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Per Pro-football-reference.com, Gabbert has the second-worst quarterback rating in the NFL through five weeks.
He has never seemed like much of a fit for coach Chip Kelly’s offense nor really like an NFL quarterback since being drafted comically high (10th overall) by Jacksonville out of Missouri in 2011.
The athletic, strong-armed Kaepernick could be the prototype for Kelly, but he was slowed in the preseason by his recovery from multiple offseason surgeries.
He looked like a future star after taking over as the 49ers starter in 2012 but gradually regressed since, ultimately being benched last season.
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