Michael Crabtree ends his five-month hold-out. The 10th overall pick in this year’s draft has a deal in place with San Francisco and will join the team at practice today.
Crabtree Reportedly Likely To Start For 49ers In Week 7
Matt Maiocco of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that recently signed Niners WR Michael Crabtree will apparently start for the Niners in his first game this weekend.
Crabtree has reportedly been practicing with WR Josh Morgan, whose starting spot Crabtree is taking, to catchup on the Niners’ playbook. The Niners take on the Texans and their high-flying aerial attack this weekend.
Read Article >Niners Release Returner Rossum To Make Room For Crabtree
This from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Read Article >Newly Signed Crabtree With Sit Out Next Two Games, Will Play Week 7
As expected, Michael Crabtree will spend his first two weeks with the 49ers practicing and learning the plays before seeing game action against Houston in Week 7.
More from SFGate.com:
Read Article >49ers Make the Crabtree Signing Official; WR Will Meet Media Today
Just to confirm what we already knew: The 49ers’ official website now says the team has come to terms with Michael Crabtree on a six-year deal.
He is scheduled to meet with the media at 2:45 ET today.
Read Article >In a Shocking Turn of Events, Crabtree ‘Can’t Touch This’
This whole hotel meeting thing has just gotten a whole lot weirder, thanks to Matt Maiocco and the power of Twitter:
No word yet on how the meeting went, but Maiocco reports that everyone associated with the meeting has left the hotel.
Read Article >Matt Maiocco: Crabtree’s Foot is Fine -- He Just Sprinted Out of the Hotel
The Press Democrat’s Matt Maiocco has a bird’s eye view of the negotiations between Michael Crabtree, his agent and the 49ers — sort of. With that bird’s eye view, he’s seeing some impressive sights, too:
Stay close to SBNation as we will follow any news that results from the meeting. Also, check out Niners Nation for all your 49ers coverage.
Read Article >Jay Glazer Says Crabtree’s Agent Currently Meeting With Niners Management
Controversy resolved? Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer tweets that Michael Crabtree’s agent Eugene Parker is currently in a meeting with Niners VP of Football Operations Paraag Marathe.
No word yet on whether the two sides are close to reaching an agreement. We’ll keep you updated.
Read Article >ESPN’s Adam Schefter Claims Crabtree, Niners Meeting Today
Contrary to what the Press-Democrat reported last night, Adam Schefter tweets that the two sides are meeting today and he expects a deal to get done.
Read Article >49ers GM Says No Meeting Set With Crabtree or Agent
As reported by Matt Maiocco of the Press-Democrat’s 49ers blog:
McCloughan did not rule out the possibility of meeting with Parker, but made it clear there are no plans to do so at this time.
Read Article >SB Nation’s Niners Nation: Let’s Welcome Crabtree
If the Niners can sign Crabtree, they’ll suddenly have the makings of a very, very interesting offense. The line is solid, Gore and Coffee are a strong 1-2 at running back, and the frighteningly talented Vernon Davis finally seems to be figuring out what it takes to win . Add to this the fact that the Niners are positioned with two first-rounders to make a play for any of the top quarterbacks in this year’s draft thanks to the Everette Brown trade with the Panthers last year, and the Niners could easily boast a bevy of young, talented playmakers at the skill positions. For the first time in awhile, there’s reason for real optimism in the Bay Area (now let’s just forget about the Raiders…).
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