Panthers respond to Jim Harbaugh calling Colin Kaepernick Superman

San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh compared quarterback Colin Kaepernick to Superman, which ruffled the feathers of the Carolina Panthers.

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“The two plays early in the game where he stepped up, defender coming at him, stopped in his tracks and basically made a wrist-throw, a 30-, 40-yard laser to Anquan Boldin who ran an exceptional route and added good yards after the catch,” coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday. “And then, the very next play, he steps up, kicks out of a would-be tackler, running to the dead right, wrist-throws a BB to Vernon Davis in the end zone for a touchdown.

“I mean, in my estimation there’s only two people that could make those two plays: One is Colin Kaepernick and the other has an ‘S’ on his chest.”

Which led to the NFL tweeting this out:

That is when the Panthers struck back, responding on Twitter. The posted a picture of Cam Newton doing his signature celebration, a pantomime of Clark Kent ripping his shirt open to reveal the Superman “S” beneath it. The picture of Kaepernick doing the same above likely came from him mocking the celebration when the teams played in 2013.