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

Originally posted by valrod33:
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I are hype!

Thanks for posting that!

Originally posted by Wodwo:

Originally posted by valrod33:
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I are hype!

Thanks for posting that!

Originally posted by ninertico:

Originally posted by Wodwo:

Originally posted by valrod33:
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I are hype!

Thanks for posting that!

It should be fun to see what we do with that athletic ability in his first year. You know he's going to see the field on certain plays no matter who the starter is.

HYPE!

From Peter King's MMQB Tuesday Edition

Quote:

I spent a couple of days with the 49ers around the draft, and one thing became clear: Jim Harbaugh and Colin Kaepernick are going to get along very well together.

This draft, particularly how quarterbacks fit with teams, was about beauty being in the eye of the beholder. Carolina got an exciting player and franchise billboard in Cam Newton. Tennessee fell in love with Jake Locker at a Seattle workout. Minnesota and the heady Christian Ponder made a good match. Jacksonville thought Blaine Gabbert's athleticism and strong arm, put in a pro-style training incubator for a couple of years, would come out pro-ready. Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden viewed Andy Dalton as Brees-like in many ways, and a great fit to run his new offense. And Kaepernick, with the Niners, is a similar fit.

A few days before the draft, Harbaugh, the rookie 49er coach, and GM Trent Baalke played racquetball. Baalke must lead NFL executives in fitness. He's thin, sculpted and can run his peers into the ground. Harbaugh's got a bum knee from his playing career, but he's as competitive as anyone. Harbaugh eked out the win, but afterward his knee wasn't the only thing aching. "We both came out of it with pulled muscles in our rear ends, but winning that match was important to us both,'' Baalke said. Harbaugh won, two games to one.

Harbaugh wanted a baller out of his quarterback. He wanted a player who loves to practice, loves to learn, loves to play. As a friend of both Harbaugh and Baalke, Trent Dilfer told me in a quote I used in Sports Illustrated this week: "Kaepernick's a football junkie, and he'll be trained 24/7/365 by Jim Harbaugh to be an NFL quarterback. Every aspect of his life will be about being a quarterback. Perfect guy for Harbaugh." As another draft analyst told me Sunday: "Harbaugh drafted himself.''

When San Francisco drafted Kaepernick, it was about 3:17 p.m. in Turlock, Calif., south of Sacramento, where Kaepernick lives. That's about 90 minutes from Santa Clara, where the 49ers train. And when Harbaugh got on the phone to welcome him to the team, he told him maybe they could meet halfway in the morning, then drive together the rest of the way to Santa Clara for his welcome-to-the-49ers meeting. Harbaugh just couldn't wait to get going, and even if he wasn't going to be able to talk football much because of the lockout, he wanted to start getting to know his new quarterback.

Kaepernick trumped that. "Coach, I'm only 90 minutes away,'' he said. "I can come over right now.'' And the Niners ended up taking him up on the offer. Kaepernick was in the building, grinning like a 10-year-old digging into birthday cake, by 6:30 p.m.

"Whether it's checkers or the Super Bowl,'' Kaepernick told me, "I've got to win. We had such a good time when coach Harbaugh came to work me out at Nevada. His energy is what got to me. I thought, 'I'd really like to play for this guy.' The first thing we did was throw the ball to each other, and he made it a contest ... Who could throw five perfect spirals in a row? Then who can throw the ball through the goal posts from difficult angles? He just wanted to compete with me and see how I would react.''

Kaepernick threw a 94 mph fastball in high school, and he was sure to be a top-five-round baseball draft pick ... except he told major league officials he wasn't interested in being drafted. He wanted to play football. And even though Nevada was the only major college to offer him a scholarship, one school was enough for him. "Baseball just didn't do it for me,'' he said. "I liked it, but nothing like football.'' At Nevada, 2010 was a crucial year for Kaepernick, transforming him from a mid-round prospect to a strong one. He jacked up his completion percentage to 64.9, something NFL teams had to see to pick him high.

