Football Tuesday by the Bay week nine

November 10, 10:46 AMSF Fiftysomething Lifestyle ExaminerAmy Wachspress

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The Raiders had a bye this week, and it was none too soon. Team members needed the break to catch their breath, have their cars detailed, buy new winter coats, and refill their Prozac prescriptions. Cable spent the week petitioning the Al Davis Coaches Recovery Group to let him join. Under pressure from Lane and Art, the group set a precedent and admitted Cable while he is still (technically) coaching the team. Cable gave everyone in the group an Oakland snow globe by way of appreciation. If you would like an Al Davis Coaches Recovery Group fathead, they are now available at aldavisthatfathead dot com.

The 49ers, unfortunately, did play this week. When interviewed after the loss to the Titans, Singletary said, “We have a formula in terms of how we play, how we win games. The number one thing is we cannot turn the ball over." He probably should have shared the formula with Alex Smith, who threw four interceptions, no, sorry, make that three interceptions and one fumble. The Titans beat up Singletary’s boys pretty bad. Rumor has it that the paramedics had run out of stretchers by the time Coffee got knocked out in the fourth quarter and had to carry him off the field in a hammock they borrowed from a tailgate party. Safety Michael Lewis left the game in the fourth quarter with a quad strain. TE Delanie Walker went out with a left knee sprain, G David Baas suffered a right shoulder stinger, CB Tarell Brown suffered a ribs contusion, TE Vernon Davis suffered a shoulder contusion, RB Frank Gore suffered a right eye contusion, RB Michael Robinson suffered a shoulder stinger, and S Curtis Taylor suffered a shin contusion. Lewis and Coffee are expected to miss the Thursday game against the Bears. The rest of the walking wounded will be patched and wrapped and sent back in. Singletary says he just wants his guys to realize they can win a game without killing themselves. They might kill themselves first.

Just saying.