"In his end-of-the-year meetings with Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman, 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick said the coaches advised him to focus on his mechanics.

In an interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal's Dan Hinxman, Kaepernick mentioned he needed to work on throwing from different arm angles and developing faster feet. Evidently Harbaugh didn't tell Kaepernick what he relayed to the media in response to a question the day after the NFC Championship Game: That the 2011 second-round pick would have the chance to wrest the starting job from Alex Smith, a free agent who will almost certainly return to San Francisco."