The San Francisco 49ers hope to have a more productive offense built around Colin Kaepernick in 2015.

The 49ers promoted Geep Chryst to offensive coordinator this week.

"It's not fixing Kaepernick," Jed York said. "I think Kap is an unbelievable player. He's a young guy that continues to grow and mature, but we all do."

Greg Roman was offensive coordinator of the 49ers last season.

"But with Kap you got a guy in Geep Chryst who knows him better than anybody else," he said. "You have a great guy in Steve Logan that's coming in that's going to work with him on fundamentals and to put a system that's going to put Kap in the best position to make plays.

"How many quarterbacks in this league can run 90 yards for a touchdown? I can't think of many, but you have to put Kap in position where he can make those plays and put Kap in position where we can run the ball. We can throw the ball in ways that allows him to be successful and let him be the absolute stud that he can be on the field, and that's what you're going to see from us next year. Defenses are not going to want to play against us because you're not going to know where we're going to hit you."

The carousel for NFL coordinators is far quicker than that of head coaches.

Darrell Bevell and Josh McDaniels, offensive coordinators for the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, are two of the longest tenured in the NFL.

Bevell has been with the Seahawks for four seasons, making him the second-longest-tenured coordinator in the NFC behind Pete Carmichael of the New Orleans Saints.

McDaniels and Todd Haley have been with their teams for three seasons, making them the longest-tenured offensive coordinators in the AFC.

Every other NFL team has hired at least one new offensive coordinator within the past two offseasons.

Bill Belichick gave big praise to Pete Carroll when asked about his relationship with his Super Bowl counterpart.

"Good. Great," Belichick said. "Not a coach in the NFL I respect more than Pete Carroll. He's a tremendous coach. He and I have kind of come up together in roughly the same era. We've both been defensive coordinators, we've both been head coaches.

"I have a ton of respect for what Pete does as a coach, how good of a fundamental teacher he is, the way his teams play. I've studied him from afar -- we've never worked together. Studied Pete from afar over a long period of time. I've learned a lot from what he does, and indirectly, I think he's made me a better coach. I have all the respect in the world for Pete and his staff."

Drew Brees believes the New Orleans Saints have figured out the issues that plagued them in 2014.

Brees called it the most frustrating season of his career.

"I think we've identified the problems or the things that got us beat or the things that didn't allow us to be as good as we know we can be, and we have the solution to fix it," Brees said. "It's going to take a lot of work, but I know we can get it done."

Brees didn't detail what those "problems" were specifically, but alluded to losing significant locker room leadership when the Saints jettisoned a bevy of veterans the last few offseasons.

"I hate the word 'talent.' I hate it," Brees said. "Some of the best players I ever played with, or best teammates I ever played with, that wasn't their best quality. Everybody's talented. Their best quality was their work ethic, their leadership ability, their ability to fight through adversity, toughness, reliability. Those are the things I most value."

The Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks have combined to acquire just one of their skilled position players via a first round pick.

Aaron Rodgers was a first round pick by the Packers in 2005.

The Seahawks selected Russell Wilson in 2002 with a third round pick.

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has already set odds on the winner of Super Bowl 50, which will be played on February 7, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

The usual suspects are at the top of the odds board, with the Seattle Seahawks a 5-1 favorite. The host San Francisco 49ers have opened at 25-1.

The Seahawks have 5-2 odds to win this year's Super Bowl.

Odds for all 32 teams

Ryan Pace will have final say on the Chicago Bears' roster and on their head coach.

“The 53-man roster, to answer your question, yes,” Pace said when asked if he has final say. “But my experience is in New Orleans, the relationship between the head coach and General Manager, that’s critical. So is the head coach and the quarterback. Those are the two most important relationships in the building.” 

Pace is the NFL's youngest general manager.

“I’m 37, but I’ve seen a lot,” Pace said. “I don’t look at my age, I look at my experience in New Orleans.

"I don't want you guys thinking I'm some moneyball GM. That's not me," said Pace.

Colin Kaepernick has sought out and will receive tutoring from Kurt Warner this offseason, according to a report.

The Sacramento Bee reported Wednesday that Kaepernick will train and study with Warner -- as well as quarterbacks coach Dennis Gile -- with film, board work, drills and mental aspects of the game at EXOS in Phoenix.

"If we can teach him [consistency and efficiency], then I think he becomes one of the most dangerous quarterbacks in the NFL," Gile told the Bee. "Because you can't teach the natural talents that he has."

Kaepernick is scheduled to arrive in Phoenix next week and will train at EXOS until the 49ers' offseason program begins in March, according to the newspaper. Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants and Jarvis Landry of the Miami Dolphins are among the receivers expected to train at EXOS this offseason.