[Kaepernick]

Originally Posted by jd34

In that NFCC game Michael Crabtree was the only 49er WR that had ever started there before. The other WR was Brett Swain, an emergency waiver pick up from Green Bay that had only been with the team for a couple of weeks. NYG doubled Crabtree and effectively took him out of the game. Vernon Davis, though a very good deep threat for a TE, is a poor route runner so he was of little value due to the Giants doubling him with a LB and safety. The biggest weakness of that team was a lack of quality pass receivers. (As a witness to that fact, after that season, they signed a washed up Randy Moss who did nothing all year. They also signed Mario Manningham who had been the #3 receiver in NY, and they used their #1 pick for AJ Jenkins, who to this point has been a total disappointment. Because of the poor showing by Jenkins, they now have brought in Anquan Boldin to hopefully bring the WR corp up to competitive levels.)

Still, the 49er offense put up enough points so that lacking TWO Kyle Williams fumbles, would have gone to the SB.

You even mention Kyle Williams, WR, fumbling, but say that Crabtree was the only experienced WR the 49ers had.