Originally posted by Mr.Mcgibblets:
I remember thinking of Kaepernick as a late 2nd/early 3rd that would likely be overdrafted... but hey, I had A.J. Jenkins as a 3rd rounder at best. It's all hit or miss for us outsiders. I also remember hoping Dalton or Ponder would fall to our 2nd rounder. All I remember about Kaep was strong arm, fast runner, needs a lot of work to develop into a pro... didn't love him.. didn't hate him. IIRC, I was okay with us moving up to get him like we did.. for two reasons.. one.. I trusted Harbaugh's QB evaluation... and two.. we had a desperate need to add talent at QB. David Carr was the only QB on the roster, lolz.
I didn't like the Aldon Smith pick either... but you (to whomever) imagine I dislike him now too?
Before the draft I had the same feeling and was really pulling for Dalton to be drafted by the 9ers. But after that Science show I was just floored. It put to bed the complaint about mechanics and then Harbaugh said he wasn't worried about mechanics...so I became a fan. The more video I watched the more I liked the guy...tatoos and all!
I wasn't paying attention to the draft as much that year but was upset they passed on Robert Quinn...so what the heck do I know!?
[ Edited by dtg_9er on Aug 21, 2013 at 4:00 PM ]