Colin Kaepernick leads the NFL in Total QBR over the final three games of the regular season with a mark of 82.2.

Kaepernick is ranked fourth in passer rating with 109.7.

Joe Thomas was strongly opposed to the Cleveland Browns firing Rob Chudzinski.

Thomas was named to his seventh Pro Bowl this season.

“You look at the great franchises. They don’t fire your coach after the first season. You can’t do it,” Thomas said.

The Browns went 4-12 this season.

“It sets everything back,” Thomas said. “You just hit the reset button. Anytime you hit the reset button, it severely damages the organization, and it lengthens the amount of time that it takes to get back to the playoffs and turn the team into a consistent winner. … I think that this organization needs continuity and that’s the only chance that we’re going to have to turn this team into a consistent winner.”

Matthew Stafford was asked why he wouldn't want to work with a quarterback guru in the offseason.

"Probably not," Stafford said. "It's not something that I feel would be my style or beneficial to me."

Stafford completed just 52.5 percent of his passes over his past seven games while throwing more interceptions than touchdowns.

"It's not my thing," said Stafford.

The official Pro Bowl rosters will be announced on Friday, but Pro Football Focus offered their picks on Thursday.

Offense

Quarterback: Peyton Manning (DEN) and Philip Rivers (SD)

Backups: Russell Wilson (SEA), Drew Brees (NO), Matthew Stafford (DET) and Tom Brady (NE)

Running Back: LeSean McCoy (PHI) and Jamaal Charles (KC)

Backups: Eddie Lacy (GB), DeMarco Murray (DAL), Adrian Peterson (MIN) and Marshawn Lynch (SEA)

Full Back: Anthony Sherman (KC) and Mike Tolbert (CAR)

Wide Receiver: Antonio Brown (PIT), Calvin Johnson (DET), Brandon Marshall (CHI) and Andre Johnson (HOU)

Backups: DeSean Jackson (PHI), Alshon Jeffrey (CHI), Jordy Nelson (GB) and Josh Gordon (CLE)

Tight End: Jimmy Graham (NO) and Vernon Davis (SF)

Backups: Jason Witten (DAL) and Tony Gonzalez (ATL)

Defensive End: Robert Quinn (SL), J.J. Watt (HOU), Calais Campbell (ARZ) and Cameron Jordan (NO)

Backups: Greg Hardy (CAR) and Cameron Wake (MIA)

Defensive Tackle: Gerald McCoy (TB), Ndamukong Suh (DET), Jurrell Casey (TEN) and Kyle Williams (BUF)

Backups: Dontari Poe (KC) and Marcell Dareus (BUF)

Inside Linebacker: NaVorro Bowman (SF) and Patrick Willis (SF)

Backups: Derrick Johnson (KC) and Karlos Dansby (ARZ)

Outside Linebacker: Lavonte David (TB), Justin Houston (KC), Robert Mathis (IND) and Vontaze Burfict (CIN)

Backups: Brian Orakpo (WAS) and Thomas Davis (CAR)

Cornerback: Darrelle Revis (TB), Brent Grimes (MIA), Richard Sherman (SEA) and Patrick Peterson (ARZ)

Backups: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (DEN), Keenan Lewis (NO), Vontae Davis (IND) and Joe Haden (CLE)

Strong Safety: Eric Berry (KC) and T.J. Ward (CLE)

Free Safety: Devin McCourty (NE) and Earl Thomas (SEA)

Special Teams

Kicker: Nick Folk (NYJ) and Justin Tucker (BAL)

Returner: Cordarrelle Patterson (MIN) and Golden Tate (SEA)

Punter: Shane Lechler (HOU) and Johnny Hekker (SL)

Special Teamer: Justin Bethel (ARZ) and Jeremy Lane (SEA)

Colin Kaepernick and Frank Gore decided to change the play call from Jim Harbaugh that led to a two-yard touchdown to extend the San Francisco 49ers' lead to 27-17 in the fourth quarter.

“We had a different play call and Frank said he wanted the same thing,” Kaepernick said, via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com. “I wasn’t about to argue with him.

“I don’t think Coach was too mad because we scored. So it was all right.”

“I kind of saw the defense, how they were playing, and we were at what? The inch line,” Gore said. “And the ‘backers were playing like 5 yards back. I knew it was a quick hit, and I know I quick-hitted it. I barreled through. I knew they were going to come on top of me because my running style is low.

“I’m happy he listened to me. That the thing I love about Kap. He listens to his teammates.”

The Oakland Raiders will start Terrelle Pryor in Week 17 against the Denver Broncos in an audition for the 2014 quarterback job.

The Raiders have been starting Matt McGloin.

"I think they're putting him in hopes that he fails," agent Jerome Stanley told CSN Bay Area on Monday. "I think they're putting him in hopes that he has a bad game, so (Allen) can then justify the Matt McGloin situation.

"You have to understand the coach is putting him in, he doesn't want him to look good," Stanley added. "And you can write that. ... If he looks good this week, it makes the past five weeks look like a bad decision."

Pryor later apologized for his agent's comments via Twitter.

DeMarco Murray has been unhappy with the game management of Tony Romo this season.

"DeMarco Murray, their star running back, grumbled to teammates about not getting the ball enough," Rapoport said Sunday morning before Week 16. "He doesn't understand why Romo always seems to choose pass instead of run. ... The relationship between Romo and Murray is frosty, a little bit of a growing rift there. It's surprising that some pettiness should creep in at a crucial point of the season, but that's what's happening."

Murray ranks 17th in rushes per game with 14.8.

"When you talk to people who know Bill Callahan, the play caller, they say he's a run-first play caller," Rapoport said. "But it hasn't always turned out like that."

Andrew Luck has taken 78 quarterback hits through 15 weeks, including plays cancelled by penalty.

That number is 25 more than any other quarterback in the NFL.

In his rookie season, Luck took 83 hits.

Geno Smith has the NFL's highest rate of being knocked down at 21.6 percent.

LeSean McCoy wants to carry the Philadelphia Eagles' offense over the final two games of the season.

The Eagles are vying for the NFC East with games against the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys.

“This is a big game for us, very big,” McCoy said, via the Philadelphia Daily News. “The Cowboys, they’ll do what they gotta do, but for us, Philadelphia, we’ve got to win this game … I feel like this game, I want to put the offense on my back. I want to roll. I want to get goin’. I think me and the guys up front, we’ve got to set the tone. Once we do that, we can worry about the other teams. Right now, the big guys up front and myself, we need to put this game on our back, and take care of business.”

Colin Kaepernick has returned to form over the San Francisco 49ers' past four games.

Kaepernick has seven touchdowns against one interception and a 104.6 passer rating to go with 29 carries for 111 yards over the past four games.