It's not that complicated: Kaepernick, Niners keeping it simple
while they can  Published Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:13 pm EDT
Text size A A A  The San Francisco 49ers are 6-2 heading into
their Week 9 bye for a second consecutive season and have won
five consecutive games, averaging 175 rushing yards during that
stretch. The average margin of victory in those games? Nearly 25
points.  So why aren’t the Niners getting more attention during
their NFC title defense? It could be because their past five
opponents all went into Week 8 under .500. Last in line were the
0-8 Jaguars, the 42-10 losers in London on Sunday.  MORE: Live
scoreboard | Recap | Week 8 images  Colin Kaepernick, San
Francisco 49ers (AP Photo)  They also have done away with the
flashy and gone simple. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick is still
Kaepernicking with his occasional dazzling runs (see his 12- and
9-yard TD scampers vs. Jacksonville), but it’s been lot more
Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter (a combined 155 more yards) in the
traditional rushing