San Francisco 49ers Training Camp: Toward a Common Goal

August 9, 2010   ·   Patrick Goulding II   ·   Jump to comments

August is finally here and with it comes the welcome sound of pad on pad contact and the banging of logoless gold helmets at 4949 Centennial Boulevard in Santa Clara, California.

After a series of starts and stops led to an ultimately disappointing 8-8 record in 2009, the 2010 San Francisco 49ers enter camp in preparation for their second full season under head coach Mike Singletary with one common goal in mind: return to playoffs. Early reports of status and prospectus had been particularly positive, almost suspiciously so. So I decided to attend a practice session in person and see for myself.

It is difficult to glean too much from a single Saturday afternoon practice, which to my dismay was not in pads, but so far as I could absorb, here were my top impressions:
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