SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- On a day when the San Francisco 49ers joined the rest of the NFL in trimming their roster to 53 players, coach Chip Kelly also announced that Blaine Gabbert will be his starting quarterback.In addition, Kelly made it clear that Colin Kaepernick will be No. 2 behind Gabbert and veteran Christian Ponder will be the teams third quarterback when the Niners open the season Sept. 12 against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football.Right now, I have met with our quarterbacks. Blaine is No. 1 and hell start versus the Rams, and Kap is No. 2, Kelly said. Well only have two guys up [at quarterback] on game day.It was always going to be an uphill climb for Kaepernick to win the job after he fell behind Gabbert in the spring because he was unable to practice as he recovered from thumb, knee and shoulder injuries. That allowed Gabbert to take the bulk of the snaps with the starters during organized team activities.At the beginning of training camp, Kelly said thered still be a competition between Gabbert and Kaepernick for the starting job. They split the first-team repetitions in the opening days of camp before right-shoulder tightness kept Kaepernick out of the first two preseason games and joint practices with the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans.In preseason games, Gabbert led the 49ers to touchdowns on three of his eight possessions as he went 12-of-22 for 146 yards and a TD for a passer rating of 90.3. He also rushed for 33 yards on five carries. Kaepernick was 13-of-24 for 117 yards for a passer rating of 67.5 and led one touchdown drive. He rushed for 56 yards on eight carries.Ultimately, Gabberts ability to stay healthy and get valuable reps in Kellys offense gave him the edge.I think his grasp and command of what were doing, I think hes a good fit for what we want to get accomplished, Kelly said. I have a lot of confidence in what he can do with us offensively.I think Kap is still coming off of getting himself healthy, 100 percent go. He has been cleared to play, but he still knows hes got some work to do. Hes not up to his playing weight that he was when he was successful here, and hell continue to work on that. He missed a couple weeks there with the arm [soreness] and that set him back a little bit in terms of his ability to compete for it, but the timetable was the timetable and right now we feel like Blaine is the starter.Despite some outside discussion about whether Kaepernick would stick on the roster, Kelly said the plan all along was for the team to keep three quarterbacks. Last week, he said Kaepernick was one of the two best quarterbacks on the roster, and Kaepernick followed that up with a solid performance in the preseason finale.Kaepernicks recent decision to sit or kneel during the national anthem in protest of racial oppression did not play a factor in the decision to keep him or make him No. 2 on the depth chart, Kelly said.Kaepernick has said his protest is not meant to denigrate police, military or the country, but rather serves as his way of bringing attention to what he sees are failings in the United States.Asked whether he had concerns about Kaepernick potentially dividing the team, Kelly stuck by the answer hes given the other times hes been asked similar questions.When hes here at 4900 (Marie P. DeBartolo Way), hes all about football and all about work, and thats what Ive seen since hes been here, Kelly said. He continues to display that every day hes in this building.How hes handled himself and how hes been with us, I have no issues with Kap at all.In keeping Ponder, the 49ers have three quarterbacks taken in the first 36 picks of the 2011 NFL draft. Ponder signed with the 49ers after Thad Lewis suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason opener Aug. 14.When the Niners called, Ponder said he had been painting his house, among other household chores. But Ponder acclimated quickly and won a spot.I think you need to have three [quarterbacks] in this league with the injury rate of quarterbacks, Kelly said. I have never been comfortable with keeping two. I think you need to have three, and I think Christians performance, coming in on a short week against Denver and how he played there and the performance of how he played last Thursday night against San Diego, gave him the opportunity to earn the No. 3 spot. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Cornellius-Carradine-Jersey/ . 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The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Bradley-Pinion-Jersey/ . