What a difference a year makes for the San Francisco 49ers.
A year ago, former Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick informed the team he would opt out of his contract and hit free agency. The Niners, then under newly minted general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan, were going to cut him anyway. And Kaepernick, of course, remains unsigned.
Still, it was a precarious situation for San Francisco. With Kap gone, and backups Blaine Gabbert and Christian Ponder also leaving for the open market, Lynch and Co. had exactly zero quarterbacks to work with.