http://www.the49ersfootballauthentic.com/kyle-juszczyk-jersey-authentic , the San Francisco 49ers defense has fared all right early this season.When it comes to generating the game-changing takeaways that so often determine who wins in the NFL, no team has been worse so far.There are many reasons why the 49ers are off to such a disappointing start with one win through five games, with the season-ending knee injury to quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo the most notable.But a defense that has generated a league-low three takeaways for the fewest total for the franchise after five games since 1977 is a major reason why."We just have to find a way, that's all it comes down to," cornerback Richard Sherman said. "Takeaways are kind of more of a ball bounces your way, you get tips sometimes. Last week, we limited them pretty good. We have to be more violent in tackling and can't miss when the quarterback throws into coverage."Turnovers often come because of the pass rush and the 49ers have struggled there with no consistent edge rusher. They rank in the bottom half of the league in both sacks and quarterback pressures despite allowing the ninth fewest yards per play at 5.31.The only takeaways so far this season have come when Sherman recovered a fumble in the opener at Minnesota, Cassius Marsh recovered one after a strip sack by Elijah Lee against Detroit in Week 2 and Antone Exum had a pick-six on the third play from scrimmage two weeks ago against the Chargers.The team has generated no turnovers in the 113 plays on defense since then."We've had our opportunities this year," defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said. "There's an old cliche saying that, 'Catch the ones that are thrown to you.' We've had our opportunities, especially early in the year where I think we've dropped about three or four interceptions this year. We've gotten the ball out. We're taking shots at the ball. There's great intent. Takeaways come in bunches, they do. ... I know it's a result-oriented business, but the result is a product of the process that you go through within every play, within every day. If we keep attacking the ball the way we have and the D-Line keeps pressing the pocket and getting after the quarterback, I'm very confident that eventually they'll come."Trying too hard for turnovers can back fire, however. On the first play of a loss to Arizona last week http://www.49erscheapstore.com/kyle-juszczyk-jersey-cheap , free safety Adrian Colbert jumped up in coverage anticipating a throw over the middle to Larry Fitzgerald.Instead, Cardinals rookie Josh Rosen targeted Christian Kirk deep and the play turned into a 75-yard touchdown because cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon didn't have the deep help he expected from Colbert on the play.The Cardinals gained just 145 yards the rest of the game but it proved to be enough in a 28-18 victory, especially because the defense provided no short fields for the offense, which began each of its 13 drives inside San Francisco's 40-yard line."When people feel like they need to do more than what they're being asked to do, that's when bad things actually happen," Saleh said. "Right now, that first play, and A.C. will tell you, he'd love to have that play back, but the way they responded after that play and the way they came out and played and executed the defense all the way through, I thought was really good on their part to remain composed and to continue to fight all the way through the game."Why the 49ers won’t look at Colin Kaepernick The San Francisco 49ers worked out a number of quarterbacks in wake of the Jimmy Garoppolo season-ending knee injury. For now, C.J. Beathard will be in the driver’s seat for 2018 barring absolute disaster, but Nick Mullens is behind him, and anyone who can man the backup job may be an improvement. One of the more notable names not on the list of invites was Colin Kaepernick. Of course this brought back the questions (and debates) that this was part of some of the more wider issues keeping him out of the league. So the 49ers are part of this madness with the league colluding and it’s an anti-Kap stance right? Not so fast. His skillset is not a fit in Kyle Shanahan’s offenseGo back and watch the tape of Jimmy Garoppolo. Watch how he stays in the pocket, sometimes where it’s not to his benefit. Shanahan’s offense is predicated on pocket passing and accuracy. Two things when said together Kaepernick has never been able to do well with consistency. Has Kaepernick had good games staying in the pocket? Yes, but more often than not Youth Jaquiski Tartt Jersey ,Kaepernick’s accuracy suffered when he was contained in the pocket. Kaepernick’s threat is a a couple reads and then taking off which gashed defenses. The roll outs he did were absolute killers as well. I don’t think there’s a better quarterback who throws (or threw) rolling out. This made him a great fit for Seattle’s offense, or whatever they ran a year ago. Kaepernick is also a huge threat with the read option. He has the uncanny ability to fool everyone in the stadium (including the person operating the camera) on if he handed it off or kept it. Shanahan has respect for the read option and thinks it’s a valuable part of any NFL offense, but he doesn’t rely on it near as much as Kaepernick may need it. That’s a valuable skill that just won’t be taken advantage of if he runs Shanahan’s offense. Creating an offense to highlight Kaepernick’s skills stunts the growth of the rest of the offenseWhen Kaepernick