Give excitable San Francisco 49ers president Jed York credit for being supportive of his team in the face of its 0-5 start.
York made news Sunday when he declared that the 49ers will still win the NFC West. Good luck with that.
However, if the 49ers should pull off a miracle comeback this season, it probably won’t save coach Mike Singletary’s job. According to a team source, Singletary will need to do some extraordinary things over the final 11 games to have any hope of coming back as coach. That extraordinary thing would be something like winning all of the remaining games and even a playoff contest or...
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