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Lets start here: If I did this list again tomorrow, Id likely change my mind. The easy thing to do would be to just go to the Baseball-Reference all-time WAR leaderboard, plug in the top 10 names and call it a day.The problem with doing that is we get this: 1914, 1890, 1907, 1986, 1951, 1905, 1954, 1984, 1907, 1897. (And if we extended the list to the top 15, wed get 1915, 1907 and 1911.)Those are the dates each of the players began their major league careers, meaning nine of the top 15 players started before the United States even joined World War I -- more than 100 years ago. Yes, I have a problem with that. Does it make sense that the majority of the elite players in the games long history didnt play against black players, wore baggy wool uniforms and used gloves that look like something you use to take a turkey out of the oven with?Of course not. So my top 10 list includes players from all across the baseball timeline.10. Mike SchmidtHe hit just .267 in his career? As Bill James once said, if hed hit for a higher average, hed be the greatest player to play the game. Schmidt led the National League eight times in home runs and was first or second nine times in WAR among NL position players. He drew walks, won nine Gold Gloves and played on a lot of good teams. And, yes, this could have been Honus Wagner or Stan Musial or Lou Gehrig or Rickey Henderson or Mantle or Roger Hornsby. This wasnt easy! But none of them had the best cry ever.9. Greg MadduxThis spot was between Walter Johnson and Maddux (although I was tempted to put Pedro Martinez here because of his unbelievable peak level of performance, the greatest attained by a pitcher), but I went with the recent guy. For his career, Johnson averaged 6.4 WAR per 250 innings; Maddux averaged 5.2. But if you remove Madduxs terrible rookie season and the final two seasons when he was sort of just hanging on, he averaged 5.8 per 250 innings. Thats pretty close, and adjusting for the more difficult era Maddux pitched in, Im taking him over the guy who pitched 100 years ago and basically used one pitch for much of his career.8. Ty CobbYes, hes an old-timer -- but one whose game would have translated to all eras. He won 12 batting titles in the dead ball era and is one of the greatest base stealers to play the game. Cobb was also a big enough guy -- 6-foot-1 -- that I believe that if hed come up in modern baseball, hed have added power to his game. So you have a center fielder who would hit for average, power and steal 50 bases a year. Id take Mickey Mantle and maybe even Ken Griffey Jr. at their peaks over Cobb, but Cobb had the longevity those two lacked.7. Alex RodriguezAm I comfortable with him in my top 10? No. But this isnt a list of the most beloved player, and the man does have 695 home runs, more than 2,000 RBIs and 2,000 runs, more than 300 stolen bases and 3 MVP Awards -- and Juan Gonzalez stole the award from him in 1996, when A-Rod hit .358 with 36 home runs as a 20-year-old and we all dreamed of what his future would be like.6. Roger ClemensHe won his first Cy Young Award at 23 and his seventh one at 41. And, no, he wassnt the only old pitcher to be great in his 40s -- see Warren Spahn and Nolan Ryan, for example.dddddddddddd He led his league seven times in ERA and a bunch of times in a bunch of other things. If theres a knock against him -- well, other than his Vitamin B-12 shots -- its that he isnt the first pitcher youd choose for a big game. His postseason record wasnt as terrible as many have suggested -- 12-8, 3.75 ERA in 34 starts -- but he also wasnt exactly Curt Schilling or John Smoltz.5. Ted Williams Hes 14th on the all-time WAR list even though he missed nearly five full seasons while serving in World War II and then Korea. He was great enough to hit .388/.526/.731 at age 38. He was also indifferent in the field and on the basepaths and, like Bonds, a general pain in the butt. He also benefited from Fenway -- he hit .361 there, .328 on the road, although with more home runs on the road -- but you can argue that he, and not Babe Ruth, was the games greatest hitter.4. Babe RuthBlasphemy? Perhaps. No doubt, based strictly on value compared to peers, Ruth is easily No. 1 (plus he pitched!). Heres my issue: How would Ruths game translate to modern baseball? For example, in 1920 he hit .376/.532/.847 with 54 home runs while striking out 80 times. Thats not a lot of strikeouts by todays standards, but in 1920 the AL averaged just 3.0 Ks per nine innings. In 2016, thats up to 7.9 Ks per nine, an increase of more than 250 percent. If Ruth struck out at the same rate compared to his peers in 2016 as he did in 1920, wed be looking at 200 strikeouts. Hes not hitting .376 striking out 200 times a season. Maybe hed still be Babe Ruth, but maybe hed be Adam Dunn.3. Barry BondsPeople forget that he was on track to become a top-10 all-time player before his alleged performance-enhancing drug use began sometime after the 1998 season. From 1989 to 1998, he averaged 8.4 WAR per season (which included two strike-shortened seasons). He was the best position player in the NL seven times -- through 1998. Then, from 2001 to 2004, he exploded off the charts, putting up numbers wed never seen before. Considering Bonds defensive value and speed, however, I cant rate Williams (at No. 5) ahead of him.2. Hank AaronHis career numbers at the plate are nearly identical to Willie Mays -- .941 OPS for Mays, .928 for Aaron -- and, like Mays, he was amazingly durable and consistent, aging well into his late 30s. Aaron was a very good right fielder (and certainly would have been a capable center fielder), but Mays was a great center fielder, so ...1. Willie Mays... Willie is the easy choice to rank ahead of Aaron. Mays hit for power, average, was maybe the best defensive center fielder in MLB history and one of the games best baserunners: In 1971, at age 40, he led the National League in baserunning runs added. He was durable, playing 150-plus games for 13 consecutive seasons. So he won just two MVP Awards? 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