SAN DIEGO -- Colin Kaepernick will start today’s preseason finale and will be one of the few recocnizable 49ers on the field.
The 49ers, as is the case wih most NFL teams, will rest most of the players who are expected to start in the Sept. 12 opener against the Rams. That includes quarterback Blaine Gabbert, with whom Kaepernick has been competing for the starting job and running back Carlos Hyde.
The team announced before the game that Gabbert, Carlos Hyde (concussion), Arik Armstead (shoulder), Quinton Dial (knee), Glenn Dorsey (knee), Nick Bellore (knee), Keith Reaser (unknown), Bryce Treggs (knee), Joe Staley, and John Theus (concussion) would not play.