We wouldn't be having this discussion if he made the throw to Sanders because it was the determiner in his actual skill (for this year, at least). If he was actually a great QB, then he'd be able to make that throw in his sleep.
But the thing is almost no 49er fan said he was a 'great' QB to begin with. We know what we have in him, are aware of his strengths and weaknesses and will still take him over anyone on the roster , anyone we can draft for the next couple of years, any impending FA including Tom Brady or Phillip Rivers. If he regresses next year we can cut bait then. This is his 1st healthy season back from a severe ACL injury that if you remember came from the Kansas City game on the road. Understand Kyle Shanahan runs one of the most complicated offensive schemes in all the NFL, I am not saying this to brag but understand almost any QB who has never played in this system is going to take at MINIMUM 2 years to take in and we cannot afford to do that. We went from bottom feeders to contenders so now we have to move like a contender, we committed to Jimmy Garapollo it literally makes no sense to cut bait until at soonest the end next season even then and he would have to be a disaster.
Depending how you rank QBs in the NFL, this season he has been no worse than top 10-12 this year, worse QBs than him have rings.
But we are a team.
We made the playoffs as a team and all 3 phases of the ball contributed to our loss in the Superbowl, we lost as a team.