Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers
There are no positive words one can use to describe the putrescence that was Kaepernick’s Week 3 performance. To be fair, he did fairly well in the first two games of the season. However, he wasn’t asked to do hardly anything in Week 1 against Minnesota and did almost all his damage in the second half against Pittsburgh when the Steelers had already put the game away.
For the season, Kaepernick has passed for 567 yards (No. 28 in the league) with just two touchdowns and four interceptions — all of which came against Arizona in Week 3.
Given the nature of his current contract with the 49ers — it’s essentially a year-to-year deal — there is no doubt Kaepernick is playing for his job this year. It’s going to take a few more horrible starts for San Francisco to consider benching him in favor of Blaine Gabbert during the season, but nobody should be surprised to see Kaepernick gone next year if he continues to regress.