This and that from the second day of the NFL draft:
• Colin Kaepernick’s arrival in San Francisco in no way signals Alex Smith’s departure.
Smith was one of a group of roughly 15 players to visit the Niners’ facility …
Extra Point:Two great quotes from the conference last night by Harbaugh:
“We have QB-driven runs in our scheme,” Harbaugh said. “Are we that kind of team? Yes. We are that kind of team. Are we a three-step, drop-back team? Yes. Are we a play-action team? Yes. Are we a move-out-of-the-pocket team, absolutely. Definitely. Colin has arm talent, has athletic ability. He has all the capabilities to really run anything that we ask him to do.”
“To me, it’s can you process the information,” Harbaugh said. “How long does it take to get the ball out from the time you see the target open, or coming open, until the ball gets to the receiver? He’s very fast in processing that and the ball gets there fast. He’s got the kind of arm strength to really power a ball through a defense … Everybody throws it different. There’s no one perfect way mechanically to throw a football.”
Kaepernick is someone I am excited about, and the more I watch film on him, the more excited I get. Part of me worries that all that excitement is only because this is the highest the 49ers have drafted a quarterback since Alex Smith.