late in the second on third and 12, smith delivers a strike to the middle to michael crabtree. she gone. san francisco led at the half 14-12. but the fall of troy begin. this is picked off by former stanford star. following that play, singletary and smith got into a heated argument on the sidelines. coach would later bench him. after the rams got a field goal, and robinson st. louis on top 22-14. alex smith, he loses the football and they recover. 49ers are officially eliminated from the playoffs. >>> it does appear the and is near for mike singletary. york says he would not commit to him coaching the final game against arizona. york says they will hire a general manager and that, quote, money is no object. >> raiders were only playing for pride because kansas city was eliminating oakland from the playoffs. if they could beat the colts they would avoid the first losing season since 2002. oakland got off to a great start. rookie goes all the way, 99 yards. his third kickoff return this season, a club record. down 10-7. they pull even as he drills a 59-yard field goal. one of fou

troy smith overthrows michael crabtree and mike singletary's future son-in-law is waiting there for theuld lead to a rams field goal and they led 15-14. smith completed just 7 of 19 passes and appeared mike singletary was going to take him out. smith and the coach got into a heated exchange and troy smith stayed in the game. fourth quarter, rams up 15-14. bradford rolls out, buys enough time to find lawrence robinson for a touchdown. bradford's first touchdown pass in four gairms. st. louis up 22-14. so with troy smith still struggling, mike singletary goes to alex smith, with just 9:30 left in the game. he completed his first four passes, leading to a field goal. with just over 2 minutes left, he's sacked, stripped, rams fall on it and win 25-17. playoff hopes are over and perhaps so is mike singletary's job as head coach. >> we've got enough talent on this team that we should have been the nfc west champion and we should have been competing in the playoffs. >> and obviously i wanted us to do better, felt that we could do better, but there are some obvious question marks that, you know

then late in the second quarter and smith delivers a strike over the middle to michael crabtree. he is gone for a 60-yard score and san francisco lead at the half. then they scored again and sam bradford rolling right and threw across his body. st. louis on top, 22-14. and alex smith replaced troy smith and he loses the football and the rams recover. 25-17 was the final. and so ends the mike single -- mike singletary era in san francisco. >>> and way will turn our attention -- and we will turn our attention to the raiders. they got off to a great start thanks to >>> the raiders were only playing for pride because kansas city won earlier in the day eliminating oakland from the playoffs. if they could beat the colts, the raiders would avoid their first losing season since 2002. oakland got off to a fast start on the opening kickoff. jacobi ford does it again. taking it up the one yard line and the rookie goes all the way 99 yards. it is his third kickoff return for a touchdown this season, a club record. down 10-7 in the second and the raiders still leading as janikowski gets a 59-

troy smith overthrows michael crabtree and mike singletary's future son-in-law is waiting there for theerception. it would lead to a rams field goal and a 15-14 st. louis lead. smith completed just 7 of 19 passes, gets into a fight with mike singletary and pleads with him to stay in the game. fourth quarter, rams up 15-14. bradford rolls out and buys just enough time to find robinson. gets open in the end zone, bradford's first touchdown pass in four games. st. louis goes up 22-14. with troy smith struggling, mike singletary switches back to alex, with just 9:30 left in the game. he completed his first four passes that led to a field goal, but with just over 2 minutes left, he is stripped and the rams fall on the ball. rams win 25-17. the playoff hopes are over, and perhaps so is mike singletary's job as head coach. >> we've got enough talent on this team that we should have been the nfc west champion and we should have been competing in the playoffs. >> and obviously he wanted us to do better, felt that we could do better, but there are some obvious question marks that, you know, i had

then late in the second on third and 12 smith delivers a strike over the middle to michael crabtree.isco led at the half 14-12. then in the third quarter this pass is picked off by former stanford star who by the way is mike singletary's future son-in-law. following that they got into a heated argument. the coach would bench him in favor of alex smith. >> then the rams scored again bradford throws to robinson. st. louis goes on top 22-14. alex smith didn't fare much better he loses the football rams recover. 25-17 as the 49ers are officially eliminated from the playoffs. >> it appears the end is near for mike singler to. york says he would not commit to singletary. york also said the 49ers will hire general manager and quote money is no object. >> raiders were only playing for pride after oakland was eliminated from the playoffs. oakland got off to a great start on the opening kickoff. he does it again taking it from the one-yard line. he shows off his speed going 99 yards it's his third kickoff return this season. and this is a 59-yard field goal. one of four today. peyton manning f

watch troy just thread the needle to michael crabtree. he hits fifth gear. a 60-yard td for crabtree. 49ers actually led 14-12 in half time. check out the strange who gets hit by tugway. he is engaged to the daughter. it seemed like he was going to replace troy with alex. but what we have here is a failure to communicate. and then after that special teams breaks down. jeff reid attempts the go ahead field goal. hooked. no good. rams still lead 14-15 in the third quarter. rams won just one game last year. but the rookie quarterback sam bradford has helped bring some punch to the offense. bradford to alexander. the 49ers defenseer spencer gets turned around and alexander gets up and scores a 49-yard touchdown. that's what the referees ruled until they challenged it and see that his foot is out of play. it gives rams the 22-15 lead. 9ers had some time to add some magic. but alex smith has nothing up his sleeve. more agony as alex gets hit, losing the ball. st. louis recovers. rams win 25-17. 49ers missed for the seven straight years and good-bye alex and good-b