Michael Crabtree to RE-Enter the draft

[KandKCards]

I Just don't understand why anyone would to this. He'll be picked later next year, he'll be a year out of football shape and a year older. How are those all good things?

 

[lisu]

I Just don't understand why anyone would to this. He'll be picked later next year, he'll be a year out of football shape and a year older. How are those all good things?

And he'll have a bad reputation. Does he think that people will forget about him holding out for more money when he hasn't proven anything yet?

 

[BGSRCGUY]

Is this the same threat that has been around for a while?


It isn't a new article:

Posted by Mike Florio on August 6, 2009 11:52 AM ET


I still think he will eventually sign, he may just be a cancer in the locker room, eventually forcing his way out. I don't think he is going to sit out.

 

[HoustonTeams4Me]

Good news for the Josh Morgan stash.

Is Jason Hill still on the 49er's (or has he gotten waived)?

 

[G $MONEY$]

Oh man, am i ever glad the Raiders took Heyward-Bey

 

[lisu]

Good news for the Josh Morgan stash.

Is Jason Hill still on the 49er's (or has he gotten waived)?

He's still there.

 

[sffanmike25]

C'mon Nate, this "news" is almost a month old :lol:

 

[sffanmike25]

Also, Crabtree's agent Parker has told the 49ers in private that their 5 year, $20 million base, $26.5 million maximum, with $16 million guaranteed is very fair. It's becoming pretty obvious that Crabtree is the one holding this signing up.

 

[jeff550]

i hope he will become the JD Drew of football

 

[lumm0x]

Oh man, am i ever glad the Raiders took Heyward-Bey

Probably from a football standpoint, but if the Raiders had drafted Crabtree they would have already signed him.....to the most ridiculous contract imaginable. That's their m.o. with every player.

 

[Seiya]

that article is like 3 weeks old, didn't his agent and the niners deny that was said. :?:

 

[Card Magnet]

Now that I've thought about it, give Crabtree a break. Remember how great things turned out when Craig Erickson re-entered the draft back in 91?

Although on another note, the Bills kept the rights to Jim Kelly when they drafted him in 84, and signed him in 86 after the USFL collapsed. It actually did work out well.

 

[RandomH]

Wow that's garbage.

 

[mstng99tim]

Let's say he does sit out and re-enter the draft next year, will his cards next year be rc's??? Technically he'd be a rookie, but he would have 2 years worth of cards.

 

[DRav87]

Why is this just getting posted now? That article is 20 days old!

 

[the1mcjensen]

here's my prediction, the raiders suck again this year and draft the crybaby in the top 5 and al the dumb ass davis gives him the money he ''deserves''

 

[vetsgt02]

Let's say he does sit out and re-enter the draft next year, will his cards next year be rc's??? Technically he'd be a rookie, but he would have 2 years worth of cards.

this years cards would be true rookies like when this happen with Mike Williams a few years ago.

 

[Seiya]

This is recent, from rotoworld

The 49ers' standing offer to unsigned first-round pick Michael Crabtree is worth roughly $20 million over five years with a max value of $26.5M.
$16M would be guaranteed. It's what the No. 10 overall pick should get. The proposal hasn't changed since June and there's no sign that the Niners will up the numbers. Crabtree's status for Week 1 is in obvious doubt. Aug. 26 - 3:42 pm et

 

[Card Magnet]

Let's say he does sit out and re-enter the draft next year, will his cards next year be rc's??? Technically he'd be a rookie, but he would have 2 years worth of cards.

this years cards would be true rookies like when this happen with Mike Williams a few years ago.

It makes me wonder if regulations will be imposted that a player cannot appear in NFL uniform until he has signed. Or something like that, much like the NHL and MLB have regulations on their rookie. I know it wouldn't go as far as the MLB since the structure is so different, but I would htink they'd want to make sure there weren't cards Toppshopped (photoshop) or even photoshoots of players in pro jerseys they will never wear.

 

[Anthony K.]

Michael Crabtree, meet Mike Williams and Maurice Clarett.

Maybe not the same situation, but they both had to sit out an ENTIRE season of football, with no pro or college games.

I see Crabtree being a huge bust if he doesn't attempt to play at SOME point this season.

He needs to put his ego away and just accept money for where he was DRAFTED, not where he "should" have been drafted.