Shaun Hill News Archives

Houston Texans tight end Owen Daniels fumbles the ball as he crosses the goal line as San Francisco 49ers cornerback Shawntae Spencer defends during the second quarter of a NFL football game Sunday, Oct.

Rookie Michael Crabtree had a good NFL debut in a losing effort to the Texans. In a game where all the attention was going to be focused on a 49ers player making his season debut, it seemed unlikely that we would be talking about QB Alex Smith rather than rookie WR Michael Crabtree.

These are the quarterbacks who have started for the 49ers since Sept. 6, 1998, in alphabetical order: Ty Detmer, Trent Dilfer, Ken Dorsey, Jeff Garcia, Shaun Hill, J.T. O'Sullivan, Cody Pickett, Tim Rattay, Alex Smith, Steve Stenstrom, Chris Weinke and Steve Young.

Random observations of a Wednesday-morning quarterback ... -- Mike Singletary will start Alex Smith on Sunday because Smith "gives us the best opportunity to win the Football game." Has there ever been a more cotton-candy cliche? -- Except when it's not true.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith looks to pass as Houston Texans defensive tackle Shaun Cody tries to tackle him during the fourth quarter of a NFL football Sunday, Oct.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Shaun Hill is sacked by Houston Texans defensive tackle Jeff Zgonina in the first quarter of a NFL football game Sunday, Oct.

After going 6-for-11 passing for 45 yards and failing to lead the 49ers to a single point in the first half in Houston, QB Shaun Hill has been benched in favor of QB Alex Smith .

Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware finally has his big contract with the Dallas Cowboys.

I'll give you three guesses what a sizable chunk of today's links are about. You get your Alex Smith/ Shaun Hill , you get your furious second half comeback attempt, and of course you get a little Michael Crabtree on the side.

Short-attention-span reading and writing, and some bonus cut-and-pasting from my Talking Points blog .

Do any of the people who seriously discuss the notion of an NFL franchise in London actually possess the ability to think? I'm not saying it'll never happen, but the only way my eyes will witness it is if my head is thawed out by the good people at the cryogenics lab and shipped next-day delivery across the Atlantic Ocean.

Originally published October 25, 2009 at 1:01 p.m., updated October 25, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. HOUSTON a ' Alex Smith has replaced Shaun Hill at quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers in the second half of their game at Houston.

He got his deal. He's learning the offense. And now it's time for him to shine. Well, that's the general idea, anyways.

Mark Roman, who entered this season on the bench after 43 consecutive starts, is back in the lineup.

The San Francisco 49ers are trading places again along their offensive line, and even quarterback Shaun Hill admitted that could be a good thing as the team emerges from its bye week.

Locker-room politics was the hot topic at 49ers headquarters Wednesday, specifically how veterans would react to the news that a rookie who missed every snap of a taxing offseason suddenly is on the verge of starting.

Will one small step for Adam Snyder mean one giant leap for the 49ers' offensive line? As the starting right tackle slides over to right guard for Sunday's game against the Houston Texans, the team can only hope the shift is a seismic one.

The San Francisco 49ers ran interference for Michael Crabtree on Wednesday. Crabtree grabbed the playbook from his locker and took off to get to work before San Francisco's afternoon practice.

CBSSports.com pro football writers Pete Prisco and Clark Judge face off weekly throughout the season.

Frank Gore is healthy again and eager to play. Michael Crabtree is set to make his NFL debut and possibly even start.

Citing concerns over his long-term health, the 49ers ended Jeff Ulbrich's season Monday.

I f I'm the 49ers, I play Michael Crabtree this weekend. I'd put pressure on the guy.

Shortly after losing 45-10 to Atlanta last week, coach Mike Singletary vowed the 49ers will bounce back.

The linked article talks about which leg of the defense/running game/game manager tripod is letting San Francisco down.

Frank Gore was among a small group of San Francisco 49ers to stick around during the entire bye week.

Typically when you look at the tape of a game, the loss doesn't seem as bad. Not so with this one.

The 49ers are using their bye week to say hello to Michael Crabtree. The rookie receiver is scheduled to make his debut Oct.

