Good but painful article IMO. I agree with most of what is said. The Niners are a team with a few stars and a lot of borderline talent. It's the truth. How many times has this team scored 40 or more in the past five years? How many times have we dominated a team during that stretch? Once or twice? Hill has career backup stamped on his head and Smith hasn't proven anything. We can always look through rose colored glasses and see what we want to see but reality bites.

• Stat gurus at Football Outsiders predict rough 2009 for 49ers