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Unlike most practice weeks when the 49ers finish the bulk of their preparation on Friday, the club wrapped up their significant on-field work today.

The 49ers will now have two walk-through practices - short review sessions -- before hitting Lambeau Field for Sunday's game. The club will have a walk through tomorrow morning in Santa Clara before taking a flight to Green Bay on Friday afternoon.

The 49ers are on Day 2 of practice-field preparations for Sunday's game, while the Packers hit the field for the first time in Green Bay to get ready for the 49ers.

The 49ers' coaches got a nice head start for preparing to face the Packers. Jimmy Raye did a lot of film study before sitting down with his big-screen high-def TV to watch the Packers face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

The 49ers' run game is about quantity, not quality, 49ers offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye said. That's why he said it's difficult to draw any conclusions about the run game from the 49ers' loss to the Colts. In that game, Frank Gore had just 13 rushing attempts.

I asked Raye today about the spread offense and the fact that the run game has not been consistently successful this season. The 49ers are not going to become a "spread" team. But Raye said there might be more of those elements added to the team's offense as the season progresses.