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"Hill Hurts His Back
No coach likes to talk about injuries, particularly a nagging one that's bothering the quarterback you just named the starter. That's what happened Wednesday, with
Shaun Hill throwing just one pass in practice because of a lower back strain that
Mike Singletary said was a day-to-day issue.
Hill injured the back in yesterday's practice and "pushed through" according to Singletary. Hill wanted to do the same today, but Singletary told him to take it easy.
Asked if he found it unsettling that Hill might not be available Saturday night for the penultimate preseason game in Dallas, Singletary said, "It's not unsettling at all, not one bit. We're going to go to Dallas and play football, we're not going to worry about who's ready to go and all those things. We should execute just fine."
Singletary seemed more annoyed by the situation than anything else. Backup
Alex Smith has already been ruled out of the game because of a sprained thumb sustained while tackling Raiders linebacker Ricky Brown in last Saturday night's game.
Rookie Nate Davis took most of the snaps Wednesday and looked good, consistently finding tight end Vernon Davis.
Singletary said Hill wouldn't seek an MRI on his back, which he once injured near the end of the 2007 season when he took a shot in the area from a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. Hill sustained cracks in his traverse process as a result.
Damon Huard also took snaps Wednesday.
