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  • NO Coaching Staff #16
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    Saints hired Scott Tolzien as the team’s quarterbacks coach.
    Tolzien, 37, who played quarterback in the NFL from 2013 to 2017, will join Kellen Moore’s staff in New Orleans. Tolzien was on the Dallas coaching staff with Moore two years ago. In New Orleans, Tolzien will work with Derek Carr to implement Moore’s offense after Moore led the Eagles offense to a productive season that ended with a Super Bowl championship. The Saints also added RB coach Joel Thomas, formerly of the Giants, to the coaching staff.
  • FA Quarterback
    Coach Jim Harbaugh clarified that Colin Kaepernick will not compete with Alex Smith for the starting job this year.
    It’s an important distinction, as Harbaugh believes heavily in a competition. Kaepernick, Josh Johnson, and Scott Tolzien will battle for the second, third, and fourth spots while Smith is separate as the No. 1 quarterback. Kaepernick will have to outplay Johnson in training camp to be the fallback option should Smith stumble during the season.
  • FA Quarterback
    Colin Kaepernick has taken the most training camp reps of the quarterbacks competing to be Alex Smith’s backup.
    Embellishment-prone coach Jim Harbaugh has insisted there’s a three-man competition between Kaepernick, Josh Johnson and Scott Tolzien to back up Smith, but predictably, that hasn’t appeared to be the case through the early days of Niners camp. The job is Kaepernick’s to lose.
  • FA Quarterback
    Coach Jim Harbaugh announced that Colin Kaepernick has earned the No. 2 quarterback job.
    Kaepernick’s gradually improving accuracy has been scattershot throughout camp, but Josh Johnson has been no better. Kaepernick’s 104 yards on four preseason rushing attempts suggests the 49ers would do well to include him in more special packages this season. Johnson is battling Scott Tolzien for the final quarterback spot.
  • WAS Quarterback #14
    Josh Johnson was relegated to mop-up duty as the fourth-string quarterback in the 49ers’ exhibition opener.
    Johnson suggested that the order of appearance in the game reflected the training camp depth chart. “Since I’ve gotten here, it’s pretty much been that order,” Johnson said. Colin Kaepernick appears to have a firm grip on the No. 2 job, and the coaching staff remains high on Scott Tolzien as the developmental QB. Johnson is on the roster bubble.
  • Coaching Staff
    49ers declared QB Scott Tolzien, NT Ian Williams, WR Kyle Williams, S Dashon Goldson, OLs Mike Person and Daniel Kilgore, and DE Demarcus Dobbs inactive for Week 1 against the Seahawks.
    The Niners’ top two QBs are Alex Smith and rookie Colin Kaepernick. They’re going thin on the defensive line, perhaps because the Seahawks’ run game isn’t very intimidating. Of course, neither is Seattle’s passing “attack.”
  • FA Quarterback
    Colt McCoy has strengthened his hold on the backup job during OTAs.
    McCoy was brought in to compete with Scott Tolzien. So far, the job has clearly been his. The 2008 Heisman Trophy runner-up has a 6-15 record and 58.3 completion percentage through three NFL seasons.
  • Coaching Staff
    49ers declared QB Scott Tolzien, RB Jewel Hampton, OG Joe Looney, S Trent Robinson, OLB Cam Johnson, NT Ian Williams and DL Tony Jerod-Eddie inactive for Super Bowl XLVII against the Ravens.
    RE Justin “Cowboy” Smith is ready to roll despite a 50 percent tear to his left triceps, while receivers Chad Hall and A.J. Jenkins are both active. Hall played ahead of Jenkins in the NFC Championship Game despite being signed off the practice squad just one day earlier.
  • Coaching Staff
    Scott Tolzien is currently penciled in as Colin Kaepernick’s backup.
    Tolzien, a 2011 undrafted rookie out of Wisconsin, has never thrown a regular-season pass. He’s also a strict pocket quarterback, which could prove problematic for the scheme if the mobile Kaepernick goes down. It’s certainly possible that the Niners use one of their 15 draft picks on an athletic signal-caller or find one in free agency to compete with Tolzien.
  • Coaching Staff
    49ers waived QB Scott Tolzien.
    The Niners were intrigued by Tolzien’s “headiness” and “moxie,” but he lacked NFL-caliber tangible qualities. San Francisco will move forward -- for now -- with Colt McCoy, B.J. Daniels, and Seneca Wallace behind Colin Kaepernick.