I don't believe Alex will survive the full 16 games as his health history dictates.

He had 2 injuries early in his career. Shoulder related. He hasn't had that problem in years. Rocky Bernard a 300 lb. + guy fell on his shoulder. It was never fully healed. And he reinjured it the next season. There were complications with the repair and healing which did not go well. Thus a similar injury the next season but not exactly the same.

The concussion last year? LOL. That can happen to anybody. He was replaced by Kaepernick because Kaepernick is better. He could play fine last year if they wanted him to. But they didn't want him to. He's been mostly healthy the past few years.

A concussion ( cerebral contusion) opens the door for more problems in the future because that never injury never heals totally, and he only started 80 games in his 8 year career.

He missed almost 2 entire seasons with the same shoulder injury that did not heal.

He's had a 6 YEAR CAREER.

I watched every game of his career. I'm a 49ers fan. I know everything about his history.

He doesn't have concussion issues. I haven't seen him get knocked out of many games that way. He was fine last year to play. Kaepernick was just better. Thus the switch.

He's healthy 2011 and 2012. One game with a concussion in 2012. So what? He could play out the season if they wanted him to. Kaepernick was better. That's the reason for the change. Not his head which was fine. Cleared to play.

Ummmm are you in denial? He is going into his 9th season.

What I'm saying is he really played 6. His shoulder was injured, not properly repaired, he wasn't fully healed the proper way, thus the re injury the very next season. Thus 2 missed years. I don't blame the guy for not being properly fixed up. That's a failure of medical and training staff IMO.

Thus -2 years in playing time = 6 played.

This year didn't start so we are not at 9.

He's fine in 2011 and 2012. He played plenty in those years.

Again it never fully heals. If he gets rocked again that involves severe head contact the chances are he's going to have another.Then he may suffer CTE symptoms in the future.

Dumb.

He was also both injured and benched both 11 and 12. Par for the course for your boy.

This goes for every other player whose had a concussion.

This shit isn't exclusive to Alex, but you keep posting like it is.

Every other player isn't starting at qb here.

But we are talking about Alex.

No shit it's like that for everyone, and Alex has one already. He could get Aikmaned or Chris Chandler real easy with a hard enough hit.

He should be fine. Any player in the NFL probably has 6 - 8 concussions that they never told anybody about. Got their bell rung and went back in and didn't tell the trainers. Any player could be knocked out for that at any time.

I think you are making way too big of a deal out of this. Alex has not had big concussion issues over the course of his career. 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 he played pretty well and was mostly healthy overall.

He was cleared in 2012. Kaepernick was just better. He could play out the season and playoffs and Super Bowl if they needed him. You make it seem like the injury took him out of the season. That's simply not the case. Kaepernick was better. It's not related to the injury. He could play 2012 if they wanted him to.

Geno gained on Alex tonight simply by not playing.

Alice Smiff ****in' sucks. Getting exposed by the Niners' backups, really?