
The San Francisco 49ers won just two of their first nine games of the season. After both of those victories, then-coach Mike Nolan gave the players the day off.
But the day after the 49ers' 35-16 victory Sunday over the St. Louis Rams, interim coach Mike Singletary had his entire team report back to work.
"I feel that the day after the game, I'd like to see the players, and I think that they have something to share with one another," Singletary said. "When you win a game, you want to come in. You just won the game the day before, you come in and talk about it a little bit more."
Although the 49ers snapped a six-game losing streak with the decisive victory over the Rams, Singletary had plenty of issues he wanted to address with his team.
The biggest thing the 49ers did not accomplish on Sunday was "finishing." The 49ers held a 32-point lead at halftime, but saw their level of execution dip dramatically in the second half.
"Finishing meant that at some point in time the offensive line, when we're backed up, that we could put it in their hands and they drive it out," Singletary said.
"Finishing means that we don't jump offside two, three, four times in a row. Finishing means that we don't walk off the field. We jog off the field. Finishing means that however we started the game, we need to end the game stronger than we started. That's finishing."
The 49ers were called for three consecutive false-start penalties in the second half. The 49ers did not score in the second half and managed just 75 offensive yards.
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