Colin Kaepernick Thread

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

KAEPERNICK: I would say the biggest thing is I'm being asked to be myself this year. I don't think anyone knows how to be myself better than me. It's a comfort zone. It's a situation where I'm not being asked to do things outside of my character.

Q: Do you feel like you were asked to do things outside of your character?

KAEPERNICK: Outside of how I would normally handle situations, yes.

Q: Meaning, to be more specific, being in the pocket more? Not getting outside? Is that what you're getting at?

KAEPERNICK: No. I'm getting at that I was asked to do things outside of my character.

is he talking about Harbs and how to handle the media?

Confused by that whole exchange. Kap ended up walking off the stage. It seems like he wasn't talking about football. Perhaps he felt the questioning was trying to lead him to bash Harbaugh or Roman, and he just walked off the podium to avoid any more questions. Whatever it was, he wasn't comfortable with the questioning.

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

KAEPERNICK: I would say the biggest thing is I'm being asked to be myself this year. I don't think anyone knows how to be myself better than me. It's a comfort zone. It's a situation where I'm not being asked to do things outside of my character.

Q: Do you feel like you were asked to do things outside of your character?

KAEPERNICK: Outside of how I would normally handle situations, yes.

Q: Meaning, to be more specific, being in the pocket more? Not getting outside? Is that what you're getting at?

KAEPERNICK: No. I'm getting at that I was asked to do things outside of my character.

is he talking about Harbs and how to handle the media?

Confused by that whole exchange. Kap ended up walking off the stage. It seems like he wasn't talking about football. Perhaps he felt the questioning was trying to lead him to bash Harbaugh or Roman, and he just walked off the podium to avoid any more questions. Whatever it was, he wasn't comfortable with the questioning.

It is obvious that Harbs wanted Kap to be his puppet.

Well, obvious to me.

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

KAEPERNICK: I would say the biggest thing is I'm being asked to be myself this year. I don't think anyone knows how to be myself better than me. It's a comfort zone. It's a situation where I'm not being asked to do things outside of my character.

Q: Do you feel like you were asked to do things outside of your character?

KAEPERNICK: Outside of how I would normally handle situations, yes.

Q: Meaning, to be more specific, being in the pocket more? Not getting outside? Is that what you're getting at?

KAEPERNICK: No. I'm getting at that I was asked to do things outside of my character.

is he talking about Harbs and how to handle the media?

Confused by that whole exchange. Kap ended up walking off the stage. It seems like he wasn't talking about football. Perhaps he felt the questioning was trying to lead him to bash Harbaugh or Roman, and he just walked off the podium to avoid any more questions. Whatever it was, he wasn't comfortable with the questioning.

Originally posted by Joecool:

It is obvious that Harbs wanted Kap to be his puppet.

Well, obvious to me.

Originally posted by Joecool:
It is obvious that Harbs wanted Kap to be his puppet.

Well, obvious to me.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by buck:
I have no problem with Luck. Quarterbacks, just like people, have their ups and downs, their good and bad days.

Luck will have, I believe, a good season.

I do have a problem with the discrepancies between the narrative on Luck and Kaepernick and their actual production on the football field.
The narrative insists on ignoring their production.



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Agree...I could see Luck getting the benefit of the doubt due to his draft status but at some point it should level out and he should be compared fairly for play on the field. The excuses I see for Luck--OL, WR--could easily be said for Kaepernick as well.

Originally posted by Afrikan:

KAEPERNICK: I would say the biggest thing is I'm being asked to be myself this year. I don't think anyone knows how to be myself better than me. It's a comfort zone. It's a situation where I'm not being asked to do things outside of my character.

Q: Do you feel like you were asked to do things outside of your character?

KAEPERNICK: Outside of how I would normally handle situations, yes.

Q: Meaning, to be more specific, being in the pocket more? Not getting outside? Is that what you're getting at?

KAEPERNICK: No. I'm getting at that I was asked to do things outside of my character.

is he talking about Harbs and how to handle the media?

Originally posted by Antix:
I think he said more than he meant to which is why he walked away. He knows the media...they were fishing for him to rag on Harbaugh in some way. Initially, he answered the question honestly, then he realized his mistake once they went fishing. Then he left because he knew they were gonna keep fishing.

Originally posted by Joecool:
It is obvious that Harbs wanted Kap to be his puppet.

Well, obvious to me.

Originally posted by boast:

Originally posted by Joecool:
It is obvious that Harbs wanted Kap to be his puppet.

Well, obvious to me.

pretty much. it's why they interviewed so similar. you can see Kap's transformation from his rookie year to 2013. Kap went from smiling and engaged to distant and terse.

Originally posted by Evilgenius:
I think he's basically just sick of the unfair criticisms he's received. Guy definitely has an ego, but I don't care about that. Think Tom Brady et al doesn't? Anyway, can't blame him for walking away even if it was an overreaction. Guy receives more criticism than pretty much anyone else in the league and it's largely unwarranted.

Originally posted by Afrikan:

KAEPERNICK: I would say the biggest thing is I'm being asked to be myself this year. I don't think anyone knows how to be myself better than me. It's a comfort zone. It's a situation where I'm not being asked to do things outside of my character.

Q: Do you feel like you were asked to do things outside of your character?

KAEPERNICK: Outside of how I would normally handle situations, yes.

Q: Meaning, to be more specific, being in the pocket more? Not getting outside? Is that what you're getting at?

KAEPERNICK: No. I'm getting at that I was asked to do things outside of my character.

is he talking about Harbs and how to handle the media?

Originally posted by Homer:

Wasn't it Baalke who had a "talk" with Kap about how to talk to the media?