Round 2, #36, the San Francisco 49ers selects Colin Kaepernick (QB) Nevada

Originally posted by 49erWill:

Originally posted by Paul:
yesss!!! ever since hearing about this guy I've really been liking him. I was nervous we weren't even going to draft a QB, but I have confidence Harbaugh can mold him. Very excited

I posted that a few posts up, but I guess my hot linking failed

Originally posted by AmpLee:

Originally posted by HessianDud:

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:

Originally posted by fan49:

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:
Haters gonna hate

they did one on touch with him last night i saw. he had to back pedal and throw over 2 lineman with their hands up 8 ft high and hit the target about 15 20ft back.... 80% accurate. best of any qb tested. dalton, ponder, mallet etc.

Nice. Any footage of it online yet?

yeah, i want to see that too.

doesn't seem like his "long wind up" is much of a problem in that video.

Liking this pick more and more.

I was watching some film others have posted and noticed that it's just an unorthodox motion. It seems to me he gets it out very quick -- it just looks a little awkward. The prospect of such a high ceiling QB combined with the most up and coming QB molder is very exciting. Kaep seems like a very down to earth dude too.

I think what a lot of analysts are saying is that his release isn't always consistent and sometimes he releases the ball at a 3/4 quarter motion causing the ball to flutter some and be inaccurate. Also, I have heard that the bottom half of his body isn't always in sync with the upper half causing messed up mechanics.

Well considering he just got his permitt, I'll let you guys go for a spin while he figures it out.

Originally posted by frenchmov:
CK coming up live on NFL network draft for an interview! zomfg

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-draft/09000d5d81f9c50f/Kaepernick-I-m-very-grateful-to-be-here

Other then him saying at the very end that The 49er with Harbaugh is where he wanted to end up (sounding genuine) it was a pretty boring interview, mostly due to the NFLN questions.

Originally posted by ace49ers:

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:

Just looking at this run and thinking about Young and the NFL records he set as a running QB in the NFL, and how Michael Vick has some or most or all of those records.

Kaepernick could bring them back home to 9er town if it all works out.

Kaep can put up solid numbers but Vick got 4.2-4.3 speed when he came out.
Many NFL teams have LBs nearly as fast as Kaep.

Originally posted by DominantQE:

Originally posted by ace49ers:

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:

Just looking at this run and thinking about Young and the NFL records he set as a running QB in the NFL, and how Michael Vick has some or most or all of those records.

Kaepernick could bring them back home to 9er town if it all works out.

Kaep can put up solid numbers but Vick got 4.2-4.3 speed when he came out.
Many NFL teams have LBs nearly as fast as Kaep.

Yea, but he's so elusive. Each time I see the clips, he has that "sense" about him and he can throw while running. He doesn't always run when pressured. Many times I saw him hold back from the LOS and toss that ball to a player or out of bounds.

He's so raw right now. Imagine what Harbaugh can do with those talents. I see a Steve Young type QB who is more shifty and athletic. Kaep's arm rivals what we saw with Newton even our previous teammate Nate Davis. He just needs to be molded and he will come out on fire. Give him one to two years and blamo! Pro Bowl QB.

Just have to be patient. It took Montana two to three years to move into the starting lineup. I say the same for Kaep.

[ Edited by ninertico on May 1, 2011 at 16:42:43 ]

I'll start off by saying what most people in the know, people who have actually played and coached, say (heard repeatedly on the NFL Network):

" You don't learn by watching; you learn by doing"

All those who pretend like they know, BUT DON'T, go on about the sit and learn routine. Aaron Rodgers is one of the few that sat. He didn't do it for his own good, he did it because he was forced to sit behind a HOF QB. To say that he would not have been good if he started playing earlier is just ludicrous. You have to do and learn on-the-job; the longer you wait, the longer it takes to get you up to speed.

So all you "experts", trying to sound soooo wise with the "sit and learn" qualifiers . . . pfffft!

That said: You do have to be a MENTALLY TOUGH, confident player to start as a rookie QB in the NFL. Those qualities are the most important components of a QB's DNA. Everything else you can learn; that component of DNA you're born with. Alex has everything else, but he lacks that. That's why he'll never be a consistent championship winning QB; but he will be a serviceable back-up.

