7
Oct
2009
Michael Crabtree signs (finally)
Michael Crabtree’s 71-day holdout is over.
The 3-1 San Francisco 49′ers absolutely need help at wide receiver. Right now, their wideout lineup consists of Isaac Bruce (84 years old, 13 catches for 167 yards), Josh Morgan, and Arnaz Battle. Crabtree should help the situation, but it won’t be immediate.
According to Mike Singletary, “Obviously, Mike has missed a lot of time, a lot of valuable time, and has a lot of work to catch up, in particular to spend a lot of time with Jerry Sullivan and Jimmy Raye in terms of getting all the little nuances right about where his position’s going to be, what he’s going to play, and all that stuff that he needs.”
“The other thing here, I know there’s been a lot of things said back and forth. I’ve always said from Day 1, until I heard something from Michael, all the other stuff doesn’t mean anything to me.
“I’m very excited to have Mike Crabtree be a part of this team. In my mind, he has been since the day he was drafted. And today really makes it official. But excited about the talent that he is, excited about his attitude.
“And now it’s just a matter of getting him injected into our organization and what the 49ers are doing, our work ethic, our culture, our respect that we have for each other and the way we play the game.” (Thank you to the San Jose Mercury News for this transcript.)
This guy must be pretty fired up right about now:
5
Sep
2009
Trade interest in Michael Crabtree
NFL.com and Rotoworld report that two NFL teams have inquired about trading for 49′ers holdout WR Michael Crabtree–and claim they will pay him top dollar. However, if a trade doesn’t go down, Crabtree is prepared to sit out the 2009 season, and re-enter the draft in 2010. Questions: If you’re an NFL GM, what round do you draft Crabby in? Do you draft him at all? If he were hanging around in the fourth, by chance, and you’re the 49′ers, would you draft him? Just for kicks?
28
May
2009
NFL Rookie Dance Off!
Thirty-four members of the 2009 NFL Rookie Class were gathered together in Los Angeles this past weekend for the annual Reebok NFL Players Rookie Premiere Upper Deck Photo Shoot.
In addition to getting their pictures taken for their trading cards, the rookies were challenged to perform their best Touchdown Dance, with the winner taking home an autographed Michael Jordan jersey.
Let’s go to the videotape:
If you disregard the fact that most of these would draw a 15-yard penalty for including props (and the fact that we’ve seen half of those before anyway), there were actually some decent moves in there. Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno taking home the prize for his lumberjack celebration … I don’t know, I kind of liked Aaron Curry‘s, myself.
25
Apr
2009
Live NFL Draft Blog – Picks #11-20
Michael Crabtree was the 2nd WR taken in the draft. Photo: Steelerstoday.com
The first 10 picks of the draft went by in just over 80 minutes, with a few surprises, and one trade. The Browns trade of the #5 pick to the NY Jets, who then selected QB Mark Sanchez is the biggest news of the day thus far.
Oh, and Michael Crabtree somehow fell to #10 with the 49ers. I think he’s gonna be good:
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