Secondseeded San Francisco had to wait until Week 17 to clinch the NFC West, but they're back in the title game after suffering a mistakefilled 2017 overtime loss to New York last season.This postseason, coach Jim Harbaugh has the versatile Kaepernick under center instead of Alex Smith, who threw five touchdowns without an interception in last season's playoffs and was one of the league's highestrated passers until suffering a concussion in Week 10.Kaepernick has a 98.7 passer rating while going 62 as a starter since taking over, and his overall performance in last Saturday's 4531 divisional round victory over Green Bay seemingly makes San Francisco a more dangerous opponent than it was a year ago. The secondyear pro rushed for a quarterback playoffrecord 181 yards with a pair of touchdowns and overcame an early interception returned for a TD by throwing for 263 with two scores."It feels good," Kaepernick said. "We're one step closer to where we want to be.It is comm