During the past two offseasons, Colin Kaepernick has trained like an NFL player. This offseason, he's going to train like an NFL quarterback.
The Sacramento Bee, which originally reported that the San Francisco 49ers quarterback would work with two-time NFL Most Valuable Player Kurt Warner, went into more detail about what kind of work will be involved.
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While the two won't spend every day together, the Sacramento Bee reported that the plan calls for multiple training sessions per week.
Warner will "meet with Kaepernick a few times a week, starting next week, to meticulously go over film, chart plays on a white board and discuss the mental aspects of the game," according to the Sacramento Bee. "The next day, Kaepernick will head out to the practice field to apply what he's learned."
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Kaepernick is hoping that Warner, one of the more immobile quarterbacks in the league during his days with the St. Louis Rams, the New York Giants and the Arizona Cardinals, can teach Kaepernick how to become a pocket passer - and more importantly - how to think like a pocket passer.
"Kurt's role is paramount," said Super Bowl-winning quarterback-turned ESPN commentator Trent Dilfer, who along with Steve Young may also visit with Kaepernick at times this winter at EXOS performance center in Phoenix. "Because Kurt is such a football guy, he's an X's, O's guy. And he's familiar with chasing greatness, which is what Colin's doing."
Warner went on CBS Radio to talk about his goals with Kaepernick.
"Well, first of all, I don't like the word 'fix.' We're just going to try and grow him as a quarterback," Warner said.
"An extremely talented young kid. A kid that I think was thrown in as a lot of young quarterbacks are, before he knew how to play the entirety of the quarterback position. And he's gotten by on athleticism, and he's made some great plays and had some great games, but I think the goal is in the time that I'm going to have with him, just to see where he's at, what he knows about the position, and then how far we can push the envelope as far as helping him develop as a pocket passer."
The Bee said one of the primary goals Kaepernick has is to work on his "platform" - the way he stands in the pocket that would enable him to slide forward, backward and side to side to elude pressure while still keeping his eyes on his receivers.
Dilfer added that Kaepernick's willingness to reach out to Warner shows that Kaepernick is not happy with his current skill level.
"That tells me Colin is hungry," Dilfer said. "He's not going to the Bahamas for a three-week vacation. He's not playing golf every day. This a huge thing for him because it really speaks to him wanting to get better."
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