One Man Stands up by Kneeling Down The 2012 National Football League (NFL) regular season ended on a high note for rising star San Francisco 49er Quarterback Colin Kaepernick. A second round draft choice in 2011, Kaepernick was given the reins as the team’s starting quarterback in mid season and took the NFL by storm. An athlete blessed with a rare mixture of size, speed, intelligence, and a rocket arm, Kaepernick was viewed as the new breed of quarterback who could terrorize opposing defenses by running or passing, and a new play was added to the league lexicon – the run pass option, whereby Kaepernick was given the choice of deciding which option to choose in mid-play. It would take a while for the league’s defenses to adjust to this change, and before they finally did, Kaepernick was looked upon as the second coming. Colin Kaepernick was riding high; life…
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