Steve Young Discusses Timing of 49ers Announcing Colin Kaepernick as Starting QB

October 14, 2016   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

The San Francisco 49ers' 1-4 start has prompted changes under center, as the team decided to bench starting quarterback Blaine Gabbert in favor of Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday.
On Thursday, Niners legend and NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young said the move came too late, per KNBR's Kevin Jones:
It's a little unnerving. The whole we didn't want him to play until we could get this thing wrapped up. Like, we're in the middle of the season, we're trying to make things different. Change it. Get people back on track. And we can't play a guy who we think we probably should've played some, if not more already, but we don't want to because if he gets hurt then we have to pay him. And I'm like, come on. Let's get this going. So they finally get this done and now he's playing. That just feels awkward. I don't necessarily like it.
A dismal start to the 2015 season forced Kaepernick, who led the 49ers to Super Bowl XLVII, to the bench in favor of Gabbert in Week 9. Kaepernick threw for 1,6...

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