The San Francisco 49ers are showing signs of greatness again. It has been a long time. Here a few end-of-season factoids that give me great optimism for next season:
- New head coach Mike Singletary is 5-4. That is a better winning percentage than 16 coaches in the NFL. Given the sorry history of interim coaches generally, any coach who wins more than he loses is showing awesomeness. He is also the first Niner head coach coach since Steve Mariucci (1997-2002) to have a winning record.
- Frank Gore's 58 yards rushing in yesterday's win over Washington gave him 1,036. It's the first time a 49ers back has run for three straight 1,000-yard seasons.
- Starting QB Shaun Hill is now 5-0 at Candlestick, and 7-3 as a starter. This is the best Niner QB record since Jeff Garcia.
- Isaac Bruce finished with 835 yards receiving, the most by a receiver since Terrell Owens's in 2003.
- Patrick Willis was the NFL tackle king last season, but this year he'll have to settle for second. Willis had seven stops Sunday, leaving him with 141 for the season (13 fewer than Cleveland linebacker D'Qwell Jackson). Still, Willis is a beast.
GO NINERS!
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