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		49ers Preview Week # 5 By Tony the Tiger Hayes October 8, 2009
	San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree smiles during an NFL football news conference at 49ers headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Crabtree has agreed to a six-year contract with the 49ers after several months of difficult negotiations. (AP Photo)
	Atlanta Falcons (2-1) at SANFRANCISCO 49ERS (3-1) (Candlestick Park) Sunday, Oct. 11, 1:15 p.m. Radio KNBR-AM 680 TV – Fox 2 History Lesson: In their last meeting back in Week 9 of the 2007 season, Atlanta slipped by the Niners 20-16, backed by RB Warrick Dunn’s 100 yard rushing day… San Francisco has won three of the past five matches vs. the Dirty Birds and leads the all time series 44-28-1. The Bad Guys: Michael Turner, last season’s second leading rusher is off to a slow start, having gained 226 yards in the Falcons first three games. He is averaging 3.5 yards per tote as opposed to 4.5 in 2008. Former Broncos kicker Jason Elam is still a force. Last season the veteran leg made 29-of-31 field goals… Atlanta is 13-1 under head coach Mike Smith when the club leads at half time… Falcons QB Matt Ryan is sixth in the NFL with a 100.4 passer rating. The Good Guys: QB Shaun Hill has yet to lose a home game in his pro career, the Scarlet and Gold is 7-0 when Hill starts at the ‘Stick… LB Patrick Willis had 2.5 sacks last week vs. the Rams, the most of his career… TE Vernon Davis, the heralded former No. 1 pick has become Hill’s go to guy. Davis leads all NFL TE with three TDs and tops the Niners with 17 catches… Freshly inked No. 1 pick WR Michael Crabtree will not play this week. Coaches Corner: Head coach Mike Singletary on what Crabtree has to do first: “I think he’s going to do what he needs to do and that is work his tail off, stay with the coaches, be a shadow to [Wide Receivers Coach] Jerry Sullivan, make sure that he works his tail off and obviously he’s going to have to earn their trust. But, the most important thing is that he doesn’t worry about, ‘How do I do this and how do I do that? What are they thinking about?’ Forget that. That’s done. All you need to do is come in here and be who you are. What we saw on film in college, let’s see that on film in the pros, it’s as simple as that. You just have to jump in with both feet and not really be worried about the other peripheral things because that’s going to slow you down.”