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ArticleColin Kaepernick suggests the 49ers were tanking with Chip Kelly in 2016
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Kelly named Blaine Gabbert the starting quarterback over Kaepernick. On the surface, it may have seemed like Gabbert beat Kaepernick for the starting job. In reality, Kaepernick was still rehabbing and returning from injury.
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Kaepernick benched for Gabbert in 2016 despite injury rehab status; contract guarantees likely kept him sidelined.

Kaepernick was benched in favor of Blaine Gabbert under Chip Kelly in 2016, though Kaepernick was still rehabbing from injury at the time. Reports of injury guarantees on Kaepernick's contract led him to restructure and remove them; many speculate this was the real reason he stayed off the field rather than a genuine quarterback competition.

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