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Originally Posted by Messier
I have wondered this since last year, even before I knew Smith was coming here. If Smith hadn't have gotten injured, would JH have replaced him anyway? It would've been difficult, Smith and the team seemed to be rolling along. Would Smith have stayed the starter the whole season baring a big collapse?
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Impossible to say.
All I know is that Kaepernick was superhuman in practices. Harbaugh was chomping at the bit to see if that translated to actual game play and was looking for
ANY opportunity to play Kaepernick beyond the 5-10 WildKeap plays he was playing each game.
Kaepernick played lights out vs. Bears on Monday Night Football, and the rest is history.
So nobody knows if Alex would have remained starter for the duration of 2012. The Offensive Coordinator stated they had no plan to start Kaepernick pre-Alex concussion. I don't believe anything these guys say in public without a reality check, and even then who is to say they couldn't change their minds?
I remain convinced that Harbaugh would have used any pretext at all to start Kaepernick. The concussion just proved to be a timely excuse.