If Colin has that component of DNA, and I believe that he does, and if Harbaugh is true to his word that the QB competition is open and will remain so for the season, then I'll go out on a limb and predict that Colin will be starting by the end of the first year. All the best QB's in the league have started out that way, unless they were behind a bone fide starter. Rodgers, behind Favre. Brady, behind Bledsoe(but only for a year). Rivers behind Brees.

Weird then steve young should have been great to start with.. WOW amazing to know that, all this time i thought a qb sat to learn to playbook and practice it until he knew it well enough to actually call the plays right and throw without thinking first... Wow this amazing you just let him start and he knows everything and already adjusted to the nfl speed! Your full of b.s. dude, if we listen to you will be a bottom feeding team forever, your a fan that would boo andy read for taking mcnabb and then boo again because now read won't start his top over all picked Qb!!!

I didn't know who it was gonna be, but thot it might be a qb in rd 6 or 7. But the way those crazy guys were picking off qBs, many of whom left probable all pro DLs on the board, was amazing. It also meant we weren't going to be able to take a qb in rd 6. Moving up to take Kap was an astute move, much like moving up at end of last yrs first to get a second OL. I had no trouble with the pick at all, because JH knows qBs, AND even better, knows how to make them.

As we got closer to draft and lockout hadn't gotten resolved( big suprise...i mean, how hard can it be to slice up $9 billion), i predicted alex would be our best bet, because new guys coming into camp, esp guys like newton who have to start, and same in Cincy, maybe others, imagine not getting play books(they ALL did), but not getting any practice time...man, that screams out to start your qb from last yr. At least he knows the playbook. Alex? So what? He is a lot better choice than our others, and who knows, maybe with a real qb breathing down his neck instead of retreads, he just might accept th challenge and show us something.

Whatever, Kap is for the future, but i just hope it doesn't have to be this yr. Watch Newton become the next vince young. Same at other qb shy stops. If JH gets his yr, maybe more to make the qb he wants, that's great. I don't think it will be 2 yrs, but we just have to get thru this yr, and i expect better play on both O and D, with a REAL coach for 1st time in many yrs. I am stoked, we got really good talent, and our vet talent is going to learn what a real coach means. I look for us to become way better this yr than under any yr with the Godawful lil mikey and the worse faker, BM, big mike. Future looks brite guys, and in a yr, look for us to have an outstanding qb. Same goes for aldon, who has just one yr under his belt. Again, he will be way better under JH than BM or lilmikeynoln.

Football provided him his first taste of electricity, when he competed in the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition during halftime of an Oakland Raiders game at age 8 in front of thousands of fans. Football gave him the feeling of invincibility; when he used to sit in the stands with teammates such as Anthony Harding — who went on to play for Fresno State before trying out for the Green Bay Packers — before their games and think, “We’re unstoppable.”

Football gave him the option to look to others when he just couldn’t do it himself, as opposed to baseball, where he was a pitcher on a sometimes lonely dirt mound.

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I guess we have the Raiders to thank for turning Kap into a football player and not a baseball pitcher.

Originally posted by sf49ersx11:

Originally posted by redrathman:

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:

Originally posted by sf49ersx11:

lol @ nate davis' face and troy thinkin hes made it after getting the starting nod

I fell for this kid during the Senior Bowl and once we traded up I knew he was ours. Couldn't be happier with this pick!!!

Originally posted by jreff22:
I fell for this kid during the Senior Bowl and once we traded up I knew he was ours. Couldn't be happier with this pick!!!

I swear, if Aldon Smith becomes a pass rusher who can put up 10+ sacks a year, Kap starts for us 2-3 years from now, A.Davis solidifies that RT and eventually the left tackle position, and Iupati continues to do what he does best, I will hail Baalke. lol.

Originally posted by niner4life21:

Originally posted by jreff22:
I fell for this kid during the Senior Bowl and once we traded up I knew he was ours. Couldn't be happier with this pick!!!

I swear, if Aldon Smith becomes a pass rusher who can put up 10+ sacks a year, Kap starts for us 2-3 years from now, A.Davis solidifies that RT and eventually the left tackle position, and Iupati continues to do what he does best, I will hail Baalke. lol.

As much as I want Kap to sit and learn for awhile 2-3 years may be too much. We cant waste the time of guys who are getting older and we cant sustain multiple losing seasons. If Kap is ready to go after the bye then let him play, he will have mini camps, TC, and multiple games to watch from the sideline. If we can get an 8-8 season without him then great, let him sit and start next year. But I think if he's ready Jim will pull the trigger.