Colt McCoy named Colin Kaepernick’s backup despite uneven performance for 49ers ~ Chargerswidereceiver

wpid USATSI7400004 (USA In the present day Sports activities Photos) Colt McCoy hoped to play well within the 49ers’ preseason game against the Vikings Sunday night for certainly one of two causes. He both wanted to prove that he deserved to be on the roster, or perhaps increase his commerce value to a team that truly desires him.

McCoy appeared on the surface to have failed at each. But seems to be can be deceiving. Despite a sub-par efficiency, McCoy apparently has won the backup job. So said head coach Jim Harbaugh after the game.

Rumors had whirled prior to the sport about McCoy’s future in San Francisco after the 49ers added Seneca Wallace, their fifth quarterback, to the roster. However the first a part of Branch’s tweet — the half about McCoy restructuring his deal — likely helped agency up McCoy staying in San Fran.

After Colin Kaepernick’s night time was carried out against the Vikings, McCoy entered midway through the second quarter and truly acquired right into a rhythm, hitting a couple of excessive-share passes and escaping heavy stress just a few times. However Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway hoodwinked McCoy by faking a blitz and dropping into protection, snagging his fifth pass of the game and intercepting it.

The 49ers gave the impression to be calling a fairly vanilla sport with a whole lot of protected passes for McCoy, maybe wanting to spice up his confidence — and, simultaneously, his trade worth. Although he completed 11-for-15 passing, he threw for less than 109 yards (with a number of of these coming after the catch) and was sacked as soon as. McCoy’s finest throw of the evening was a pleasant contact cross downfield for 19 yards to new receiver Jon Baldwin.

Now what happens to the opposite quarterbacks on the roster? Seventh-rounder B.J. Daniels changed McCoy and continued his stable play this summer; he seems to be a greener version of Kaepernick, perhaps without the “wow” traits. And whither Wallace? Might the 49ers think about preserving four quarterbacks considering that Wallace also has flexibility as a receiver? (Sorry, Scott Tolzien. We’re counting you out right here.)

With the previous Heisman runner-up and national champion at Texas apparently assured of a roster spot, there’s some real intrigue about what the 49ers will do. Yes, one of the hallmarks of this 49ers regime is knowing when to turn the web page. They dumped 2012 first-rounder A.J. Jenkins in a deal for Baldwin. But after buying and selling two draft picks (a fifth and a seventh) for McCoy and a sixth-rounder, the 49ers apparently need to hold him around a little bit longer.