took over for Alex Smith in 2012, the 49ers’ playbook transformed. No longer were they relying on short/intermediate throws and a power run game, instead they implemented the pistol formation—something Kaepernick was comfortable with from his college days in Nevada. From the pistol, the 49ers then went to other more traditional formations, but the read option was Kaepernick’s bread and butter and they outright embarrassed the Green Bay Packers by running it. There were two reasons for this: the built offense was something to help Kaepernick be comfortable as he transitioned into more of a pocket passer and got more familiar with the NFL level (which resulted in the opposite effect), and it was also seen at the time as the evolution of the NFL game. Before becoming the starter, Kaepernick ran the ‘Kaepernick package’ exclusively, which was where the 49ers pulled Smith for a down and used Kaepernick’s legs. The 49ers thought long-term and knew that Kaepernick was the answer, as was running the read option into other formations, so they changed the offense on the fly to have this package the focal point. It was used less in later years, but the plays used instead required little diagnosing of defensive coverages (a known weakness, and something crucial with the current offense). Since it takes longer than a year for someone to get acclimated as a QB at the NFL level, it may have made the decision easier since Kaepernick would be running this offense for longer than 13 games. Kaepernick is not the future in San Francisco anymore. To take advantage of what he brings to the table would require re-tooling Shanahan’s offense for 13 games — which means everyone will be going to the Kaepernick offense. That’s all fine and good, except the team is very young and in a developmental season. Shanahan wants consistency in his offense. He doesn’t want them playing an offense to be discarded at season’s end. He wants reps in the Jimmy Garoppolo Youth Alfred Morris Jersey , pocket passing, traditional west coast offense. And those second year players are getting further immersed in the intricacies of it. Remember, this is one of the harder offenses in the league, but once mastered it’s devastating—just ask the Atlanta Falcons. Putting Kaepernick in there means those reps turn into something else and for the age of this team, reps in the offense they will be running for years to come is far more important than reps just to win. It’s putting the players in a position to succeed long-term.Shanahan’s offense is hard enough to learn as it is, might as well focus on that than change everything. The 49ers are not in win-now mode, nor do they have a quarterback of the future they want to get playing time or evaluate. Changing everything hurts the future of what they have around the quarterback—and who would be sticking around at season’s end. And if they decided to run Shanahan’s offense—no adjustments, just what are they going to run with Kaepernick coming in without a training camp? So now everyone is held back as they play a stripped down playbook with what they can teach Kaepernick in a short amount of time, which, again stunts the growth of a team developing in a specific mold. If Kaepernick did not opt out, he would have been cutWhen John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan took over, they had a sit-down with Kaepernick. The two were very transparent about their plans and Shanahan’s desire to run an offense similar to the one he ran in Atlanta. It led to Kaepernick opting out of his contract, but had he not done so, he would have been cut according to reports. So what does the past have to do with anything? Well, if you were given an ultimatum to resign from your job or be fired—and you had an option to return two years later, would you be jumping up and down? I doubt it. Despite the fact that Trent Baalke is gone Cheap Solomon Thomas Jersey , as are a lot of the front office members who gave Kaepernick all the headaches post-Harbaugh, Paraag Marathe remains—and he has fingerprints on that team-friendly deal Kaepernick got in the first place. While there has been no documented beef between the two, it’s been reported Marathe was never much of a Kaepernick fan.Now, it’s probably a given Marathe isn’t whispering in anyone’s ears to keep Kaepernick out but given all the history between the 49ers and Kaepernick, would that make sense to bring him back after all of that? And there may be others in the front office as well. No, this has nothing to do with his protestingThe 49ers are not denying Kaepernick because of his protesting. Could he be a distraction? Given his history, status with the fanbase, and Beathard’s uninspiring rookie campaign, it’s possible, but it’s so there’s not a divide in the locker room over him starting or something along those lines, if you want to take it there. The fact he could kneel during the Anthem has nothing to do with that distraction. Remember, the 49ers were nothing but supportive of Kaepernick’s protest then and now. 49ers owner Jed York publicly said he abstained from voting against any Anthem regulations choosing instead to hear more from his players. York also mocked the whole thing in a way by closing down concessions when the Anthem plays. The 49ers have also matched Kaepernick’s many contributions to organizations fighting inequality. Point is, of the 32 teams in the NFL using“football reasons” as an excuse to not sign Kaepernick due to some larger issue, the 49ers are one where that statement could potentially be sincere.