Shawntae Spencer News

Coach Mike Singletary suggested Wednesday that such a change might be coming, although he stopped short of saying Dre' Bly would start at left corner against the Jags.

Burdened with the kind of rueful regret that comes from missed opportunities, the phrase "Oh, what might have been" is a good way to describe the 49ers of 2009 in a season slip-sliding toward a seventh straight losing campaign.

Nate Clements News: 49ers inactives: Nate Davis , WR Brandon Jones, LB Takeo Spikes, CB Keith Smith, CB Nate Clements, OT Joe Staley, C Cody Wallace, and DE Ricky Jean-Francois. [ + ] Impact: Star cornerback Clements will continue to be missed in the 49ers' unstable secondary.

Old pro Donald Driver leads the Packers in receiving. "He's a seasoned vet," Spencer said.

After enough requests, now seemed as good a time as any to roll out a Greg Manusky Approval Rating poll.

If you should happen upon Jay Cutler on the street and wave to him, don't be surprised if he flinches.

In a meager offensive output for the 49ers, the low point came in the third quarter when an athletic quarterback and an offensive line averaging 320 pounds per man could not gain less than a yard.

Cutler had driven the Bears from his own 20-yard line to the San Francisco 12 with 8 seconds left.

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

Tuesday is the day teams typically make roster moves, and the 49ers have a lot to think about with two heretofore starters suddenly out a month and a half.

Well then. According to Maiocco , Tarell Brown will start at left cornerback opposite Shawntae Spencer .

Flawless. That was the word the 49ers preached all week as they prepared for the undefeated Colts.

The San Francisco 49ers kept it close with the Indianapolis Colts, but in the end, a trick play would spoil the 49ers' bid to win their fourth game and putting a stop to the Colts' undefeated season.

Players sometimes return from this injury without missing the rest of the season.

However, he might take some solace in the fact that it took a play the Colts had not used in nine years to beat the 49ers 18-14 to remain undefeated at 7-0. The 49ers, admirably, took a 14-12 lead into the fourth quarter at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Indianapolis Colts running back Joseph Addai, top, is tackled by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nate Clements in the second quarter of an NFL football game in Indianapolis Sunday.

It was on Oct. 9, 2005, that the 49ers' No. 1 overall draft pick made the first start of his career, against the Colts at Candlestick Park.

Tarell Brown, who has played only sparingly this season, might be the 49ers' starting left cornerback today against the high-octane Indianapolis Colts.

UPDATE: Terell Brown came into the press room after practice to talk about his contact, a three-year extension that will take through 2013.

That would be the helmet that has a radio receiver installed in it, allowing the player to get instructions and calls from the coaches.