Colin Kaepernick breaks silence reveals

spent his offseason seeking a trade that would ensure he'd never return to the ' facility in Santa Clara. But that trade never materialized, even if the showed interest, so Kaepernick now finds himself in a quarterback duel against . For the first time this offseason, Kaepernick spoke to media members about the strange events of the spring. He didn't reveal much of anything. He said he's happy to be in San Francisco with new head coach Chip Kelly and Manu Ginobili Jersey claimed the situation wasn't "awkward," but really, what else is Kaepernick supposed to say? "What Chip, the coaching staff, my teammates have really done this offseason, and the work they've put in and how everything has been going, I'm very excited to be here," Kaepernick said, "I'm very happy to be here. And looking forward to training camp." One interesting nugget actually did come out of his exchange with reporters Bryn Forbes Jersey . As reported, Kaepernick revealed that he hasn't spoken to 49ers general manager Trent Baalke. That's not a definitive bad sign, but it's definitely not a good sign -- though, it's worth noting that Kaepernick doesn Tony Parker Jersey 't need to speak with Baalke to play football. His relationship with Kelly is more important. Kaepernick didn't reveal why he wanted to escape San Francisco this spring. "Organizations at the end of the season go through and evaluate personnel and opportunities," Kaepernick said. "That was something, I sat down with my team Chimezie Metu Jersey and did the same thing. That's how we handled the busine s. "We were looking at different opportunities. I don't want to get into specifics of what happened, why things happened. At this point, everything is football. I'm a 49er. Once again, excited to work with Chip and this coaching staff, Curtis and Ryan have been amazing. I'm excited about what's to come." For now, Kaepernick's task is simple: Get healthy enough to begin competing against Gabbert in team drills. Recovering from three surgeries, Kaepernick still isn't cleared for all football activities. He took part in 7-on-7 drills, and is expecting to be a "full-go" for training camp at the end of next month. , but he'll Quinndary Weatherspoon Jersey still need to elevate his play after a disappointing 2015 campaign that saw him post a career-low pa ser rating of 78.5.