The San Francisco 49ers officially named Mike Singletary the head coach after the 27-24 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday. Singletary had went 5-4 as interim head coach after Mike Nolan was fired earlier in the year.

The contract is for four year and will be paying Singletary around $2.5 million per year. He also has the rights to hire and fire any coaches that he wishes to do so. It is uncertain at this time if Mike Martz will be brought back but if I had to guess, I would say Martz is out.

The players are very happy for Singletary as they know he is a straight shooter and gets the best out of them. They like his attitude and everything he brings to the table. Even though the season is over and the team had a losing record, the team has their heads up high as they look forward to the 2009 season with Coach Singletary at the helm.

Another season as came and gone however the 49ers do have their heads up high after beating the Washington Redskins 27-24 on Sunday afternoon to finish off the 2008 season. With the win the team improved to 5-4 after Coach Singletary took over the team and finished the season with a 7-9 overall record.

Joe Nedney booted a 39-yard field goal as time expired to give the 49ers the victory. The late drive was beautiful as Shaun Hill and the offense had the Redskins defense confused pretty much the entire drive. Hill did a great job of time management and hitting his open receivers as well.

Hill went 21-for-30 for 245 yards, rushing for an early score and throwing a TD pass while remaining unbeaten in five games as a starter at home. Jason Hill caught the nine-yard touchdown pass from Hill in the fourth quarter. The only other touchdown for the 49ers came in the third quarter when DeShaun Foster hit paydirt from one yard out.

Frank Gore returned from a two-game injury absence to rush for 58 yards, wrapping up his franchise-record third consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season. It’s too bad Gore had to miss time late in the season with injuries but overall he had a pretty good season for the team.

Now everyone will be paying attention to see who the team hires for a offensive coordinator as Mike Martz will be let go all indications say. Once that is done, the team will start looking forward to the upcoming NFL draft where the 49ers will be picking tenth overall.

It sure wasn’t pretty but the San Francisco 49ers came away with a one point victory on Sunday against the St. Louis Rams. Josh Morgan caught the game winning touchdown on a 48 yard pass from Shaun Hill late in the fourth quarter and then the defense held off the Rams on their final drive of the game as the team came away with a 17-16 victory to improve to 6-9 on the season.

Hill didn’t have a good game but he came up big when the team needed him the most. He finished the game with 18 of 34 for 216 yards and two touchdowns. However he was also picked off three times in the game.

Issac Burce was the leading receiver for the team and he also caught his 1000th career pass in the game. Bruce caught seven balls for 61 yards and one touchdown in the game. Congrats to Issac for going over the 1000 catches!

The running game of the 49ers was pretty much nonexistent the entire game.  Hill led the team on the ground with 45 yards on four carries while DeShaun Foster had just 36 yards on 12 carries.

Patrick Willis and Michael Lewis were the anchors on the 49ers defense as they both finished with 13 tackles each. It seems like we blog about Willis and Lewis each week as they are the two stars on this defense. We can’t forget that Tarell Brown also intercepted a pass in the game as well.

So now it comes down to the final game of the season on Sunday. The 49ers will be taking on the Washington Redskins at home with a game time of 4:15 ET. Get out the stadium if you can and let’s all watch a 49ers victory to close out the 2009 season!

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The 49ers were going for their third straight win on Sunday as they took on the Miami Dolphins but they couldn’t pull it out in the end and lost 14-9. Yep, another game where the offense struggled and the only points that were put on the scoreboard was three field goals by Joe Nedney.

The offense was playing without starting running back Frank Gore who was held out with the ankle injury. DeShaun Foster got the start and rushed the ball for 76 yards on 18 carries. Foster just isn’t the type of back that Gore is. He can’t catch the ball as well and just doesn’t pick up the extra yards we are used to seeing Gore pick up.

Shaun Hill tossed the ball around all game long as he attempted 46 passes and completed 30 of them. Issac Bruce was the leading receiver as he caught seven passes for 71 yards. It’s too bad Hill and Bruce couldn’t have hooked up for a touchdown in the game as they were connecting quite often.

I thought the defense played a good game once again. They held the Dolphins to only 14 points and one of those was a breakdown that allowed for a 61 yard td for the first score of the game. One reason the defense was able to hold the Dolphins to only 14 points was because the offense had the ball 22 minutes longer as they kept the ‘Phins offense on the sideline. This loss can’t go on the defense that is for sure.

Poor field position plagued the 49ers, who started their possessions at their 20, 20, 11, 4, 11, 13, 21, 34 and 39. Mistakes hurt them, too. They muffed a kickoff, made a fair catch of a punt inside the 5, dropped a potential interception and committed two false-start penalties on one play.

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The San Francisco 49ers picked up their second straight win on Sunday with a 24-14 victory over the New York Jets. The win improved the 49ers record to 5-8 overall and 3-4 at home. I really thought that the Jets would have their way with the 49ers even though they had to travel across the country to play the game. I guess I was wrong!

Shaun Hill passed for 285 yards on 28 of 39 passing. Hill hooked up with Bryant Johnson and Frank Gore as he tossed two touchdowns in the game. Issac Bruce and Johnson both caught six balls from Hill as they both stayed active all game long.

The 49ers didn’t have much of a running attack as Gore was the leading rusher with only 52 yards on 14 carries. DeShaun Foster had 16 carries for 35 yards as well.

The defense is what won this game for the 49ers I had though. Michael Lewis was the leading tackler with seven tackles. Patrick Willis was right behind Lewis as he finished up with six total tackles.

The defense held Brett Favre to just 20 of 31 completions  and 137 yards.

Up next for the 49ers is a game in Miami against the Dolphins. The Dolphins are currently favored by -6.5 points and that is about right considering the 49ers have to travel to the East coast for an early game on Sunday. Can the team win their third straight game? Let’s hope so!

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The San Francisco 49ers played spoiler to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon as they surprised everyone with a 10-3 victory. The 49ers used a very stingy defense and just enough offense to beat the Bills who were hoping to stay in contention for a playoff spot in the AFC.

Patrick Willis was the man for the 49ers on defense as he recorded a game high 14 tackles and also forced a fumble. Willis has really stepped up his game, it’s too bad the 49ers didn’t have the same play making abilities at other positions to really help out the team.

The only scoring the 49ers offense could muster up was a 12 yard touchdown reception from Shaun Hill to Isaac Bruce. Bruce caught five balls on the day for 67 yards and the one touchdown. Hill tossed for only 161 yards on 14 of 23 passing. The other three points came via a Joe Nedney 50 yard field goal just before half time.

Frank Gore was the teams leading rusher with 66 yards on 24 carries. He had a long of 12 yards but simply just didn’t run the ball with authority in the game. The Bills defense stepped up and really shut down the 49ers running game.

I’ll take the win no matter how bad it was. A win is a win and the 49ers need all of them that they can get at this point in the season.

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