The San Francisco 49ers are a young team with lots of upside. Head coach Mike Singletary and his "I want winners" mentality seems to be working. The 49ers gave the Minnesota Vikings all they could take – it took a Favre miracle pass for the Vikings to win. RB Frank Gore has the potential for another 1,600 yard season and QB Shaun Hill is getting better by the game.
The NFC West is one of the worst divisions in football – well not the most competitive. The Seattle Seahawks aren't what the use to be, the St. Regis Louis Rams could possibly be the worst team in the NFL and the Arizona Cardinals haven't been in the same page all season long. The 49ers might not be the front-runners in the NFC, if they keep moving in the direction Coach Singletary is taking them they will be the favorites one day.
The glory days of the 49ers might be gone but they are in the process of rebuilding another Super Bowl type team. This year might not be their Super Bowl season, in a couple years the 49ers could raise the Vince Lombardi trophy for their 6th time and the teams first since 1995.
Coach Singletary is the perfect man for the job to make this happen, the 49ers are a young team and need a "general" like coach to keep them on the straight and narrow. Coach Singletary was a great defensive player in his day for the Chicago Bears or "Monsters of the Midway". If he can instill the knowledge to his defense and create and terrifying defense that resembles the great Chicago Bears defenses of the 1980s – the 49ers will be a contender for years. For this to happen, additional playmakers on the offense might be needed, but what team in the NFL can't use more offensive weapons?