Will he become a good NFL quarterback? No one knows. But he'll work at Harbaugh's pace and give it everything he has. The 49ers expect to sign Alex Smith in free agency when the market opens (the former 49er quarterback has the current 49er offensive playbook, acquired when the window between teams and players opened briefly last week), and it's likely 2011 will be a learning year for Kaepernick. If Smith plays as well as Harbaugh believes he can, they may have to fight it out for the starting job in 2012. Whatever, Harbaugh will have two quarterbacks he really wants if he gets Smith to sign.

"Colin has a unique ability to think himself to win,'' Baalke said. "That's something we believe is very important for an NFL quarterback, and that's one of the things that attracted us to him.''

Now we'll see if that translates to the big leagues.

HYPE!

Originally posted by DesiDez:
From Peter King's MMQB Tuesday Edition

Quote:

I spent a couple of days with the 49ers around the draft, and one thing became clear: Jim Harbaugh and Colin Kaepernick are going to get along very well together.

This draft, particularly how quarterbacks fit with teams, was about beauty being in the eye of the beholder. Carolina got an exciting player and franchise billboard in Cam Newton. Tennessee fell in love with Jake Locker at a Seattle workout. Minnesota and the heady Christian Ponder made a good match. Jacksonville thought Blaine Gabbert's athleticism and strong arm, put in a pro-style training incubator for a couple of years, would come out pro-ready. Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden viewed Andy Dalton as Brees-like in many ways, and a great fit to run his new offense. And Kaepernick, with the Niners, is a similar fit.

A few days before the draft, Harbaugh, the rookie 49er coach, and GM Trent Baalke played racquetball. Baalke must lead NFL executives in fitness. He's thin, sculpted and can run his peers into the ground. Harbaugh's got a bum knee from his playing career, but he's as competitive as anyone. Harbaugh eked out the win, but afterward his knee wasn't the only thing aching. "We both came out of it with pulled muscles in our rear ends, but winning that match was important to us both,'' Baalke said. Harbaugh won, two games to one.

Harbaugh wanted a baller out of his quarterback. He wanted a player who loves to practice, loves to learn, loves to play. As a friend of both Harbaugh and Baalke, Trent Dilfer told me in a quote I used in Sports Illustrated this week: "Kaepernick's a football junkie, and he'll be trained 24/7/365 by Jim Harbaugh to be an NFL quarterback. Every aspect of his life will be about being a quarterback. Perfect guy for Harbaugh." As another draft analyst told me Sunday: "Harbaugh drafted himself.''

When San Francisco drafted Kaepernick, it was about 3:17 p.m. in Turlock, Calif., south of Sacramento, where Kaepernick lives. That's about 90 minutes from Santa Clara, where the 49ers train. And when Harbaugh got on the phone to welcome him to the team, he told him maybe they could meet halfway in the morning, then drive together the rest of the way to Santa Clara for his welcome-to-the-49ers meeting. Harbaugh just couldn't wait to get going, and even if he wasn't going to be able to talk football much because of the lockout, he wanted to start getting to know his new quarterback.

Kaepernick trumped that. "Coach, I'm only 90 minutes away,'' he said. "I can come over right now.'' And the Niners ended up taking him up on the offer. Kaepernick was in the building, grinning like a 10-year-old digging into birthday cake, by 6:30 p.m.

"Whether it's checkers or the Super Bowl,'' Kaepernick told me, "I've got to win. We had such a good time when coach Harbaugh came to work me out at Nevada. His energy is what got to me. I thought, 'I'd really like to play for this guy.' The first thing we did was throw the ball to each other, and he made it a contest ... Who could throw five perfect spirals in a row? Then who can throw the ball through the goal posts from difficult angles? He just wanted to compete with me and see how I would react.''

Kaepernick threw a 94 mph fastball in high school, and he was sure to be a top-five-round baseball draft pick ... except he told major league officials he wasn't interested in being drafted. He wanted to play football. And even though Nevada was the only major college to offer him a scholarship, one school was enough for him. "Baseball just didn't do it for me,'' he said. "I liked it, but nothing like football.'' At Nevada, 2010 was a crucial year for Kaepernick, transforming him from a mid-round prospect to a strong one. He jacked up his completion percentage to 64.9, something NFL teams had to see to pick him high.

