49erCanuck, I said it would be a failure if we didn't get beyond the NFC Championship.

Look, I'm not trying to take anything away from Kaepernick in this game. It was an historic performance.

I'm already embracing this, but perhaps you haven't discerned that in my remarks tonight.

All I've done tonight is what I have consistently done when people carelessly dismiss Smith's accomplishments, which is to remind them of what he has done.

I'm not going to bicker about which teams were scrubs or not. But you tell me, were last year's New Orleans Saints scrubs?

Whoop and dance all you like if the 49ers win it all this year with Kaepernick - I WILL BE DANCING TOO, IS THAT CLEAR?????? - but don't forget that Alex Smith won more regular season games this year than Colin Kaepernick and remains a HUGE reason why this team right now is a championship contender.