Chilo Rachal News

Alex Smith has played well enough through two quarters for the 49ers to beat the Seahawks.

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.

The seeds of yesterday's win over Jacksonville were planted last week in Green Bay.

Referee Ron Winter and crew called 24 penalties, assessing 19, during the 49ers' 10-6 victory over the Bears on Thursday night.

After a disappointing performance by the offensive line in the season opener, coach Mike Singletary vowed that the 49ers blockers would turn things around.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The NFC West has shown up so far in Week 8. Embattled 49ers left guard Chilo Rachal gets credit for an effective block on Frank Gore 's 64-yard touchdown run against the Colts.

A debate has begun on the blog concerning whether the 49ers should continue to open it up against the Colts this Sunday, or whether they should, again, try to run it.

CB Tarell Brown was drafted by the 49ers in 2007 and has signed a three year extension on Wednesday .

The San Francisco 49ers have taken a big blow to their already struggling offensive line, losing right tackle Tony Pashos for the season with a broken left shoulder blade.

Lose the quarterback fixation, OK? We all spend too much time worrying about that position with the 49ers.

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

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.

We've all had nearly two weeks to go through all of the various phases of dealing with a teeth-kicking loss to Atlanta.A First there's panic, generally during the game in question, followed shortly thereafter by anger, sadness, shame...you get the picture.

Shaun Hill #13 ofthe San Francisco 49ers is sacked by the Atlanta Falcons at Candlestick Park on October 11, 2009 in San Francisco, California.

If there's ever a good time for a blowout, it's right before a bye week. The kick in the teeth by the Falcons was stunning but quite possibly instructive.

25. "I feel great," he said Wednesday. "I'm good to go and I'm looking forward to the Houston Texans." Doctors, however, will have final say.

On Monday, the 49ers cut ties with kick returner Allen Rossum. The move creates an open roster spot for newly signed first round draft pick Michael Crabtree.

A day after insisting that "Dre' is going to be Dre'," cornerback Dre' Bly was contrite.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Thanks to 9ergocrazy for pointing out the terrific video showing Mike Singletary's coaching before, during and after the 49ers' victory over the Rams.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Thanks to those who kept the NFC West chat moving Thursday.