SoulfishHawk":36819nyi said:
Just like how you can't admit that Krapsondick makes you nervous as a Niner fan, at least when it counts in the big games.
I thought this was an interesting post, so I went back and tried to determine (probably subjectively) how many "big games" Kap has started in his young career. I think it is fair so say he has played in 15 "big games."
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6 "big games" back in 2012: @ New Orleans (his 2nd career start following his amazing MNF performance against CHI), @ New England, @ Seattle, Green Bay (first playoff game), @ Atlanta (NFCCG), Baltimore (SB).
In those games, he was 4-2. He was 98/166 in pass completions and attempts (59% completion percentage). He threw 10 TDs and 5 INTs (2-1 TD/INT ratio). And he threw for 245 ypg.
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Last season, in 2013, he played 9 "big games": Green Bay (first game of the season), @ Seattle, Carolina, @ New Orleans, Seattle, @ Arizona (Arizona was coming off a win at the CLINK and was fighting for a playoff spot), @ Green Bay, @ Carolina, @ Seattle.
In those games, he was 5-4. He was 149/265 in pass completions and attempts (56.2% completion percentage). He threw 11 TDs and 9 INTs (1.22 TD/INT ratio). And he threw for 202 ypg.
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Just for the record, he is 12-2 in all other games ("non-big games" ).
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So, overall, he has been 9-6 in "big games."
He beat Tom Brady in Foxburough in December (first team to do so in almost a decade)-- he threw 4 TDs in that game. He out gunned Aaron Rodgers in his first ever playoff game. He came from behind in a 0-17 deficit against Atlanta in the 2012 NFCCG. He won 2 away playoffs games in the most recent playoffs.
I don't know how anyone could objectively say a fan of the 49ers should be nervous when Kap is in a "big game" situation. Sure, he lost in the SB. Sure, he lost in the NFCCG against your Seahawks.
But, in the end of the day, he has more clutch performances than chokes.
I get it. Kap isn't the best QB in the league. Hell, he might not even be in the top 5.
But the guy has only 1 full year of starting under his belt, and he has already shown the entire NFL that he can win in "big games."
So, no, Kap doesn't make me nervous. In fact, I have never and probably will never believe the 49ers are down and out when he is at the helm.