Jim Tomsula Blaine Gabbert a key piece for 49ers

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Coaches come and go in San Francisco, but the adulation for beleaguered backup quarterback remains just as strong.On the heels of Gabbert's nightmarish preseason debut last August, then-coach Jim Harbaugh Bryce Jarvis Jersey  announced that he was "" with the former first-round pick's Abraham Almonte Jersey  progre s.New coach Jim Tomsula was even more effusive on Thursday."I'm a believer in . I am, just point blank," Tomsula said, via the San Jose Mercury News. "We're building a team, in terms of the on-the-field play  Archie Bradley Jersey and the team -- , ."Gabbert completed just 46.8 percent of his preseason pa ses last summer for a meager pa ser rating of 54.0, not far off the career marks of  Madison Bumgarner Jersey 53.2 and 66.8 that spelled the premature end to his Jacksonville career.Since the end of the 2014 season, Tomsula has watched the ' top three coaches, a trio of team captains, 21 selections  Chris Owings Jersey and over 1,000 combined NFL starts walk out the door.Maybe he's right about Gabbert as a key building block on his revamped roster.The latest Podcast and recaps the first Hard Knocks episode in Houston.