As you can imagine much of the discussion at today's Mike Singletary press conference centered on quarterbacks. Who will be the starter after the bye, J.T. (Just Turn Overs) O'Sullivan or Shaun Hill? Singletary said he and Mike Martz still haven't decided. Too bad. Hill should be the starter because he's not as careless as JTO. Here are Singletary's pertinent responses. Maybe I'm misreading this stuff, but I think everything he says supports Hill's case.

Q: Who will be staring quarterback after the bye?

A: Coach Martz and I looked at the film together this morning and pointed out some things about both quarterbacks. We're going to continue to have conversations about that. We have some time to really reflect and decide. We'll make the right decision, whatever is best for the team.

Q: Martz has said J.T. O'Sullivan is the best quarterback. Is he wrong?

A: I don't say he's wrong at all. When you look at what J.T. has and his capabilities and the arm strength, all of those things you say, "Hey maybe that guy gives us the best chance to win." But you know as well as I do, you look around the league there are guys that are very talented. They can throw the right ball. They can throw every pass. They can throw every route. They're very talented very smart all these things but they can't play quarterback. J.T. has done a good job. He's just been inconsistent. Mike Martz' assessment I think was correct, but I think sometimes you go back and look at where is the team? Where is my quarterback situation? And you've got to make the best decision to make the right pick. Right now that's what we're talking about.

Q: Will you force a quarterback on Martz?

A: I don't want to do anything to inhibit the relationship that Mike and I have. It's not like I'm going to go in there and say, "This guy is going to be the starter like it or not. That's the way it's going to be." That's not going to happen. We're going to come to a decision and it will be unanimous.

Q: Has J.T. done a good job of managing the game?

A: If he had done a good job of managing the game then we wouldn't be talking about what we're talking about right now. J.T. sometimes, like a lot of quarterbacks, you get yourself in a situation where you want to win, you want to make a play, you want to make things happen and sometimes you do too much. Players, not only quarterbacks, it can happen to anyone.

Q: People cheered when you took out J.T. It might be disappointing to go back to him.

A: It's all about winning and regardless of who's out there, whether it's J.T. or its Shaun Hill if we win all is forgiven and you go forward. We come back from the bye week and he (JTO) goes out there on the field and they boo boo and he throws a couple of touchdowns and it's go get em JT. We all know how that works. That's the least that I think about. The most important thing is that we come to a decision about what is best for the last half of this season, giving us a chance to get into the playoffs and fight for a spot.

OK, there you have it, although I take issue about getting into the playoffs. Playoffs?

-- Lowell