by David Zizmor

San Francisco 49ers update: 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is a guy whose only looking to improve for the 2015 season he had some success in the league and he certainly has looked good in post season which he demonstrated against the Green Bay Packers a few years ago when he set an NFL rushing record for quarterbacks not just in the playoffs but in the entire history of the NFL.

Kaepernick ran for 180 rushing yards in that Packers playoff game and then in the championship game he won and took them to the Super Bowl, he almost won them a Super Bowl and the following season he beat the Packers in another great post season game. He lost a heartbreaker to the Seattle Seahawks right at the end of regulation.

They made that game close because he ran that game well in the second half, last season a lot of people think he regressed a little bit. His passing numbers were not that great, his rushing numbers were down and he didn’t look quite as good as he had or dynamic as he had in the past. I don’t know if that’s entirely fair, he suffered 55 sacks and that’s a large part of it and that’s because the offensive line didn’t play that well.

Oakland Raiders update: When the Raiders hired a guy like head coach Jack Del Rio your looking for improvement on the defensive side of the ball and that’s what his focus will be on. For Del Rio he’s going to lead the offense and he’s the offensive coordinator not that he’s going to have his fingers all over the offense.

Del Rio is not an offensive guru however he’s the guy known for his defense or let’s say he’s known for his ability to motivate the team. He was able to motivate his team when he was head coach for the Tampa Bay Bucs and they were a team that followed him into battle each week. He’s big on the offensive side of the defense he’s going to rally the troops in Oakland.

The Raiders their a team that’s trying to grow that defense which has been a problem. The offense has some interesting pieces and we talked about this on the show already. They have quarterback Derrek Carr who looks to be a very great young quarterback, they have wide receiver Amari Cooper who they got in the first round in the draft who looks like he’s going to be an excellent receiver.

David Zizmor covers the NFL for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to his podcast on the 49ers and Raiders below