Sources: Crabtree, 49ers agree to deal

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After months of holding out, wide receiver Michael Crabtree has agreed to a contract with the San Francisco 49ers, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Crabtree will get a six-year deal that he can void to five years if he meets undefined performance clauses, a league source told ESPN's Michael Smith.
The 22-year-old Crabtree is expected to report to the team's training facility Wednesday.

Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker met into the early-morning hours Wednesday with 49ers owner Jed York, general manager Scot McCloughan and Paraag Marathe, vice president of football operations. The two sides had gone almost three weeks without talking.

San Francisco selected Crabtree with the 10th pick in this year's draft and could use the wideout's game-breaking ability in the passing game. That said, he has a lot of catching up to do to learn the offense after missing all of training camp.

He also sat out the 49ers' offseason minicamps and organized team activities while recovering from a foot injury, but was a regular presence for rehabilitation and strengthening workouts at the team's training facility.

Coach Mike Singletary, whose 49ers lead the NFC West and at 3-1 are off to their best start since 2002, said Monday he would welcome Crabtree whenever he joins the team.

Crabtree caught 97 passes for 1,165 yards and 19 touchdowns last year during his sophomore season at Texas Tech. He finished his college career with 231 receptions for 3,127 yards and 41 TDs.
 

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Me thinks Crabtree started getting a little nervous with the Niners off to a 3-1 start (nearly 4-0) and looking like a potential division winner without him. If he didn't sign before the November deadline, he would have gone back in the draft next year and likely would have been drafted lower as the owners and general managers would be leary of drafting him high and facing the same problem signing him. Now he is way behind the learning curve without spring training and not knowing the playbook. We'll see if he has any impact this year.
 

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Me thinks Crabtree started getting a little nervous with the Niners off to a 3-1 start (nearly 4-0) and looking like a potential division winner without him. If he didn't sign before the November deadline, he would have gone back in the draft next year and likely would have been drafted lower as the owners and general managers would be leary of drafting him high and facing the same problem signing him. Now he is way behind the learning curve without spring training and not knowing the playbook. We'll see if he has any impact this year.

Perfect summary. I think you 100% right.

He is an idiot. He could have had a great year, now he will be guy that is just getting paid for this and until a few weeks at the very earliest, he won't contribute jack.
 

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Perfect summary. I think you 100% right.

He is an idiot. He could have had a great year, now he will be guy that is just getting paid for this and until a few weeks at the very earliest, he won't contribute jack.
You're 100% correct! History tells us that rookies who miss this much time just don't make much of a contribution in their first year...

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Yeah....he knew he could end up on the other bay squad.


THE RAIDERS!!!!!!
 

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