Lorenzo Reyes

USA TODAY

The San Francisco 49ers benched Colin Kaepernick in favor of Blaine Gabbert in Sunday’s 26-6 loss to the Chicago Bears.

Facing a 24-6 deficit in snowy Chicago, Kaeperick was benched midway through the fourth quarter. He completed just one of five passes for 4 yards. Kaepernick had 20 rushing yards on six attempts, but was sacked five times on the day.

At the time of Kaepernick's benching, San Francisco had -21 net passing yards due to the lost yardage from the sacks.

Niners coach Chip Kelly said he did not have a decision on the position for next week.

“We haven’t had any discussions about it,” Kelly told reporters. “It was my decision to make and made a move to see if we can get a spark and to see where we were. At that point of time of the game we were down a couple of scores and obviously we got throw it to see if we can get a spark for the team. There are no permanent decisions.”

Kaepernick said he was "surprised" by the move.

“That’s not my decision,” Kaepernick said. “My feelings on it really don’t matter at this point. I’m just going to do everything I can to make sure I’m prepared.”

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