There are some things I can get better at. That's what preseason is for. You're going to get beat once in a while. But the good players learn from their mistakes.

regains the form he had a couple of years ago.

[The Dolphins, who spent last week at the San Francisco Hilton after playing the previous Sunday in Seattle, certainly weren't overwhelmed by rampant enthusiasm for the 49ers.] This is San Francisco, and they were a dynasty at one time, ... Yet you really don't see too many fans around here cheering for their team. I thought we'd at least see some hecklers when we got here, but that hasn't happened, either.

We told him to get out, but he wanted to ride it out. He was a little stubborn,

John Doe No. 2.

We've been working strenuously on the issue for years, particularly since 1998, when the SKIP program was created,