Crabtree’s plan has a fairly large flaw
Yeah, that’ll work out real well for ya, bub.
NFL.com Fantasy news says his agent is saying the same thing.
I can’t really blame him for wanting a better contract than Hayward-Bey, but the draft is what it is.
I’d counter that it wasn’t so much what the Giants (or Eli) did in OT, it was the Bengals that deviated from what was working! We were chucking the ball all over the Giants defense in the second half of that game, got ourselves back into it and into overtime, then immediately went ultra-conservative on offense in OT and gave the ball right back to the Giants.
Man, I was pissed at Bob Bratkowski that day.
Ray Ratto of the Chronicle argues that the 49ers should make a very public offer a carbon-copy of Hayward-Bey’s contract. They can afford to call his bluff. They have a decent enough receiving corps this year even without him, and a lot to gain by looking tough as an organization.
Still, it’s not like Crabtree is the last holdout. Nine other 1st rounders are still sitting, including six players ahead of him. I’ve heard that these players don’t want to sign until Crabtree does. If the 49ers cave, each player above him will adjust their demands.
Moss. Reggie Wayne. Brandon Marshall. Who knows? Usually. Often. Sometimes. Often. Sometimes. Almost always. Almost always. Generally.
And this is the part that is pissing me off. BJ Raji, the Packers pick at #9, had promised that he wouldn’t hold out. Now, he and his agency are waiting until Crabtree gets his payday so that they can increase their demands and are… holding out. Fucking asshole.
Fuck 'em. Fuck their agents, their cousins and their greed. I really hate this time of year.
I’m with you. Andre Smith really needs to sign and get his blobtastic self into camp. He’s an integral piece to this whole “revamping the oline so Carson Palmer doesn’t get destroyed” that the Bengals offense so desperately needs.
And Andre’s already been slotted! Sanchez signed ahead of him and Heyward Bey signed behind him. I think the biggest problem the Bengals are facing with Andre Smith is that Sanchez got a huge contract with a lot of guaranteed money, and Andre’s agent is probably going off of that, when the issue is that QB’s traditionally get a LOT more money in the first round than a right tackle does.
Also, the Bengals have probably painted themselves into a corner, because Smith and his agent know how desperately the Bengals need him, so they have the team over a barrel there, too.
I think in this instance Mike Brown should just break the damn bank and get the guy signed and into camp. It’s worth it. Carson Palmer’s career is worth it.
First off, Grandpa Garcia beat the same Giants team in the Wildcard round the year before.
And yeah, that was a shredding performance. I’ve watched that game probably 3 or 4 times, and all game long the announcers kept talking about how the Bucs were stacking the box and daring Eli to throw and Eli was having his way with them, completing passes at will.
I mean, come on, a 117.05 passer is pretty indicative of shredding your opponent through the air. They did hold Jacobs to 34 yards on 13 carries, though, so their game plan worked to perfection.
Other than the whole losing thing.
Raiders trade Derrick Burgess to the Pats for what I hear is a 3rd and 4th rounder… in 2011.
Maybe the raiders should just become a farm team for the Pats.
Like they’re not already?
This story says 2010, not 2011… but also says the fourth-rounder becomes a fifth-rounder if the Pats acquire one before the draft. I don’t understand what the hell the Raiders are thinking here- they gave a few marginal defenders huge contracts last year. Now their best defensive player (other than Asomugha) is up for a new contract, and they… trade him for peanuts.
Oh, Al Davis.
I think in this case, the plan would be to make as much noise and be a disruptive as possible in the press so that the 49ers are begging to be rid of him and the distraction long before April.
The 49ers have nothing to lose by making him sit until draft day.
Well, aside from the service from a first round draft pick.
I wouldn’t want to be Crabtree when/if he signs. Singletary might pull down his pants and give Crabby the real browneye treatment for being a d-bag.
People keep saying things like this, but Singletary himself held out for a week after being drafted in the second round because he thought he was worth first-round money. I doubt he’d be so judgmental.
I still want the guy on the team, but I want some team to put its foot down on insane rookie contracts.
The Eagles preseason keeps getting worse. Another torn ACL, second this week. This season can’t get here soon enough.
So… who’s such an addict that they’ll actually be watching the hall of fame game tonight?
… maybe I’ll just watch the first half.
Me.