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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Colin Kaepernick is in the process of considering how he might go about his off-season regimen to bounce back from a disappointing year, and employing a mechanics coach or quarterback guru as Tom Brady and other stars have done is being discussed.Thats still in the works, Kaepernick said. Just working on possibilities right now.San Francisco (7-8) looks to avoid a losing record when it ends the season Sunday at home against Arizona (11-4), which still has a shot at winning the NFC West.Kaepernick, rewarded with a hefty new contract in June before training camp, has shined under former NFL quarterback and coach Jim Harbaugh until this up-and-down year. He has cost the team games, and San Francisco heads into the season finale on a four-game losing streak — the first under fourth-year coach Harbaugh, who is likely on his way out.Kaepernick is 274 for 452 for 3,165 yards and 17 touchdowns with 10 interceptions and 43 sacks. Perhaps the most glaring flaw has been San Franciscos failure to score second-half points, including only 37 in the last nine games.The Niners blew a 28-7 halftime lead in a 38-35 overtime loss to San Diego last Saturday.He said once the season ends he will go back through each game film and begin the self-evaluation process, something that can be difficult to do during the season amid the challenge of game-planning from week to week.You still watch mechanics, what you can do better, but its more of a week-to-week basis. Its hard to break habits in season. You dont want to completely try to change something because it can throw off everything else youre doing, Kaepernick said. Ill be able to figure those things out, what I need to get better at.One of the NFLs most dynamic young playcallers coming into the year, Kaepernick received a $126 million, six-year contract extension through the 2020 season. Both the 49ers and their star wanted to strike a deal before training camp.Harbaugh is all for quarterbacks receiving some outside help during the off-season to improve themselves, as New England star Brady, New Orleans Drew Brees and Denvers QB Peyton Manning do.Yeah, theres value there. Quarterbacks are always trying to improve their play and find something, Harbaugh said. Find one thing or find two things to help them, to get better. Colins always been that type of player that is looking for improvement for those two months that are after the season. He likes to, the way they dont come into the facility, but his car is in the lot the next day. Hes very shortly plotting out his off-season regiment. He takes no time off and gets right to work. So, its expected he would find anything, even one or two things to try to improve his play. Thats the kind of guy he is.Harbaugh recommended former pitching coach Tom House to then-49ers QB Alex Smith — now leading Kansas City — at one point and Smith spent time with House during the spring of 2012 refining his mechanics.Yeah, thats something we set up, facilitated, and thought it had good results, Harbaugh said, noting how much things have changed since his playing days. I think the principles the same. 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Seattle coach Pete Carroll said tthe team had a great day today, according to the pool report.ddddddddddddAll-Pros Earl Thomas (shoulder) and Richard Sherman (elbow) participated. Thomas missed two days of practice last week.Seattle will have its last full practice on Friday afternoon before a walkthrough on Saturday morning.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '