The San Francisco 49ers lost to the St. Louis Rams 27-6, which is their sixth loss in eight games. According to Jason Cole of Bleacher Report, a couple of 49ers players have told him after the game that they want starting quarterback Colin Kaepernick to be benched.

In their loss to the Rams, Kaepernick only completed 20 passes out of the possible 41 attempts for just 162 yards and no touchdowns. In the report by Cole, he said that the players just want the 27-year-old quarterback to clear his mind as they still believe that he is a part of the future of the San Francisco franchise.

This story comes just a week after FOX Sports reported that Kaepernick was on an 'island' in the 49ers' locker room. It came after a terrible performance in a loss against the Seattle Seahawks when he completed just 13 of 24 passes for 124 yards while getting sacked six times.

"His confidence is completely shot. It's not that the players don't like him. But he's just alone, on an island in that locker room. There are not a lot of people he connects with. Confidence-wise he's just buried right now," FOX Sports NFL Insider Jay Glazer said.

"They can move on from him at the end of the year provided he is not injured. That's not the team's mindset. They look at him and say, 'This is the same guy that took us to the Super Bowl,'" Glazer added.

However, 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula disputed Glazer's report during his appearance on the KNBR-AM via Mercury News. "First of all, with 'Kaepernick on an island,' I don't know where that's coming from. That's definitely not reality," Tomsula said.

The Niners Nation speculates that if Kaepernick is benched, it will be during San Francisco's goodbye week after their game against the Atlanta Falcons. They also noted that if he is indeed benched, that could probably be his last game with the 49ers as they expect the front office to either trade or release the struggling quarterback.

Kaepernick signed a six-year, $126 million contract with the 49ers in 2014, which includes a $12 million signing bonus and $61 million guaranteed money, giving him an average annual salary of $19 million, per Spotrac.

According to an earlier report by ESPN, San Francisco will have a difficult time trading the quarterback because of his large contract. The news outlet also notes that the 49ers can release Kaepernick before April 1, 2016 because the guarantees in his contract do not vest until April 1, which can save the team about $9 million. The only problem is the $61 million guaranteed money for the player's injury protection.