Can Kaepernick Return to Glory?

  The San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, was named the starter going into week 6 by head coach Chip Kelly, after the team suffered another loss behind Blaine Gabbert. The 49ers just suffered a loss to the division opponents, Arizona Cardinals 33-21, dropping their record to 1-4 which is good enough for last place in a very tough NFC west division.

Colin Kaepernick on the QB change: Click here

Kaepernick has been the headline of the NFL media, thus far through the NFL season. Not because of his play, but because Kaepernick has started a civil, peaceful movement throughout the NFL that has had a lot of backlash that has come along with it; starting in the preseason, Kaepernick began to kneel during the National Anthem before every game so far this season. This protest has gotten a lot of media attention, both in a positive light and negative. However, the one thing that people haven't been talking about is the 49ers football. After beginning the season with Gabbert as the starter in San Francisco, they find themselves in somewhat of rough spot to compete for their division.  It was surprising, originally, because you would've expected Chip Kelly to want more of an athlete to run his offense. A quarterback like Kaepernick you would think is the ideal fit, with his dual-threat capability to run and pass.

Kaepernick will be making his first start since November 1, 2015. It was originally said that he was benched due to a "bad shoulder", according to former head coach Jim Tomsula.

Through the first five weeks of the season, the 49ers rank near the bottom [26th] in yards per game, second-to-last in passing yards per game, they also are ranked towards the bottom in 3rd-down percentage [20th]. ... On the season, Gabbert has only 890 yards passing with 5 touchdowns, 6 interceptions and  impressively has over 100 yards rushing and 2 rushing touchdowns.  ... They currently have the third fewest passing yards on the season, only the Bills and Packers have fewer; Gabbert has only surpassed the two-hundred-yard mark, through the air, in one game this season.

San Francisco are obviously light-years away from the Super-Bowl-hopeful team that they were just a few years ago, even though it feels like decades, under former-head coach Jim Harbaugh. However, maybe Colin Kaepernick can show that he is still a serious threat at quarterback, and could possibly help turn things around and even make the 'Chip Kelly offense' a respectable thing again.

San Francisco travels to Buffalo to take on the Bills Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.