I know I am a couple days late with things but we will get you caught up very shortly. One of the biggest headlines this week was the San Francisco 49ers' first round draft pick Michael Crabtree might sit out for the entire 2009 season.
I dont think that this will happen but I really think Crabtree is doing a diservice to himself plus the other teams who drafted in the top ten picks (the Green Bay Packers would be one of them). First of all, Crabtree is doing a poor public relations job with the Niner fans because in the economy that we are in right now (hate using this statement, really do but you know it factors into it.) they should see Crabtree as completely selfish. There are people all around the country who would love to have the orginal offer that Crabtree got. The other thing about the whole situation is they are taking a look at what Darrius Heyward-Bey the seventh pick of the draft get thirty-eight million dollars from the Oakland Raiders. First of all, its the Raiders they always overspend and secondly Crabtree believes that he is better than Bey which I would agree with. He wants to get forty-million dollars plus and that for a tenth pick is ridicolus if you are not a quarterback. If the Niners have Crabtree, they are not going to be a playoff team
The other thing that harming the NFL is with Crabtree not signing that means that most of the top 10 picks are not with their teams in training camps. I believe Tyson Jackson just signed with the Chiefs but you still dont have BJ Raji, Eugene Monroe, Andre Smith, Aaron Curry, and Jason Smith signed. The ones who are higher up really dont matter compared to Crabtree but the lower top tens are seeing Crabtree as the standard.
I am assuming that the Niners will sign Crabtree at sometime but I dont believe he will be ready to play in the NFL until about third or fourth game. It takes so long to learn the playbook and with preseason coming up, it doesnt get any easier.
-Charlie.
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