49ers vs. Cardinals: Previewing Week 10 for San Francisco
By Peter Panacy
Quarterback Comparison
No, the 49ers won’t have the benefit of going up against a backup quarterback in Week 10. And it isn’t as if that mattered the last time these two teams met.
Veteran signal-caller Carson Palmer will be back under center. He’s completing 62.8 percent of his passes on the year but ranks only 22nd among all qualifying quarterbacks, according to Pro Football Focus.
The 49ers have done an OK job handling him over his career though. Palmer owns an 88.8 passer rating against San Francisco. But this figure goes out the window, considering all of the Niners’ defensive woes.
Countering Palmer will be quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Kap enjoyed one of his better games against the New Orleans Saints last week. Yet the Saints have a bad defense too, so we shouldn’t read too much into this.
Instead, all we need to recall is the last time Kaepernick squared off in Arizona and went 9-of-19 with four interceptions — two of which were returned for touchdowns. His 16.7 passer rating in that 2015 game remains the lowest of his career.
Should we expect more of the same? Probably.