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How Colin Kaepernick Lost the 49ers Quarterback Competition

Blaine Gabbert is going to be your starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and not Colin Kaepernick — the same QB who took the league by storm in 2012 and rode that wave of momentum all the way to Super Bowl XLVII.

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Oh, how the risers have fallen.

Kap’s demise from 2012 and 2013 isn’t a new story. And 2015 — the year in which he was benched for Gabbert — marked the former Nevada standout’s worst season in the NFL. This seemingly justified the thoughts Kaepernick’s ascendancy was a mere “flash in the pan.