Found August 15, 2009 on Bleacher Report:
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49ers 17, Broncos 16 "Thank god it's preseason," were the first words out of San Francisco 49ers Head Coach Mike Singletary's mouth in his postgame presser late Friday night, and doesn't that just about say it all? There were some good performances and many poor ones in the game, but the overriding theme was that, in just about every case, what we saw on the practice field is what we saw against the Broncos. And by that I mean the guys who've been practicing well played well, the guys who've been practicing mediocrely played mediocre and the guys who've been practicing poorly... well you get the idea. Let's breakdown the game, first the positives, then the negatives. Shaun Hill showed why he deserves to be the team's starting quarterback, effortlessly marching the team down the field in his only series of work. He made only one mistake, holding onto the ball too long and taking a coverage sack when throwing it away would've been the bett...
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