NEW ORLEANS — The first dose of Colinsanity arrived at Super Bowl XLVII last night when the revelation with the rocket right arm and the greyhound legs met America at 49ers hotel headquarters.
The kid who was adopted when he was six weeks old, who has resisted efforts from his biological mother to begin a relationship, walked in wearing headphones around his neck, a wool cap and red 49ers T-shirt exposing his tattooed arms and black sweats.
They call Joe Flacco Joe Cool?
They should get a load of Colin Cool.
“I’ve said this before: Pressure, I feel like, comes from lack of preparation, so this isn’t gonna be a pressure situation. It’s gonna be a matter of going out there and performing physically. If you’re prepared for it, you’re gonna be confident.”
Uh, Colin, was the flight out here any different?
“Just a bigger plane,” Kaepernick said.
Jim Harbaugh was right about Kaepernick, right when he took the ball from Alex Smith and asked his unproven wunderkind to lead the 49ers back to the Super Bowl. Now Kaepernick has a chance to write the same kind of story the Patriots’ Tom Brady wrote 10 years ago when he replaced Drew Bledsoe and won his first championship with Bill Belichick.
You bet Kaepernick has had Super Bowl dreams.
“I’ve had lots of dreams about it,” Kaepernick said.
I asked him if he was running for a touchdown or throwing for a touchdown, and he laughed out loud. “I mean, I’ve had a lot of ’em growing up, so I really can’t remember.”
Harbaugh first made his bold gamble when he threw Kaepernick to the wolves at the deafening Superdome, and the kid yawned.
He was born for this stage, and the fact he is familiar with the Super surroundings will be beneficial to him.
“It’s always good to be familiar with where you’re playing,” Kaepernick said. “But you still have to go out and play.”
Kaepernick makes defenses pick their poison: He beat the Packers with his legs via the read option and the Pistol, then he beat the Falcons with his arm. He grew up in Wisconsin a Brett Favre fan.
“He went out there and played like a kid,” Kaepernick said. “He was never afraid to take a chance making a throw. He was gonna lay it all on the line.”
It is almost incomprehensible that Kaepernick, about to make his 10th career start, appeared to be buried on the depth chart behind Smith, who got the Niners to the NFC Championship Game last year, in training camp.
“At the start of the season, I was just hoping to get on the field some way, somehow,” Kaepernick said.
He is a mirror image of Harbaugh when it comes to competitiveness.
“This isn’t a time to relax or get out of your routine, or stop working hard,” Kaepernick said. “This is when you should be working your hardest.”
Kaepernick feels the 49ers want to win it for Randy Moss just as the Ravens want to win it for Ray Lewis. Moss does not have a ring. Lewis does.
“He’s gonna be a Hall of Fame player, he’s someone that deserves a Super Bowl ring, so we want to send him out the right way,” Kaepernick said.
Moss has the right quarterback gunning to send him out the right way.