Will he become a good NFL quarterback? No one knows. But he'll work at Harbaugh's pace and give it everything he has. The 49ers expect to sign Alex Smith in free agency when the market opens (the former 49er quarterback has the current 49er offensive playbook, acquired when the window between teams and players opened briefly last week), and it's likely 2011 will be a learning year for Kaepernick. If Smith plays as well as Harbaugh believes he can, they may have to fight it out for the starting job in 2012. Whatever, Harbaugh will have two quarterbacks he really wants if he gets Smith to sign.

"Colin has a unique ability to think himself to win,'' Baalke said. "That's something we believe is very important for an NFL quarterback, and that's one of the things that attracted us to him.''

Now we'll see if that translates to the big leagues.

As another draft analyst told me Sunday: "Harbaugh drafted himself.''

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by DesiDez:
From Peter King's MMQB Tuesday Edition

Quote:

I spent a couple of days with the 49ers around the draft, and one thing became clear: Jim Harbaugh and Colin Kaepernick are going to get along very well together.

This draft, particularly how quarterbacks fit with teams, was about beauty being in the eye of the beholder. Carolina got an exciting player and franchise billboard in Cam Newton. Tennessee fell in love with Jake Locker at a Seattle workout. Minnesota and the heady Christian Ponder made a good match. Jacksonville thought Blaine Gabbert's athleticism and strong arm, put in a pro-style training incubator for a couple of years, would come out pro-ready. Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden viewed Andy Dalton as Brees-like in many ways, and a great fit to run his new offense. And Kaepernick, with the Niners, is a similar fit.

A few days before the draft, Harbaugh, the rookie 49er coach, and GM Trent Baalke played racquetball. Baalke must lead NFL executives in fitness. He's thin, sculpted and can run his peers into the ground. Harbaugh's got a bum knee from his playing career, but he's as competitive as anyone. Harbaugh eked out the win, but afterward his knee wasn't the only thing aching. "We both came out of it with pulled muscles in our rear ends, but winning that match was important to us both,'' Baalke said. Harbaugh won, two games to one.

Harbaugh wanted a baller out of his quarterback. He wanted a player who loves to practice, loves to learn, loves to play. As a friend of both Harbaugh and Baalke, Trent Dilfer told me in a quote I used in Sports Illustrated this week: "Kaepernick's a football junkie, and he'll be trained 24/7/365 by Jim Harbaugh to be an NFL quarterback. Every aspect of his life will be about being a quarterback. Perfect guy for Harbaugh." As another draft analyst told me Sunday: "Harbaugh drafted himself.''

When San Francisco drafted Kaepernick, it was about 3:17 p.m. in Turlock, Calif., south of Sacramento, where Kaepernick lives. That's about 90 minutes from Santa Clara, where the 49ers train. And when Harbaugh got on the phone to welcome him to the team, he told him maybe they could meet halfway in the morning, then drive together the rest of the way to Santa Clara for his welcome-to-the-49ers meeting. Harbaugh just couldn't wait to get going, and even if he wasn't going to be able to talk football much because of the lockout, he wanted to start getting to know his new quarterback.

Kaepernick trumped that. "Coach, I'm only 90 minutes away,'' he said. "I can come over right now.'' And the Niners ended up taking him up on the offer. Kaepernick was in the building, grinning like a 10-year-old digging into birthday cake, by 6:30 p.m.

"Whether it's checkers or the Super Bowl,'' Kaepernick told me, "I've got to win. We had such a good time when coach Harbaugh came to work me out at Nevada. His energy is what got to me. I thought, 'I'd really like to play for this guy.' The first thing we did was throw the ball to each other, and he made it a contest ... Who could throw five perfect spirals in a row? Then who can throw the ball through the goal posts from difficult angles? He just wanted to compete with me and see how I would react.''

Kaepernick threw a 94 mph fastball in high school, and he was sure to be a top-five-round baseball draft pick ... except he told major league officials he wasn't interested in being drafted. He wanted to play football. And even though Nevada was the only major college to offer him a scholarship, one school was enough for him. "Baseball just didn't do it for me,'' he said. "I liked it, but nothing like football.'' At Nevada, 2010 was a crucial year for Kaepernick, transforming him from a mid-round prospect to a strong one. He jacked up his completion percentage to 64.9, something NFL teams had to see to pick him high.

