Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago

49ers agree to 6-year deal with Crabtree 

By JANIE McCAULEY (AP) 10 minutes ago

SANTA CLARA, Calif. The San Francisco 49ers and wide receiver Michael Crabtree have agreed to a six-year contract after several months of difficult negotiations.

Team spokesman Bob Lange confirmed the deal in a text message to The Associated Press early Wednesday. Terms were not disclosed.

The former Texas Tech star is the only draft pick who had yet to sign.

Crabtree could provide the game-breaking wide receiver threat the 49ers have been lacking, assuming he can quickly learn the offense after missing all of training camp. The 10th pick overall, he also sat out offseason minicamps and organized team activities while recovering from a foot injury, but was a regular presence at the team's training facility.

The 22-year-old Crabtree and his agent, Eugene Parker, sat down with three top 49ers officials Tuesday in an attempt to work through his contract impasse. Crabtree had balked at a longstanding offer of approximately five years and $20 million with a reported $16 million guaranteed, instead seeking money comparable to higher draft picks.

Coach Mike Singletary acknowledged last month that the 49ers discussed changing their offer to Crabtree, and team president Jed York said in mid-September that the team hoped for a face-to-face meeting with Crabtree but hadn't heard back from his representatives.

That meeting finally happened Tuesday at an undisclosed spot in the Bay Area away from the team's Santa Clara headquarters. Crabtree and Parker were joined by York, vice president of football operations Paraag Marathe and general manager Scot McCloughan.

It's not common for a player to join such contract talks.

Singletary, whose team leads the NFC West and at 3-1 is off to its best start since 2002, said Monday he would welcome Crabtree whenever he shows up to join the team.

The 49ers must sign Crabtree by Nov. 17 for him to remain eligible to play this season. The team would have a seven-week window before the 2010 draft to trade Crabtree if he did not sign.

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 touchdowns.



I'm almost disappointed that Crabtree signed so quickly. The 49ers are off to a solid start. As Rockmolder pointed out on another thread, I would love to have seen Crabtree backed into a corner with no leverage as the 49ers actually lowered their offer to him. At least this situation has been resolved and the 49ers can move on with their season.

I love that the agent announced the deal by text message, though. What riveting reading, what high drama! I guess he couldn't be bothered to pick up the phone and do something as old fashioned as, oh, I don't know, actually have a real conversation. We've become a nation of social wimps, so scared of confrontation that we deal in texts to avoid having to answer questions, hear the tone of people's voices, or get in depth about anything. Either that or we've just become apathetic and don't care enough about each other to engage in genuine communication.

I guess I'm a rebel . . . I still call my friends up. To arrange face-to-face meetings, no less. It's funny to me that "let's get together for coffee" has become a radical idea in this day and age. 😉
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago
What did the contracts look like for the slots before and after him?
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dhazer
15 years ago
the deal is 6 years $32 million 17 million guaranteed .
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
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IronMan
15 years ago
I'm pretty disappointed. The 49ers really had a chance to make a statement here and let him sit out the year.

Instead they pay boat loads of money for an overrated Texas Tech pass happy system cry baby receiver that will be a bust.
dhazer
15 years ago
hey now enough with the name calling 😛 Damn i just checked and i will be benching Jennings after the bye, he has been sucking in the 2 even numbered weeks this year 😛
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago

the deal is 6 years $32 million 17 million guaranteed .

"dhazer" wrote:



So an average of $5.3 million per year with $17 million guaranteed.

B.J. Raji (9th) received $28.5 million for 5 years ($5.7 million per year) with $18.5 million guaranteed.

Aaron Maybin (11th) received $25 million for five years ($5 million per year) with $15 million guaranteed.

So Crabtree seems reasonably well slotted.

I'll leave it to someone else to determine how the percentage increases over the previous draft compare. I can't seem to find the figures for Keith Rivers, taken 9th overall in 2008.
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Rockmolder
15 years ago

the deal is 6 years $32 million 17 million guaranteed .

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



So an average of $5.3 million per year with $17 million guaranteed.

B.J. Raji (9th) received $28.5 million for 5 years ($5.7 million per year) with $18.5 million guaranteed.

Aaron Maybin (11th) received $25 million for five years ($5 million per year) with $15 million guaranteed.

So Crabtree seems reasonably well slotted.

I'll leave it to someone else to determine how the percentage increases over the previous draft compare. I can't seem to find the figures for Keith Rivers, taken 9th overall in 2008.

"dhazer" wrote:



http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d808c2409&template=with-video&confirm=true 
Yerko
15 years ago
Hope he is ready when they come to Lambeau. Can't wait to see this guy fail (I know that is wrong).
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IronMan
15 years ago

Hope he is ready when they come to Lambeau. Can't wait to see this guy fail (I know that is wrong).

"AKamp74" wrote:


No, he is a turbo douche, its ok.
Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
Very nice. Thanks for the link.
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