PHOENIX -- As the San Francisco 49ers honed in on filling an empty quarterback depth chart in the opening days of free agency, general manager John Lynch received information that made him believe Colin Kaepernick was close to signing with another team.
"At one point, there was some information as were kind of going through our own quarterback thing and it's kind of what happens in free agency," Lynch said. "You get information and you set the market for guys you're talking to and things and there was information that came to us and I know that thing has blown up and I don't want to get in other people's business but there was some information that he was very close.