Day 1: Boo Birds, Motivational Speeches, and a Whole Lot of Nutcracking.

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Published: August 1, 2009

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... Saturday—to their fans because their Santa Clara facility is undergoing renovations.

If they have too many more practices like their first one, however, then nobody will want to come watch them anyway.

Or to hear Head Coach Mike Singletary's summation of the proceedings, "We've got a long way to go. Right now we're not very good."

He was being uncharacteristically charitable.

The temptation is to lay all the blame on the quarterbacks as bad reads, knocked-down passes and interceptions ruled the day, but really the whole offense was miserably off sync.

On running plays the blockers struggled to get any push, particularly when starting halfback Frank Gore wasn't the one getting the reps, and rookie back Glen Coffee and other runners such as Thomas Clayton and Kory Sheets were quickly enveloped by defenders in the backfield.

Meanwhile on passing plays it didn't matter if it was a 3-on-3 drill, a 6-on-8, or the full 11-on-11, it was a rari...

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Day 1: Boo Birds, Motivational Speeches, and a Whole Lot of Nutcracking.

By
for NFLSportChannel.com

Published: August 1, 2009

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... Saturday—to their fans because their Santa Clara facility is undergoing renovations.

If they have too many more practices like their first one, however, then nobody will want to come watch them anyway.

Or to hear Head Coach Mike Singletary's summation of the proceedings, "We've got a long way to go. Right now we're not very good."

He was being uncharacteristically charitable.

The temptation is to lay all the blame on the quarterbacks as bad reads, knocked-down passes and interceptions ruled the day, but really the whole offense was miserably off sync.

On running plays the blockers struggled to get any push, particularly when starting halfback Frank Gore wasn't the one getting the reps, and rookie back Glen Coffee and other runners such as Thomas Clayton and Kory Sheets were quickly enveloped by defenders in the backfield.

Meanwhile on passing plays it didn't matter if it was a 3-on-3 drill, a 6-on-8, or the full 11-on-11, it was a rari...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - NFL
Article Source: BleacherReport.com


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