Niners’ Kaepernick Meets With Shanahan and Lynch
Even before the 2016 season ended, it was assumed quarterback Colin Kaepernick would not return to the 49ers in 2017.Kaepernick's performance the past two seasons hasn't been up to his previous standards, and the team is headed in a new direction with recently hired head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch.Plus, Kaepernick – signed with San Francisco through 2017 – can opt out of the deal in March, and the team can cut him without a significant financial hit.But what if the assumption that Kaepernick will leave is wrong? What if Kaepernick believes his best shot to re-prove himself as an NFL quarterback is with the 49ers?On Wednesday, Kaepernick met with Shanahan and Lynch at team headquarters, and Lynch said later in an interview on KNBR that it was "a positive discussion."Lynch said Kaepernick left the meeting excited and added that the 49ers' evaluation of Kaepernick as an option for 2017 is "still very much fluid.""We've only been on the job a couple of weeks," Lynch said on KNBR, according to Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee. "I can tell you, we both very much enjoyed being around Colin, and he seems like he's in a real good place."As Barrows...
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