I have steadily watched as your ability to argue these matters has descended into profane, disjointed rants. Your arguments are like weak coffee: It looks like coffee until you try to digest it, and then you realize it’s worthless.

Jon Gruden was talking about the spiral. Jon Gruden’s words about how a flying ball looks has nothing to do with where it goes, nor was he talking about that. Conceivably, the physics of such a throw when accurately placed should lead to an increased rate of completions, because defenders have less of an opportunity to react to the throw. If Kaepernick’s flying ball looks like one of the best in the NFL, why are Kaepernick’s completion rate and red zone offense together so pedestrian? Because he doesn’t read NFL defenses quickly enough and ends up throwing away the ball or scrambling too often. His numbers have steadily trended downward since his game against the Bears.

The worst thing about it is that when you account for defenses committing to stopping Gore, he is throwing against extremely soft defenses. As a result, he does get the big plays. On occasion. Not nearly as often as the team needs them if the change at quarterback is truly justified.

Enough of you, boy.

Does it matter how pretty the ball is when the completion percentage is down and the yards per carry is down? No, it doesn’t.

What the game tape that you claimed to watch so many times does show is that defenses are now challenging Kaepernick to win the game by throwing the ball.