (now a defensive line coach in Washington) and Chip Kelly (now back in college football where he belongs), would he have been able to win those five games against the Bears, Texans, Titans, Jaguars and the Rams’ backups? Of course he could have. The evidence is all there.
When the team and the coaching was great, so was Kaepernick. And when the team had given up on him and on themselves, he was still pretty damned good. It’s insulting to pretend like the 49ers were the Browns or the Texans, suffering mercilessly while bad quarterbacks cycled through their starting lineup like the world’s crappiest parade. They needed better general managing and a real head coach, not a new QB.
I’m as happy as anyone to see Garoppolo succeed, and by all accounts, he deserves it — but so did Colin Kaepernick.
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The game is more intricate than that.
But the article goes deep into all of that.
Final 5 games
http://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2...lin-kaepernicks-final-five-games-in-2016/amp/
Touchdown Wire
Comparing Jimmy Garoppolo's 2017 to Colin Kaepernick's final five games in 2016
- By Tanya Ray Fox | January 1, 2018 2:08 pm ET
It’s not that there aren’t plenty of reasons to believe that Garoppolo is great, however it’s definitely not his production on the field that separates him — because Colin Kaepernick was just as good, if not a little better, in his last five full games for the 49ers.
Colin Kaepernick last five full games on 2016:
- 64.6 completion percentage on 164 attempts
- 1,093 passing yards for 9 TD, 2 INT and passer rating of 96.9
- 27 rushes for 188 yards and 1 TD
- 67.1 completion percentage on 176 attempts
- 1,542 passing yards for 6 TD, 5 INT and passer rating of 94.0
- 14 rushes for 7 yards and 1 TD
It’s exciting to watch, especially when you look to the north and see Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll and to the south to see Jared Goff and Sean McVay. Add Garoppolo and Kyle Shanahan into the mix, and all of the sudden the NFC West is the most exciting division in football again.
Still, there are a few qualifiers worth making if we’re to assess these quarterbacks and their situations as objectively as possible.
Video of Jimmy Garoppolo going full Tom Brady has NFL fans so excited
Garoppolo entered those games with no pressure to save the team or their season. Essentially, all of his starts were in garbage time. Meanwhile, Kaepernick was playing under immense stress brought on by the scrutiny of a nation full of people who all seemed to have an opinion about the kind of football player he was, the kind of person he was and the kind of American he was.
He was already realizing his time in San Francisco was coming to an end. After all, Kaepernick had watched that very franchise give up on a 44-19-1 head coach who’d led the team to a Super Bowl two seasons prior. If Jim Harbaugh hadn’t been worth their time and aggravation, by the end of last season, Kaep would’ve been crazy to think he would be.
Those were the circumstances he was dealing with – one of the most toxic environments in the NFL – when he put together 9 passing touchdowns to 2 interceptions in his final five games.
If Kaepernick had played his last two NFL seasons under a decent head coach rather than Jim Tomsula (now a defensive line coach in Washington) and Chip Kelly (now back in college football where he belongs), would he have been able to win those five games against the Bears, Texans, Titans, Jaguars and the Rams’ backups? Of course he could have. The evidence is all there.
When the team and the coaching was great, so was Kaepernick. And when the team had given up on him and on themselves, he was still pretty damned good. It’s insulting to pretend like the 49ers were the Browns or the Texans, suffering mercilessly while bad quarterbacks cycled through their starting lineup like the world’s crappiest parade. They needed better general managing and a real head coach, not a new QB.
I’m as happy as anyone to see Garoppolo succeed, and by all accounts, he deserves it — but so did Colin Kaepernick.
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