It is interesting - I mean Kaep did throw the pass short. It needed to be a foot or so higher/longer.
I can see people contesting Kaep's silly "scared" comments, or other stuff like that - but the one thing he said that's true shouldn't bother anyone. The game was tight, SF drove down the field and almost won it. Is this "news" to some? That SF almost won the game?
I think Kaep and Sherman are of the same cloth when it comes to saying/doing silly things. I think it's silly to think Kaep wouldn't fight back (verbally).
In fact, I like it. When these teams meet next year it'll be a heck of a game (again) with real emotions flowing (again).
One thing about Kaep speaking up on Sherman, aside from the humor in pointing out the need for 12 inches, was that he actually took the spotlight off of Sherman by admitting he was the goat. The way to call out someone is not by resorting to "if only" scenarios, hypotheticals and fantasies... or pointing to your own shortcomings. Sherman had done Kaepernick a huge favor by taking the spotlight of off his wretched 4th quarter. The rest was just some ridiculous projection.
They really don't appear to be cut from similar cloth at all.
I guess that's where we differ. I don't think his play was wretched. I thought he did a great job of driving his team down the field and and giving his team a chance, ultimately coming about a foot short on the pass. I like the fact that he admitted it was on him.
I didn't like the stupid "scared" comments, or stuff like that. I also don't think Sherman did Kaep a favor by giving him the choke sign out of the blue. I would never call that a "favor". I know what you mean - in the media it shifted the spotlight, but I'd still be sour about it if I was Kaep or the 49'ers team as a whole.
I think they are both young, talented, brash, sometimes-talk-too-much guys.
Kaepernick was 7 of 12 for 70 yards with 0 TDs, 2 interceptions, one fumble and a crucial delay of game (the play immediately preceding the Chancellor pick) in the 4th quarter. According to FBG's
passer rating calculator that equates to a 5.6 (though I get a slightly higher number doing it manually).
He also had 10 yards running, so maybe his QBR gets a modest relative bump (but QBR does a poor job of measuring QB passing efficiency and is more subjective than passer rating). On the other hand, QBR does take the fumble into account, so I doubt his QBR would reflect good play. Either way, that's a horrible effort. Most San Francisco media I read or listened to viewed it as such, and some have pointed to Kaepernick's season long struggles in the 4th quarter.