As if you haven't read enough about Deion Sanders lately, Prime Time's ghost made a dubious return to Candlestick Park on Sunday.

The San Francisco 49ers must have been looking forward to an upcoming bye week, so much so that the team decided to begin the break one day early.

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Dre' Bly took Mike Singletary's usual spot at the podium in a team meeting room and apologized.

The Steelers have Ben Roethlisberger, a quarterback who drove his team to the game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII.

The eyes bulged. Words were exchanged, fingers pointed, challenges issued. And Mike Singletary looked like he was ready to fight Atlanta offensive lineman Harvey Dahl and maybe all of the Falcons while the 49ers were on their way to their worst home loss in 42 years.

THEY ALREADY knew how far they had come, and they surely knew and appreciated how far he had come.

Roddy White caught two touchdowns and Michael Turner rushed for three more -- all in the first half -- as Atlanta jumped all over the 49ers and cruised to a 45-10 victory.

The 49ers expected to beat the Rams last Sunday, but more importantly, they took it a step further, they HAD to beat the Rams.

San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis catches a 13-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Shaun Hill in between St.

By Shawn Clarke, Contributing NFL Editor -- - The big news coming out of the Bay area this week wasn't how the San Francisco 49ers scored 21 combined points on defense and special teams to improve to 3-1, but that the team finally got first-round draft pick Michael Crabtree to sign on the dotted line.

This is a June 5, 2009, file photo showing San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree during 49ers NFL football mini-camp at 49ers headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

Michael Crabtree has signed with the 49ers -- finally! After coming up with one of the most poorly-conceived negotiating strategies since Latrell Sprewell announced $21 million couldn't feed his family, Crabtree signed on Wednesday.

1 draft pick, the 49ers on Tuesday met with wide receiver Michael Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker in what amounted to a first in negotiations between the player and the team that chose him 10th overall.

During his days as Hall of Fame linebacker, Mike Singletary had his fair share of tackles and sacks.

Even now, as his team sits comfortably atop the NFC West, coach Mike Singletary and his 49ers would like you to believe they have won nothing.

That statement might not be the most shocking statement you've read in your life.

Fresh of a 35-0 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, San Francisco 49ers QB Shaun Hill will check in with NFL.com today at 1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with fans .

THE SHUTOUT was important to Isaac Sopoaga. The phone call was vital. The call arrived Saturday afternoon, roughly 24 hours before Sopoaga put on his 49ers uniform to play the St.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Shaun Hill looks to pass against the St. Louis Rams in the second quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct.

Talk about a rough way to start a game. Shaun Hill, the former Vikings No. 3 quarterback now starting for the 49ers, was four seconds into Sunday's return to the Metrodome when he was stripped of the ball on a sack by right defensive end Jared Allen.

Now they need to prove it. The 49ers' Allen Rossum popped a 104-yard kickoff return touchdown last season, and he's got eight return touchdowns for his career.

Even now, the Rams remain a perfect mirror for the 49ers . Fourteen years after they left Los Angeles, they're still the closest thing to a rival that the 49ers have.

Share + Sep 29, 2009 10:02 am US/Pacific 49ers Team Page SANTA CLARA 1 of 1 Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota Vikings is tackled by Aubrayo Franklin #92 and Justin Smith #94 of the San Francisco 49ers at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on September 27, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Vikings take over at own 29. Peterson strung out, gains 1. Delay of game on Favre.

The last time Shaun Hill faced St. Louis, the San Francisco quarterback talked his way out of being benched by coach Mike Singletary.

Line: 49ers by 9.5; Over/under: 37.5. Records: : Rams 0-3/1-2; 49ers: 2-1/3-0. A year ago, you had to be a classic ''meatball'' Chicagoan to pine for Mike Singletary as coach of the Bears - a staunch believer in ''Da Coach,'' Midwestern toughness, running the ball to win, ''Bear Weather'' and anything or anybody connected to the '85 Bears.

Jim Brown, who made $85,000 in the final season of his Hall of Fame career, has a message for the 49ers first-round draft pick: "Mr. Crabtree, get your butt in camp," he said.

Glen Coffee made a memorable first impression on 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis.