SANTA CLARA –- Coach Jim Tomsula is taking the one-game-at-a-time approach with his quarterback situation.
And his quarterback for the next game, Blaine Gabbert, is not getting ahead of himself, either.
“I think the biggest thing for me is I focus on this upcoming game and that’s how I approached last week and you really can’t get to far ahead of yourself, especially in the situation that we’re in,” Gabbert said on Wednesday.
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“I’m focused on going out to practice today and having a good day and then really focus on the game this Sunday. Whatever happens after that will happen. But, at this point in time, I’m worried about Seattle and that’s it.”
Gabbert will make his second consecutive start in place of struggling Colin Kaepernick when the 49ers travel to face the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. The 49ers did not win in Seattle in Kaepernick’s four starts there.
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One of the problems in facing the Seahawks on the road is merely communicating with each other. The 49ers will use variations of their silent count in what is generally regarded as the loudest outdoor stadium in the NFL.
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“It’s going to be loud, we know that,” Gabbert said. “But at the same time, we have a job to do. We have to work around that and just really focus on that task at hand. In these kind of stadiums where it is extremely loud, you really have to focus one play at a time because if you don’t hear a call, you don’t hear the play, one or two guys aren’t going to be on the same page and that’s the difference between winning and losing games.”
The last time the 49ers played at Seattle, Kaepernick was sacked six times. It’ll be imperative for Gabbert to get the ball out of his hands quickly on Sunday before the Seahawks’ pass rush arrives.
Gabbert said one of the things he learned after taking a step back from his time as a starter with the Jacksonville Jaguars is that there’s nothing wrong taking the simple pass completion that might not gain big chunks of yards.
“I think any quarterback when you want to perform you start pressing and trying to push the ball downfield and not necessarily if it’s open or not,” Gabbert said. “But kind of as you mature playing this position and being in the NFL, you realize you just take what the defense is giving you and that way you can string drives together and execute at a higher efficiency.”