Singletary isn't ruling out Vick

Coach Mike Singletary did not rule out the possibility Monday of the 49ers making an attempt to land quarterback Michael Vick, whom the Atlanta Falcons are actively shopping in a trade.

“I’m not going to say I’m open or closed,” Singletary said after the 49ers’ state-of-the-franchise event for season-ticket holders. “I’d say it has to be something (general manager) Scot (McCloughan) and I talk about and feel good about one way or the other. But we have not talked about it at this point in great detail. We’re trying to focus on what we have.”

And what the 49ers expect to have is a quarterback competition that matches Shaun Hill against Alex Smith. But, first, Smith will have to take a large salary reduction from his scheduled 2009 base pay of $9.625 million.

“I think right now we really need to look at the two guys we have,” Singletary added. “If everything works out with Alex and he’s back, we need to look at that and go as far as we can go with that. The whole Michael Vick thing, we have to sit down and talk about that. But for right now, we have enough on our plates.”

Another possibility is free agent Jeff Garcia, a three-time Pro Bowl performer with the 49ers in the early 2000s. Garcia has been told he will not return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season.

But Singletary said the question is how much of an improvement Garcia would be over Hill.

“You’re always interested in a guy who can win football games and Garcia is that kind of guy,” Singletary said. “But I think the most important thing is to look at what makes sense for us. When I look at Shaun Hill, I think he did a great job last year.

I’m not sure how much better we get by bring a Jeff Garcia in and adding to the mix when you have a guy like Shaun Hill.”