Post Dispatch-Tipsheet

Excerpt from

Chris Burke, SI.com:

This is the reality: Two years removed from their last NFC Championship Game visit, the 49ers may be as far from competing for a title as any team in the league. That quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, will reportedly be benched this week for Blaine Gabbert, who hasn’t started a game since 2013 and hasn’t won in three years. The 49ers punted on their season, and on Kaepernick’s future with the team, by making that decision."