Will he become a good NFL quarterback? No one knows. But he'll work at Harbaugh's pace and give it everything he has. The 49ers expect to sign Alex Smith in free agency when the market opens (the former 49er quarterback has the current 49er offensive playbook, acquired when the window between teams and players opened briefly last week), and it's likely 2011 will be a learning year for Kaepernick. If Smith plays as well as Harbaugh believes he can, they may have to fight it out for the starting job in 2012. Whatever, Harbaugh will have two quarterbacks he really wants if he gets Smith to sign.

"Colin has a unique ability to think himself to win,'' Baalke said. "That's something we believe is very important for an NFL quarterback, and that's one of the things that attracted us to him.''

Now we'll see if that translates to the big leagues.

Nice article. Colin seems competitive and dedicated.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/05/03/mmqbte.kaepernick/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_wr_a2

already read, lol

Originally posted by sachie23:
Nice article. Colin seems competitive and dedicated.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/05/03/mmqbte.kaepernick/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_wr_a2

Posted in the Colin Kaepernick thread
http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/thread.php?num=154276&page=41

[ Edited by theginz2004 on May 3, 2011 at 11:28:50 ]

LOL @ the noobs starting the same thread that's already been posted in here.

Trading Up Trading Down Points Margin
Browns (27+70=920 pts.) Chiefs (21=800 pts.) 120
Jaguars (16+49=1410) Redskins (10=1,300) 110
Dolphins (79+145+217=233.6) Redskins (62=284) 50.4
Bears (62+127=329) Redskins (53=370) 41
Texans (73+138=262) Patriots (60=300) 38
Lions (75+107+154+205=336.2) Seahawks (57+157+209=368.4) 32.2
49ers (45+108+141+563.5) Broncos (36=540) 23.5
Browns (168+170=49.6) Vikings (150=31.4) 18.2
Ravens (90+191=156) Eagles (85=165) 9.0
Jets (161+194=42.8) Eagles (153+227=33.9) 8.9
ÿColts (53+152=401.8) Redskins (49=410) 8.2
Redskins (127+144+152=110.8) Texans (105+178=105.2) 5.6
49ers (174+231=25.1) Packers (163=27.2) 2.1
Falcons (158+229=31.7) Rams (145=33.5) 1.8
Dolphins (179+218=26) Packers (174+231=25.1) 0.9
Jaguars (80+182=209.6) 49ers (76=210) 0.4
Eagles (194=14.8) Patriots (193=15.2) 0.4
Broncos (141+186=53.5) Packers (129+204=53.8) 0.3

Look how much it cost the Jags to get Gabbert as compared to us jumping up for Kaep. 110 points VS 23.5 It cost the Jags their second rounder to move just six picks forward for their new franchise QB, 410 points on the draft chart.

With us, we lost our fourth and fifth rounders to move up nine spots for a cost of 78 value points for the fourth rounder + 35.5 for the fifth = 113.5 total that we sacrificed for our new franchise QB.

That's a frickin' bargin and a half! How lucky for us we didn't have to trade back into the first or with NE at #33 who wanted our 2012 first. Ha! We got him for mere pittance.

Great move by Baalke and Harbaugh!

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:
And that wasn't 264 yards, lol that was probably about 60+ yard throw.

It don't think it was 264 yards. More like 264 feet. With conversion, 264 feet becomes 88 yards. That's a more realistic figure with a throw from the roof of the building.

Watching the 2011 Senior Bowl on my DVR, this kid looked pretty f**king flaw-less taking snaps under center (I don't understand this bs that he'll struggle to adjust).

-Only problem I do see (that will have to be worked on) is that he'll have to improve upon 'selling' bootlegs/draws better at an NFL level (but even Matt Ryan struggled with that his rookie year), other than that Colin's pretty damn good.

I think this kid is physically/psychologically capable of starting around the mid-point of the 2011 season (if it happens).