Two players showed up today. Ahmad Brooks and Frank Gore. Brooks was simply amazing today. Gore was good, but didnt get the ball enough to really make a serious impact on this game.
Kaepernick was horrible. This, to me, was his worst game as a starter. He was sacked six times today, but most of which were his own fault. A couple times he held on to the ball way too long, and two times he had blitzers coming directly into his face, but somehow he didnt notice them in spite of them taking forever to develop. It absolutely disgusts me to say this, but Kaepernick looked like Alex Smith today, and did the EXACT same things that Alex Smith did that drove us all nuts. (Not seeing open receivers, holding the ball too long, not stepping up in the pocket, throwing inaccurately, not seeing free rushers rushing in his face, holding the ball too long, terrible on third down, etc.).
The offensive line was awful. Not just in pass protection. Two times we had a third amd 1 and Gore was met by defensive linemen in the backfield. Both of those plays totally set the tone for the game. Frank had a nice average, but when we really needed the line to run block, it couldnt.
People are going to look at 10 points given up and think our D was lights out. I dont believe our D as a whole played nearly as well as given credit for. We couldnt get off the field on third down. The Panthers had some huge drops that would have not only continued drives, but likely would have lead to more points.
Overall, very disappointing loss. But its just one game. Sky isnt falling. Hope Reid and Vern get healthy fast. Another big game next weekend.
