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Colin Kaepernick facing pressures as 49ers' QB on and off field

By: The Associated Press 12/05/12 6:38 PM
He was adopted as a newborn, has a fully grown pet tortoise named Sammy, and sports 10 or 11 tattoos by his own count covering much of his upper body. Colin Kaepernick is finding out fast that just about everything becomes fair game — and very much public — when you’re a starting quarterback in the NFL. Personal, professional and otherwise. Since the second-year pro took over as the 49ers starter three games ago, further details of his life have emerged. Read More

Colin Kaepernick safe for now as 49ers' QB

By: The Associated Press 12/03/12 10:06 PM
Jim Harbaugh watched how Colin Kaepernick handled himself when things didn’t go right for the 49ers, and that told the coach plenty more about his second-year quarterback with all of three NFL starts to his name. Enough that Harbaugh is sticking with Kaepernick under center — for now, anyway — as his team gears up for Sunday’s home game against the Miami Dolphins at Candlestick Park. Read More

Colin Kaepernick’s miscues show Alex Smith is best fit as 49ers QB

By: Paul Gackle 12/03/12 5:00 AM
As much entertainment as the 49ers’ second overtime game with the St. Louis Rams provided Sunday, the real fun starts this afternoon when coach Jim Harbaugh faces the media at his weekly press conference. In recent weeks, Harbaugh’s pressers have produced more gems than a Bill Clinton deposition. How much yarn will he spin this week to defend Colin Kaepernick’s management of a game that Alex Smith would have clearly won? Read More

Hop on the Harbaugh train

By: Mychael Urban 11/29/12 11:21 PM
All aboard! Next stop, Crazy Town. I’m your conductor, Jim Harbaugh, and all communication henceforth shall be liberally sprinkled with misdirection, outright evasion and, well, more than a little sheer lunacy. Welcome to me. And get used to it, because quite frankly, I don’t give a damn what you think of me or the veracity of whatever might spill from my grill at any given moment. Read More

Jim Harbaugh will regret 49ers QB move from Smith to Kaepernick

By: Glenn Dickey 11/29/12 11:08 PM
The backup quarterback always gets the most love from fans and it’s Colin Kaepernick’s turn now. But the way 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has handled this situation will come back to bite him. Read More

Alex Smith wondering how he lost starting QB job

By: The Associated Press 11/29/12 11:06 PM
Alex Smith is trying to understand how he lost his job as starting quarterback of the 49ers a month after being named NFC Offensive Player of the Week. It’s not an easy thing for the NFL’s fifth-ranked quarterback to deal with this week, even though Smith already has experienced plenty of ups and downs in his tumultuous career since the 49ers made him the No. 1 overall selection of the 2005 draft. Read More

Colin Kaepernick to start as 49ers QB on Sunday against Rams

By: Janie McCauley 11/28/12 5:55 PM
Colin Kaepernick has earned himself a third straight start at quarterback for the 49ers. Coach Jim Harbaugh made the announcement Wednesday that Kaepernick would go Sunday at St. Louis over Alex Smith after the second-year pro led the NFC West-leading Niners (8-2-1) to victories in the past two games, his first two NFL starts. “The rationale is we have two quarterbacks that we feel great about as a starting quarterback,” Harbaugh said. Read More

Enough with the charade, name Colin Kaepernick as 49ers' starting QB

By: Dylan Kruse 11/28/12 5:00 AM
When the 49ers’ official depth chart was released Tuesday, the starting quarterback was listed as “Alex Smith or Colin Kaepernick.” That type of clarity is what we’ve come to expect from the 49ers since Smith went down with a concussion Nov. 11 and Kaepernick rode in on his white horse. Read More

Jim Harbaugh to decide QB fate between Colin Kaepernick, Alex Smith by Wednesday

By: The Associated Press 11/26/12 11:02 PM
Jim Harbaugh has watched each of his two quarterbacks lead the 49ers to big wins in hostile, road environments — Alex Smith in the season opener at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field back in September among others, and Colin Kaepernick on Sunday at New Orleans’ Superdome. Read More

Colin Kaepernick’s success as 49ers QB likely signals the end for Alex Smith

By: Paul Gackle 11/25/12 9:17 PM
Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick
This is probably the right time to take off that Alex Smith jersey and stuff it into a box with the rest of your 49ers memorabilia. Smith is still pacing the sideline in his red-and-gold helmet, but he’s practically a relic in the wake of Colin Kaepernick’s performance in a 31-21 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Read More
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