http://ninernoise.com/2012/02/27/talk-of-49ers-acquiring-wide-receiver-will-light-a-fire-under-michael-crabtree/ A San Francisco 49ers Blog Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://ninernoise.com/2012/02/27/talk-of-49ers-acquiring-wide-receiver-will-light-a-fire-under-michael-crabtree/comment-page-1/#comment-1252463 Jerry Rice Sounds Off On Crabtree, Also Says 49ers Should Pursue Peyton Manning - Niner Noise - A San Francisco 49ers Blog Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:04:07 +0000 http://ninernoise.com/?p=6131#comment-1252463 [...] a defender down the field, which the 49ers passing offense lacked last season.  In a recent post, I said all the talk of acquiring a wide receiver will light a fire under Crabtree.  Rice has a [...] [...] a defender down the field, which the 49ers passing offense lacked last season.  In a recent post, I said all the talk of acquiring a wide receiver will light a fire under Crabtree.  Rice has a [...]

]]> http://ninernoise.com/2012/02/27/talk-of-49ers-acquiring-wide-receiver-will-light-a-fire-under-michael-crabtree/comment-page-1/#comment-1252971 faithfulmeister Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:40:09 +0000 http://ninernoise.com/?p=6131#comment-1252971 We should not be so obsessed with whether someone runs 4.3 or 4.4 at the combine.  They never reach anywhere near those speeds in pads anyway.  Just get humble but moxie players who run their routes and hang onto the ball.  Yes and that means YOU TOO CRABTREE. We should not be so obsessed with whether someone runs 4.3 or 4.4 at the combine.  They never reach anywhere near those speeds in pads anyway.  Just get humble but moxie players who run their routes and hang onto the ball.  Yes and that means YOU TOO CRABTREE.

]]> http://ninernoise.com/2012/02/27/talk-of-49ers-acquiring-wide-receiver-will-light-a-fire-under-michael-crabtree/comment-page-1/#comment-1252965 dezighn Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:55:24 +0000 http://ninernoise.com/?p=6131#comment-1252965 It's obvious Michael Crabtree lacks the speed and quickness to ever be a #1 receiver. However, it's not his fault the 49ers drafted him with the 10th pick in the 1st rd, it's theirs. Why? Because he's a possession receiver being paid as a #1 ($4m next yr). Looking at this from a business perspective, he's probably going to be paid $3m to $3.5m more this year than he should when compared to other like receivers on their first contract. If available, this is money that could better be used to sign other players. It could possibly make the difference in keeping one of their free agents (C. Rogers) or signing another teams free agent.    The draft is not an exact science, every team makes mistakes but it's what they do with those players that can affect the long term success of a team. So what should the 49er's do, trade him, renegotiate his contract or nothing? I'm guessing they'll do nothing... at least for this year.          It’s obvious Michael Crabtree lacks the speed and quickness to ever be a #1 receiver. However, it’s not his fault the 49ers drafted him with the 10th pick in the 1st rd, it’s theirs. Why? Because he’s a possession receiver being paid as a #1 ($4m next yr). Looking at this from a business perspective, he’s probably going to be paid $3m to $3.5m more this year than he should when compared to other like receivers on their first contract. If available, this is money that could better be used to sign other players. It could possibly make the difference in keeping one of their free agents (C. Rogers) or signing another teams free agent. 
 
The draft is not an exact science, every team makes mistakes but it’s what they do with those players that can affect the long term success of a team. So what should the 49er’s do, trade him, renegotiate his contract or nothing? I’m guessing they’ll do nothing… at least for this year.         

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