Joe Nedney News

TEN SFO FG 08:35 Joe Nedney 40 Yd 0 3 FG 05:56 Rob Bironas 21 Yd 3 3 TEN SFO TD 13:08 10 3 TD 09:31 10 10 TD 00:20 10 17 TEN SFO TD 05:40 17 17 TEN SFO FG 10:55 Joe Nedney 25 Yd 17 20 TD 07:11 24 20 FG 03:06 Rob Bironas 28 Yd 27 20 TD 02:51 34 20 TD 00:39 34 27 SAN FRANCISCO -- Vince Young has evolved before his teammates' eyes.

The assignment: Shaun Hill was supposed to manage an offense driven by a powerful running game.

The 49ers losing streak has reached four games after getting stunned at home by Tennessee .

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco 49ers and Tennessee Titans are tied 3-3 at the end of the first quarter at Candlestick Park.

After finally notching their first win of the season, the Tennessee Titans will travel to San Francisco this weekend to meet the 3-4 49ers in an interconference matchup.

In his second game against Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, Alex Smith had to act like, well, Peyton Manning.

New England got its first road win of the season and had to travel roughly 3,300 miles to get it.

Michael Crabtree News: Michael Crabtree posted five receptions for 56 yards in the Week 7 loss to Houston.

Michael Crabtree will make his 49ers debut against the Houston Texans on Sunday, which means that by midafternoon he will have a story to last a lifetime.

Leave it to Stanford and UC Santa Cruz to perform statistical research on something like whether a certain side lands up more often in a coin toss.

Referee Pete Morelli, center, flips the coin at the beginning of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons at Candlestick Park in San Jose, Calif.

Everyone knows the flip of a coin is a 50-50 proposition. Only it's not. You can beat the odds.

Week 5 of the fantasy football season will go into the books as one to forget. Bruinskins 1 tied it opponent to rise, if you can call it that, to 1-3-1. Jay Cutler and Matt Forte were on the bench with bye weeks.

Football coaches are not thinkers ; they are mindless tyrants . Kickers are thinkers; they have the time to wonder.

Hill was forced to throw it away when a rusher came free off the right end. Then Joe Nedney missed a 46-yarder. Not a good sign for a stirring comeback.

Atlanta Falcons' Roddy White celebrates a touchdown with teammates Justin Peelle and Tony Gonzalez during Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

NFL Mikee made some good decisions this week, and a couple of bad ones. The good outweighed the bad, however, as I went 5-2 in fantasy football.

It took the 49ers a full half to get going against one of the league's worst teams, and the end result was only 228 yards and two touchdowns.

Sidney Rice stood next to Vikings wide receivers coach George Stewart on the sideline as Percy Harvin waited to return a kickoff in the third quarter Sunday.

SFO MIN TD 08:38 0 7 SFO MIN FG 13:09 Ryan Longwell 40 Yd 0 10 TD 09:26 7 10 FG 03:26 Ryan Longwell 52 Yd 7 13 TD 00:00 14 13 SFO MIN FG 04:47 Joe Nedney 37 Yd 17 13 TD 04:34 17 20 FOURTH QUARTER SFO MIN TD 08:12 24 20 TD 00:02 24 27 MINNEAPOLIS -- Brett Favre still has quite the winning touch.