Here are the grades for the 49ers 23-10 preseason loss to the Houston Texans.
QUARTERBACKS: B. Colin Kaepernick was decent, completing a short pass to Anquan Boldin, overthrowing a deep pass to Torrey Smith and intentionally throwing a pass away. He clearly needs more work on his deep passes—he overthrew Smith by about 10 yards. Blaine Gabbert played into the third quarter and was fantastic. He had the second-team offense rolling at a much quicker pace than the first-team offense was moving. Rookie undrafted quarterback Dylan Thompson was unspeakable, so we won’t speak about him.
RUNNING BACKS: B.