Still steaming over the Super Bowl loss, Colin Kaepernick packed up his belongings in the 49ers locker room and made plans with teammates to work out this offseason, they won't have to wait long. Kaepernick said Tuesday that he'll be training in the Atlanta area within a week, and the strong-armed and fleet-footed quarterback will bring some of his receivers along with him, all of it is part of Kaepernick's quick evolution from backup to starter that will continue when he enters training camp as the unquestioned franchise star. After losing 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans on Sunday, Kaepernick summed up his breakout second season ''as not being good enough.'' He said the Super Bowl loss will stick with him ''for the rest of my life.'' ''It's good to get the experience,'' Kaepernick said. ''We should have won that game regardless, though.'' A man of few words and a lot of yards, Kaepernick's potential might give 49ers fans reason to be optimistic more than anything following the first Super Bowl loss in the franchise's storied history, Kaepernick really ran away with his new role in the playoffs. ''He was fantastic the entire season,'' 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. ''The stage was not too big for him. He competed at the highest level and played extremely well. He showed a lot of poise, a lot of leadership the entire game. I can't say enough, really. With Colin, it's always just appropriate. ''He's got the appropriate amount of competitive fire when you need competitive fire. He's got the appropriate amount of happy and joy when it's the right time to have that. He plays the game. You just really feel him playing the game, upset when it's the right time to be upset. And he does that with his own personality. I really believe that's the way people should play.'' Coming up 5 yards short in the Super Bowl will still haunt Kaepernick forever. Source: Associated Press
[MENTION=777]Walnuts[/MENTION] ....hey bud, THAT'S OUR QUARTERBACK..I haven't said that since Young left...wow
Love his enthusiasm. One problem I have with his comments is that they are going to start training in a week. It's too soon to do that IMO. What he should do is review the films, watch the mistakes see what he did right and wrong, see what the receivers did right and wrong and THEN get out there and get throwing. If he goes out in a week, he's not going to know what he's fixing...if that makes sense.
I think he should be doing both- study and throwing chemistry with the receivers. Obviously he can power the ball in there, but he needs to work on the touch stuff, back shoulder, fades, looking off db's, pump fakes, screens.
Somehow I think it's more a matter of bonding more with the receivers and working out then actual training camp stuff.
It'll be interesting to see how he bounces back after that defeat. If you watch the interview he looked crushed and deflated, dude had tears in his eyes. That fiery competitivness can lift someone to higher levels, or crush them under its weight.
