By: Joe Lami

With the benching of quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers finally have a breath of fresh air in the locker room.  It seemed to work two weeks ago in the 17-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Blaine Gabbert was able to move the ball down the field with efficiency and ended up with 185 yards on 15 completions and most importantly two touchdowns, something that Kaep only did six times before the benching.

Granted that the opposition was the Falcons defense, Gabbert is proving himself that he is a solution for right now. He faces a mountain ahead of him this week by having to go into Seattle and face the Seahawks, something that Kaepernick was never able to conquer.

It’s well known that the 49ers season is over and at this point they are playing for pride, which makes one have to look towards the draft next year in 2016. They are still predicted to have a high pick and have many positions that need to be filled with it, especially at the offensive line.

With it seeming more and more likely that California quarterback Jarred Goff will be staying for his senior season at Berkeley, the 49ers won’t be able to take the quarterback that everyone is predicting they want. With this in mind, do the 49ers waste a pick on the best quarterback available or do they go ahead and fill in some of the holes in some much-needed areas.

If Gabbert can continue as a winning quarterback, he should stay at quarterback for San Francisco in 2016.  It can give the option to us pick to bolster the terrible offensive line in Santa Clara while waiting for a chance at their eventual savior in Goff.  The 49ers just need a QB that can deliver their receivers the ball. San Francisco has one of the best wide receiving cores in the NFL that just need someone that can get the ball in their hands to win ball games and it appears that Gabbert is enough to get that done.