Robert Griffin II was named Offensive Rookie of the Year Saturday. San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick could be on his way to an even better title: Super Bowl champ.?
Baltimore Ravens fan Scott Milliot, foreground, of San Francisco, takes a picture of his wife Regina in front of the Super Bowl XLVII sculpture on a barge along the Riverwalk in New Orleans.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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OK, with the Offensive Rookie of the Year award won decisively by Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III Saturday night, we now know that RG3 has jumped into the early lead in the race to see who will be the best quarterback of the Class of 2012.
Tonight, Colin Kaepernick might take a huge leap past him. Sure, the San Francisco 49er quarterback is technically in his second year. But he's started fewer games than RG3 or his two rookie challengers, Andrew Luck or Russell Wilson. And the Big 3 of the rookie class are surely the standard against which Kaepernick will be judged.
And based on the early returns, he could be the best of the bunch. No one who saw his performance against the Green Bay Packers could argue that RG3 is out of his league as a runner.
Then Atlanta basically dared him to beat him with his arm after the Falcons jumped out to a 17-0 lead ??and he did. Luck might have led a rookie-record seven late-game comebacks this season, but none were bigger or more impressive than Kaepernick's that day.
And in doing so, he one-upped Wilson, who had brought his Seattle Seahawks back against Atlanta the week before, only to lose.
In short, Kaepernick has all the tools: RG3's trickery, speed, and accuracy; Luck's mettle and bruising physical build (6-4, 230 lbs.); and Wilson's preternatural calm.
Rookie of the Year? Yes, he missed that award. But by the end of the day, Kaepernick might be the first of the Fab 4 to have what each wants most: a Super Bowl ring.
3:19 p.m. Eastern time
Every Super Bowl Sunday is like a giant reunion, annually bringing people together in living rooms, dens and sports bars across the nation to watch the big game and pig out. (See our 21 easy Super Bowl recipes). The much-ballyhooed commercials also tend to bring familiar faces back year after year, and 2013's crop is no exception (check out the sneak previews).
World's sexiest race car driver Danica Patrick returns for GoDaddy.com (along with supermodel Bar Refaeli), The Rock is again rocking a milk mustache, Allstate's Mr. Mayhem makes another unwelcome visit, and once again ?the Dude? (Jeff Bridges) makes his laid-back pitches for Hyundai. No Super Bowl is allowed to kick off without Budweiser's Clydesdales, and this year's touching horse tale is not to be missed. (Have some tissues on hand ? I'm just sayin'.)
Coke and Pepsi carry on their escalating taste (and spending) wars this year, the hyper-precocious E-Trade baby is back in the crib with his fast-talkin' schtick intact, and Hollywood's coming attractions abound with a bevy of familiar stars like Johnny Depp ("The Lone Ranger"), Brad Pitt ("World War Z"), and Robert Downey Jr. ("Iron Man 3") all battling bad guys and ? spoiler alert ? saving the day!
And, of course, there are some brand new, er ... faces, too. (Cue Kate Upton Mercedes ads.)
So stay tuned to this spot for The Monitor's picks for Super Bowl XLVII's COMMERCIALS TO STAY PUT IN YOUR LAY-Z-BOY RECLINER FOR. (If you say the last part really loud in an announcer voice, it makes it very Super Bowly-sounding, seriously.)
Until then, you can enjoy the Monitor's picks for the five best Super Bowl commercials of all time.
? John Kehe
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