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49ers QB Colin Kaepernick More Comfortable In Offense
For second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick, having an offseason to master the 49ers offense has been a welcomed change. Kaepernick has been throwing with the Niners receivers, including Randy Moss, and is working on getting the ball out quicker, making the right reads and otherwise getting comfortable with what's being asked of him. "I feel like I'm leaps and bounds...
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No QB Competition For 49ers, Alex Smith Will Be Their Starter Next Season
According to 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick will not becompeting with Alex Smith for the teams starting quarterback job this year, via the San Jose Mercury News. It was previously reported thatKaepernick would have an opportunity to win the job during training camp, but that was before they re-signedSmith to athree-year, $24 million contract. It was obviously was...
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May 01, 2012
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May 01, 2012
From bust to forgotten, 49ers Alex Smith enters free agency low on totem pole
Somehow Matt Flynn, a backup QB in Green Bay, can play a meaningless game and draw more interest than Alex Smith, the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.
While Flynn is getting attention, Robert Griffin III is pushing Andrew Luck for the top quarterback spot in the upcoming college draft. Now, if you’re talking serious QB talk, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Drew...
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March 01, 2012
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March 01, 2012
49ers Impressed By Improvement Of QB's Colin Kaepernick, Scott Tolzein
49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh couldn't be happier with the progress being made by backup QBs Colin Kaepernick and Scott Tolzein. "Both of those youngsters did as good a job or better than I've ever seen from young quarterbacks in their approach to the game," Harbaugh told PFW at the Combine. "Both of them are just sponges, in terms of picking up as much as...
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February 26, 2012
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February 26, 2012
2012 fantasy football sleeper: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick
After a quiet 2011 season, Colin Kaepernick will get another shot at competing for the starting job in 2012.
The 49ers do have a fantasy football sleeper in 2012, it’s just not Alex Smith. There is no denying that what Jim Harbaugh managed to do with the 49ers and Smith was beyond miraculous. A mediocre team just one year ago at 6-10, Smith and company were possibly one muffed...
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February 18, 2012
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February 18, 2012
QB Colin Kaepernick Expects To Compete For 49ers Starting Job
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he expects to be part of an "open and fair" competition to winning the starting QB job in 2012 according to Dan Hinxman of the Reno Gazette-Journal. The lockout hampered Kaepernick's development during his rookie year after being drafted by the 49ers out of Nevada. The question is whether he will be competing with...
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February 08, 2012
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February 08, 2012
Colin Kaepernick determined to become the 49ers starter
Rookie quarterback Colin Kaepernick was drafted in 2011 by the San Francisco 49ers and head coach Jim Harbuagh to become a potential starter down the road.
But after a great season by Alex Smith, no one is sure when Kaepernick will get on the field and really show what he can do. Especially since Harbaugh has indicated that he wants Smith back.
During a question and answer on RGJ...
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February 07, 2012
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February 07, 2012
Payday on the Horizon for 49ers’ Alex Smith
A prototypical “game manager” no more, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Alex Smith, has proven to his coaching staff, teammates, and fans that he may be worth more than his current one year deal. Back at the beginning of the season, every person involved in the San Francisco organization assumed the seven-year starter’s new one year deal was just to make room...
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December 17, 2011
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December 17, 2011
49ers notes: QB backup Kaepernick might get more playing time
SANTA CLARA – Offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Thursday the 49ers would consider giving backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick more playing time in the final stretch of the season but said he was confident the rookie would hold up well in an emergency.
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December 02, 2011
The education of 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick
The red binder sits on a shelf in Colin Kaepernick's locker at 49ers headquarters in Santa Clara. It's thick and imposing, no doubt full of multiple formations, complicated blocking schemes and elaborate pass routes.
"This is just for this week," Kaepernick says, smiling, as he reaches into his...
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November 16, 2011
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