San Francisco 49ers News

Matt Hasselbeck is goal-oriented. Right now, that leaves him and his Seahawks in an altered state.

If there was ever a game to define the future of the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday's week 13 matchup in Seattle against the Seahawks is that game.

You could hear it between every line of every player's answer, see it burning in Mike Singletary's eyes, practically feel it emanating from the 49ers' locker room Sunday.

Two 49ers players reached milestones Sunday. Not that either of them cared. Vernon Davis broke the franchise single-season record for tight ends by catching his 10th touchdown pass.

Seahawks defensive end Cory Redding is inactive for their game against San Francisco, while the 49ers are without wide receiver Isaac Bruce.

San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore had touchdown runs of 79 and 80 yards when the two teams met in September.

Having played themselves out of contention and their team president out of work the Seattle Seahawks now enter a phase of analysis and evaluation.

Over the past few weeks, Alex Smith has demonstrated that his arm is plenty strong enough.

On one hand, it seems a little nutty for the 49ers to be sub.-500 in December and still talking about playoff dreams.

For a player with just nine catches all season, Delanie Walker has remarkable sway over today's game.

Twelve weeks into the NFL season, coach Mike Singletary said his 49ers ' defense has to improve its tackling, starting with Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks .

The Seahawks are essentially out of the playoffs - again. They just shoved out Tim Ruskell, their president and general manager, weeks before his five-year contract was to expire.

As apart of the San Francisco "faithful", watching the 49ers win on Sunday makes my day.

While the 49ers' pass catchers have been celebrating the team's move to a spread attack, Mike Singletary has been paying close attention to those players who might feel left out of the party.

It's a room full of troubled kids, which means Chilo Rachal feels at home. He was one of them once, a lousy student even by Compton standards.

Josh Morgan got in Michael Crabtree's face to celebrate after a long reception that led to a touchdown during last week's victory over Jacksonville.

Today, I read a column by Mike Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News , and he stated that had Michael Crabtree been playing since the season started, the 49ers would have a winning record.

Brit Miller , the hero in a preseason game long since forgotten, was promoted from the practice squad and will be on the active roster for the 49ers on Sunday in Seattle.

With a touchdown catch against the Seattle Seahawks this weekend, Vernon Davis would break a 49ers record that has stood for more 35 years.

Tackling is the theme of the week for Mike Singletary. In August, Singletary began his first training camp as 49ers head coach with intense tackling drills.