Tomsula: Gabbert given no assurances beyond Seahawks game

Gabbert had not had a start since October 2013 before this November match-up; but luckily for the 49ers and all 49ers fans, Gabbert has been studying and been preparing for his chance to take over this offense since he came arrived in San Francisco.

“I don’t want to be a tight end that just stays in and blocks”, Celek said via Branch. “We wanted to rally around him and not think, ‘OK, the backup quarterback is our quarterback.’ We rallied around Blaine and he did a great job today to get us this win”. No big thing…. That’s not how it goes.

Tight end Garrett Celek caught two touchdown passes for the 49ers (3-6), and running back Shaun Draughn carried 16 times for 58 yards. “I mean, everybody tells you that, but that’s what we were trying to do”. We haven’t used this polling format in a while, but this seemed a good time to bring it back.

“When it gets into questions about comparing one thing to another or one person to another, I avoid it like the plague”, Harbaugh said, according to MLive.com. I love that they have that.

November 8, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, United States of America; Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) is upended by San Francisco 49ers strong safety Jaquiski Tartt (29) as cornerback Dontae Johnson (36) and free safety Eric Reid (35) look on during the third quarter at Levi’s Stadium.

Gabbert, playing in place of Colin Kaepernick, made his first start in more than two years in San Francisco’s 17-16 victory Sunday over the Atlanta Falcons. He threw a badly under-thrown ball in the fourth quarter that was picked and resulted in a field goal for the Falcons late in the game. “He put the ball where it needed to go on the field; the distribution of the ball was good”. “I felt like we were stopping them defensively and could do it again and go win that way”.

The 49ers (3-6) were then able to run out the clock to preserve the one-point victory. Overall, the 49ers rushed for 133 yards on 38 carries.

The Saints’ Marcus Murphy had three kick returns for a 27-yard average and three punt returns for a 7-yard average, but he also lost a fumble that set up a field goal in the first quarter.

Atlanta answered with a 78-yard, three-play touchdown drive capped by Ryan’s 17-yard scoring pass to Freeman with 13 seconds left in the half.

White, who only caught one pass for 20 yards Sunday, is being woefully under-utilized. He reached 1,000 receiving yards for the third time in his five National Football League seasons. His longest run of the game was for seven yards. Freeman wound up with eight catches for 67 yards and Jacob Tamme six receptions for 61 yards…. However, the Dan Quinn led Falcons losing games to the lowly Tamp Bay Buccaneers and the flailing San Francisco 49ers in consecutive weeks definitely raises concerns of whether or not this is the “same old Falcons!” Beasley lined up at right defensive end but covered McDonald man-to-man down the field.