CRABTREE SITTING OUT! RE-ENTER DRAFT!
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Hmmm....this is interesting. Could this create a rift in the front office?
1. According to Profootballtalk.com, Michael Crabtree is "getting nervous" at the 49ers' stance in contract talks not changing following the team's Week 1 upset of the Cardinals.
"There's now a sense that he might be getting ready to take the offer that the 49ers have left on the table," editor Mike Florio writes. This comes after a late-week ESPN report that all signs pointed to Crabtree holding out and reentering the NFL Draft in 2010. He's already lost one potential game check.
2. Coach Mike Singletary revealed Monday that the 49ers have considered modifying their contract offer to unsigned rookie Michael Crabtree.
Thus costing the franchise some leverage. A Monday report had Crabtree "getting nervous" about the 49ers' stance, but Singletary's revelation works in Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker's favor. GM Scot McCloughan won't like it.
1. According to Profootballtalk.com, Michael Crabtree is "getting nervous" at the 49ers' stance in contract talks not changing following the team's Week 1 upset of the Cardinals.
"There's now a sense that he might be getting ready to take the offer that the 49ers have left on the table," editor Mike Florio writes. This comes after a late-week ESPN report that all signs pointed to Crabtree holding out and reentering the NFL Draft in 2010. He's already lost one potential game check.
2. Coach Mike Singletary revealed Monday that the 49ers have considered modifying their contract offer to unsigned rookie Michael Crabtree.
Thus costing the franchise some leverage. A Monday report had Crabtree "getting nervous" about the 49ers' stance, but Singletary's revelation works in Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker's favor. GM Scot McCloughan won't like it.
where do u see that it says there reducing? it says there modifying it "thus costing the franchise some leverage". sounds like the niners are willing to up the deal
and this whole crabtree deal is bullshit. all in all, the niners had to pick him. he was still up there later then expected. maybe everybody else seen he was a diva besides the niners but i would have done the same thing. we didnt know it would turn into this and at the time, was a steal
and fuck the raiders. jus cuz they got a idiot of a owner, messed it up for us. jus cuz they overpay a reciever who cant catch, now crabtree wants more jus cuz from college, he knows hes better then bum ass dhb. jus cuz hes fast. lol raiders suck
49ers consider different offer
There really isn`t any solid way to determine what they mean by "modify" at this point. No one from the 49ers has said the word "increase", so it very well could mean "decrease". Personally I`m pulling for the decrease, and that`s been my stance on this negotiation, to give him "x" date to sign the current offer by, or have it decrease up until the nov.17 cut off date for him to play this year.
If, by chance, this does in fact mean an increase in the offer, I hope it does create a rift with the GM that ultimately leads to his dismissal. This guy has a proven track record to be incompetent, especially at the draft. If we could lose both Crabtree and the GM, I`d be thrilled!!
There really isn`t any solid way to determine what they mean by "modify" at this point. No one from the 49ers has said the word "increase", so it very well could mean "decrease". Personally I`m pulling for the decrease, and that`s been my stance on this negotiation, to give him "x" date to sign the current offer by, or have it decrease up until the nov.17 cut off date for him to play this year.
If, by chance, this does in fact mean an increase in the offer, I hope it does create a rift with the GM that ultimately leads to his dismissal. This guy has a proven track record to be incompetent, especially at the draft. If we could lose both Crabtree and the GM, I`d be thrilled!!
It's not in that article. I'm too lazy to dig up the link from 49erswebzone.com, but the Niners are said to have issued a warning letter to Crabtree stating that his offer will be reduced if he doesn't sign soon. That was before Singletary confirmed that they are considering modifying the offer this morning at his press conference. In fact, that was the whole reason the contract "modifying" was brought up at the press conference in the first place. It's a threat to Crabtree.
