If there is one thing to take away from the 444-yard, four touchdown performance of San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Colin Kaepernick Saturday night in a 45-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs, its that Kaepernick is damn good and his value in terms of fantasy football is about to skyrocket.
At least it should.
49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh was definitely onto something when he named the 2011 second-round draft pick the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season. I know this for sure, Alex Smith could not have done the things Kaepernick did Saturday. In fact, I daresay that if Smith were under center, we would be talking about a Packers - Falcons NFC title game this weekend.
But we aren't, we're talking about Kaepernick.
I realize that we are in the middle of the NFL playoffs and that fantasy football may not be at the forefront of your thinking, but it never hurts to do a little scouting. After all, fantasy football is all ...
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Colin Kaepernick,
Jim Harbaugh,
Alex Smith,
Aaron Rodgers,
Tom Brady,
Drew Brees,
Peyton Manning,
Matt Ryan,
Tony Romo,
Eli Manning,
Robert Griffin III
TEAMS: San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Redskins
TEAMS: San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Redskins
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