Cowherd

Admits to being wrong about Kaepernick. He says "a lot of people were fooled."

Eh hem. Not me.

It will be interesting to see when Harbaugh leaves the Niners and the Niners cut Kaepernick, will he pick him up on the cheap. I highly doubt it. Harbaugh realized he made a mistake by tying his fortunes to Kap and ever since, there has been drama with the front office.

I don't think anyone believes Alex Smith is elite, but it was foolish to think "you can't win a Super Bowl with Alex Smith." First of all, the Super Bowl or bust line of thinking is for fools. Smart people focus on the process and a set of values and the results follow. Dumb people focus on the results first and try to take short cuts. And look at the Niners now. Perhaps Kap had that higher upside potential. But I believed Smith had earned the right to compete for a Super Bowl with the Niner team they had assembled. This was not Harbaugh's team -- it was a team Harbaugh took over with tremendous talent that was underperforming. He had elite players all over the place - Justin Smith, Navarro Bowman, Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, a loaded O-line, Vernon Davis, and an experienced QB who taught himself how to win football games when he had the right tools. In 2012, the Niners were the best team in the league and managed to lose against an inferior Ravens team because they got out gamed planned by a more experienced coach and neither Harbaugh nor Kaepernick were ready. I think Smith would've been more ready.