49ers trade for gabbert

[shaunovery]

Please what are they doing

[DrStale]

For a 6th round pick, why not?

[d2bets]

For a 6th round pick, why not?

Because Gabbert is horrible. They could draft a better QB in the 6th round for cheaper.

[Vegas39]

Because Gabbert is horrible. They could draft a better QB in the 6th round for cheaper.

49ers QB Colin Kaepernick is scheduled to make $1.1 million in 2014.
His new backup, Blaine Gabbert, is scheduled to make $2.01 million.

[DrStale]

Because Gabbert is horrible. They could draft a better QB in the 6th round for cheaper.

More than likely he doesn't pan out, but I dont think it's any more likely a random 6th round QB does. Gabbert was forced to start on a terrible team, rarely a recipe for success. If he'd been given time to develop who knows. Maybe the Niners can reset the clock and he can be serviceable with a decent squad around him.

[iifold]

Is the coach sabotaging the GM or GM sabotaging the coach...

Nobody in their right mind would trade for this guy...

[King Mayan]

[iifold]

Jags GM has already locked up Executive of the Year!!!

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Gabbert wont be kaep's backup.

Gabbert will be Colt McCoy's backup.

Niners overpaid here.

[Sam Odom]

He is cute... remember it is San Francisco

[ShogunRua]

Not a good move. Even for a backup qb, Gabbert is not a good selection. Jags won here.

[Eddy Munny]

More than likely he doesn't pan out, but I dont think it's any more likely a random 6th round QB does. Gabbert was forced to start on a terrible team, rarely a recipe for success. If he'd been given time to develop who knows. Maybe the Niners can reset the clock and he can be serviceable with a decent squad around him.

I tend to agree with this. Gabbert was thrown into the fire and expected to buoy a pitiful team. Few guys would thrive under those circumstances. Give him a change of scenery and who knows? 6th round picks are a crapshoot anyways. Matt Cassel looked pretty good in a Pats uniform under coach Belichick, not so much as a Chief/Viking.

[EmpireMaker]

Jags won BIG here

[Eddy Munny]

Jags won BIG here

Oh YEAH...... fvkkin huge!! Probably deal of the century. I bet the Jags are gonna snag another Tom Brady this year in the 6th and the rest will be history.

[SEAHAWKHARRY]

Sea....hawks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr KLC]

Maybe they see the reincarnation of Steve Young from Tampa Bay.

[byronbb]

He's 6'4 240. Jags were a disaster for a young QB. 49ers might think he can be bought, improved, and sold, or replace the Kaep in 10 years.

[Sam Odom]

Kap has thin legs... could snap like a twig anytime

[Unwritten Law]

bad move for 49ers. first they pretty much swapped Whitner for Bethea and now Garbage trade? Seahawks will own them again.

[Stompin_Tom]

maybe harbaughs ego is so big that he thinks he can make even gabbert a serviceable game manager? he is pretty damn good with qbs. my only guess.

[Big Bear]

Please what are they doing

rounding up all the gays.

[slacker00]

maybe harbaughs ego is so big that he thinks he can make even gabbert a serviceable game manager? he is pretty damn good with qbs. my only guess.

Harbaugh did help bring Alex Smith back from the brink of "bust". CK probably owes JH a lot of credit too.