San Francisco 49ers News

Colin Kaepernick threw dozens of passes on the side during the 49ers’ joint practice Thursday with the Denver Broncos, signaling the quarterback’s return from a sore passing shoulder.

Colin Kaepernick’s arm injury will keep him out of the 49ers’ second preseason game Saturday against the Broncos in Denver, Chip Kelly revealed Thursday morning.

Our football team may down in the ditch, but at least the Bay Area knows the sport in-and-out.

Trent Baalke addressed Colin Kaepernick’s status with reporters in Denver. He wasn’t’ interesting in rehashing why the 49ers were careless with their QB’s health and continued to downplay the severity of the injury.

That’s now one week without a pass from Kaepernick, and we have a medical who source who says it could take another week to properly heal.

Oh, have the mighty have fallen. The 49ers rapid demise from contender to basement dweller is unprecedented. The other teams sitting above the 49ers are used to be the worst teams in the league.

Blaine Gabbert has the upper hand to win the 49ers’ Week 1 starting quarterback job. It’s unclear if he realizes it’s a losing proposition, though.

Trent Baalke, who’s been with the 49ers since 2005 and served as GM since 2011, doesn’t talk with the media very often, which makes his recent comments very interesting.

San Francisco still has, at a minimum, nine undecided positional battles. Let’s take a look at all of them before a big week in Denver.

The 28-year-old will fill in for Thad Lewis’ role, make the trip with the 49ers to Denver.