by Adam Gretz
Just about every time I checked in on the 49ers-Rams game yesterday -- hey, I check in on all of the games -- it looked like Shaun Hill was doing his best to throw the game away for San Francisco. For three quarters, that's pretty much what he was doing as he completed just 10-of-21 passes, while throwing three interceptions, putting his team in a 16-3 hole in the fourth quarter.
Naturally, interim head coach Mike Singletary considered sending Hill to the bench, replacing him with J.T. O'Sullivan. Desperate times, I guess.
As Kevin Lynch of the San Francisco Chroniclewrote in his blog following the game, Hill was "geeked up" because he had friends and family in the stands, and he was having none of this benching nonsense. Apparently, he was "geeked up" enough to convince Singletary to leave him in the game, mostly because he had "the look in his eyes."
I'm not sure what "the look" is, but whatever he had in his eyes, he finished the game completing 8 of his final 13 passes, including a pair of touchdowns in the games final four minutes, leading the 49ers to a 17-16 comeback win on the road.
'Geeked Up' Shaun Hill Convinces Mike Singletary to Leave Him In, Leads Comeback originally appeared on NFL FanHouse on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:05:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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