Quote:You can be a decent general manager and find your Quarterback but miss out in the coaching department. A few examples would be Atlanta with Matt Ryan and Alex Smith during his time in San Francisco. Again, you'd think the way this kid is getting his teeth kicked in by these armchair talent scouts that he's been our Quarterback longer than Byron Leftwich or has the pocket awareness of Blaine Gabbert and the courage of a cowardly Lion. He's just now coming off his 32nd career start in year three under two different offensive coordinators. I'd like to hope and think that Khan learned from Weaver's mistakes with Gene Smith and the Jack Del Rio / Mike Mularkey debacle. Caldwell needs to remain intact. And he needs to hire a coaching staff who can work with Bortles and correct the running game and overall offensive lineman play. This is why I keep saying we need a coach like Jim Harbaugh. Someone who has shown he can win with two different Quarterbacks during his tenure with the 49ers. I just don't know any other coach out there that's capable of that. 

 

Now, what Caldwell could do. And I think it's a valid and viable option. In 2017 going into training camp with a new coaching staff. I think you give that staff the benefit of the doubt and you tell them. "Look, I really want you to give my guy a shot first, but, I will look into investing either a decent amount of cap space in a possible replacement through free agency or at least invest a 2ND or 3RD selection on a guy that could challenge him this year and into 2018 if needed". I think that's very fair. And I also think it's the safest route to take. It's panned out for teams like Philadelphia and Washington. You're seeing it now pay off for other teams like Dallas and New England. There's nothing wrong with investing a high end selection on a back-up QB with the potential to take the spotlight over or flip him to another football team that's desperate down the road. 

 

But before all of that. I want to see this running game improve. And I want to see the blocking improve up front before we completely abandon and give up on Bortles like we did with Gabbert. I don't get that same feeling of despair with Caldwell and Bortles like I did with Smith and Gabbert. Two completely different circumstances. 

 

I like David Caldwell, and was probably a bit to "harsh" in my original post, I think he's doing a fine job bringing in talent. I just hope he's honest and unbiased in his assessment of Blake moving forward, after-all Bortles is his "handpicked" QB, and GM's tend to give "their guys" (for better or worse) as much time as possible, I understand that line of reasoning. I just have long-term concerns about Blake's abilities moving forward, his throwing motion is horrendous, his ball placement is inconsistent, and his accuracy is simply not good enough to be a consistent QB at this level. He's playing with one of the better supporting casts at the skill position, and has struggled mightily against 2 bad pass defenses in San Diego & Baltimore, he played ok against Green Bay but missed several passes & reads in that game, i watched Matthew Stafford (an underrated passer btw) light up Green Bay this past Sunday, with a lesser supporting cast. The Jaguars can't run the ball but there are a lot of teams that can't run the ball right now, the Lions run game is practically non-existent, the lack of a running game is not an excuse for Blakes horrendous play so far, he misses (often) on easy throws and struggles to read defenses. That has nothing to do with the lack of a running game

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