PROBLEMS

-A lot of those sacks are on him. He leaves clean pockets, holds the ball way too long, and refuses to throw the ball out of bounds. Compare him to Russell Wilson playing with arguably a worse O-line.

-He is not seeing open guys. His vision is extremely concerning.

-His accuracy has dropped for some reason. He is missing guys by ten feet at times. His first INT to Sherman in the Thanksgiving game was horrible. There are plenty of throws when as soon as he lets it go you know he's not connecting with his target.

-His running instincts are off. He forgoes opportunities to pick up first downs and sometimes runs when there's nothing there. You can see him second guess himself.

-The time clock management--which probably cost us the Super Bowl--is still awful.


REASONS TO BE OPTIMISTIC

-We know he is talented. We know he can make these throws. We know he has a good 3-4 years of elite speed left. He's just mentally shook right now.

-He is extremely durable. Sacked more than anybody this year and seems very healthy. Underrated quality.

-Our play design has gotten really stale. Very predictable routes and no danger of anybody going deep. You can see safetys and CBs just sitting and anticipating routes. That's on Harbaugh/Roman and not Kap.

-We now see how essential Vernon Davis was to this offense. He really was the piece that made it work. An excellent run blocker who can also torch you on a deep post. But this year he's is just terrible in all phases.

-He wants to win. You can tell he wants to win bad and will do what it takes in the off-seasons to improve his game.