2043408, Agree with all of this Posted by OldPro, Mon Oct-01-12 03:51 PM
>with the deep game when they do call for it... yet. > >he's not exactly mr. check-down anymore like we saw the >previous three seasons, but he's ignored his fair share of >seam/nine routes to anyone not named vernon davis. > >old habits are hard to break. my personal feeling is >kaepernick's higher up in harbaugh's hip pocket than people >think. > >but it's early in the season, so lemme sit back down.
No you are raising some valid points. I'm a little concerned too... not so much with his unwillingness to go down field but rather his accuracy when he does take the shots. I mean I'm not expecting him to be Drew Brees right now but he's shown improvement in every area over the last year, so I expected the same progress would come along in the deep passing game too. I said last week it was too early to worry about this type of shit... but honestly the Jets game has me reevaluating that. He missed Randy for a TD last week but this Sunday was worse imo. I counted at least 3 potential big plays where he either missed his target or checked it down instead. As you said, maybe old habits die hard but I need to see growth in this area... and I need to see it soon. Alex tends to be more comfortable throwing the ball at home so let's revisit this after the upcoming 3 game home stand.
But yeah man I'm seeing it pretty much the same way you are.
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