Despite Tough Loss, San Francisco 49ers Are Playing with New Winning Mentality

No more Mike Nolan, no more Dennis Erickson, no more Mike Singletary. Despite the tough loss in Week 2, Jim Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers are legitimate contenders no matter how you slice it up.

For the second straight week, the 49ers played simple and basic football to the absolute tee, and it almost worked in Week 2 against a Dallas Cowboys team stocked with weapons both offensively and defensively.

Harbaugh kept it conservative once again, but when needed to open it up, he did — just slightly.

Alas, you can only keep down an elite team for so long. When the Dallas defense needed to show up, it showed up. When Tony Romo needed to make a play, he not only hooked up with Mile...

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