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For his first extended playing time since last year, I thought there were some real positives there that we need to continue to kind of try to build with him and get him going.After a promising start that included scores on three of his first four drives, including the 53-yard touchdown pass to Smith, Kaepernick generated very little against a Buffalo defense content to let him try to win from the pocket.Kaepernick got worse as the day went on, completing just 5 of 18 passes for 52 yards in the second half and taking all three sacks as a close game got out of hand in the fourth quarter.We didnt finish our drives, Kaepernick said after the game. A lot of those drives were finished with field goals. If we finished those with touchdowns, the outlook of the game is different and it plays out differently. So that is something that we need to be able to do is get sevens instead of threes.Kelly blamed a couple of dropped passes, a false start on third-and-short and the failure to convert a fourth-and-1 when the game was still close for those second-half struggles.Kelly also praised Kaepernicks ability to extend plays with his legs as most of his 66 yards rushing came on scrambles rather than designed runs. Kaepernick also did not commit any turnovers.Theres room there where I think he can grow and Im sure as he watches the tape with us tomorrow and we get a chance to sit down and visit with him and go through everything, hell see some things and get a chance to get a little bit better and thats the thing that were encouraged by because he did a lot of really good things, Kelly said. I think we just need to try to build upon that as we move forward.Kaepernick will get that shot Sunday in his first home game as starter since losing the job last year. 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American Alexander Massialas has been honored as much for his fencing accomplishments as for how young he was when he accomplished them.Hes hoping to prove at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics that hes the best in the world regardless of age.Massialas, a 22-year-old Stanford student perhaps best known for being the youngest U.S. male athlete at the London Games in 2012, will head to Brazil with a real shot at history.The son of American fencing legend Greg Massialas, Alex is the top-ranked foil fencer in the world -- and perhaps the best chance the U.S. has at earning its first mens Olympic gold medal in that discipline.Obviously Id like to be the person to break the drought. But as far my concern with the Olympics go, Im not really thinking about that so much as trying to get a gold medal, Massialas said. For me, its about getting on the strip and beating whoever is in front of me.Alexander has always had a distinct advantage over his peers because of his father Greg, a three-time Olympian in the 1980s, referee and coach who is among the most influential fencing figures in American history.But Greg never pushed Alex or his 19-year-old sister Sabrina, a U.S. fencer who didnt qualify for Rio, into the sport.Greg knew that if his kids didnt fall in love with fencing on their own, they probably wouldnt be very good at it.Greg was pulled back into fencing at the request of peers looking for coaching help ahead of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.Greg transitioned to officiating, most notably in Atlanta in 1996, and his wife, Chwan-Hui Chen, encouraged him to start his own team two years later.Alex came along in 1994. He naturally gravitated toward fencing at an early age, only to be initially rebuffed by his father.Its not something I pushed on them, said Greg, who is the current U.S. national team coach. Its something they wanted to do. ... and I think thats important because unless its truly something you want to do on your own, you wont be that successful. That makes a big differeence. Kurt Warner Jersey. ut Alexander insisted. Greg relented, and his son showed immediate promise.Alexanders breakthrough came when he was just 14.He went to an international challenge in Paris -- where most of the field had at least a decades worth of experience on him -- and became the youngest fencer to ever make the top 16 in that event.From there, I was like `Wow. I can actually do something. I can actually make an Olympic team, Alexander said.Alexander reached that goal in 2012 after becoming the most decorated cadet, or under-17 fencer, in the history of the world championships.Alexander finished a respectable 13th in London, just a few months after graduating high school, before enrolling at Stanford.He ascended to the top spot internationally earlier this season and will enter Rio with back-to-back first-place finishes in events in Shanghai and Panama City.Alexander is just one of three U.S. men, including Gerek Mienhardt (fourth) and Race Imboden (seventh), ranked in the top 10 in foil.The American team, which Alexander helped lead to a world title in 2013, is currently second in the world.Its the little things, he said. Working on the finer things like getting the technique down and just honing on -- maybe not adding crazy stuff -- but slowly and slowly developing my game over a long period of time.Alexander took the past year at Stanford off to focus on training for the Olympics. He also moved back home to his parents house in San Francisco, where Gregs insistence that fencing not interfere with family life continues to this day.Despite the fact that Alexander credits his fathers keen coaching eye for much of his success, the two rarely talk shop at the dinner table.That remains the one place where Alexander can still relish in his youth.I try to stay as much of a kid as possible, Alexander said. At home, its more like a father-son bond. ' ' '