The San Francisco 49ers co-owner Jed York has offered to meet face-to-face with unsigned first-round pick Michael Crabtree, but hasn’t had his phone calls returned by Crabtree’s agent, Eugene Parker. This whole situation is just a big joke. Why wouldn’t Crabtree even want to sit down with the owner to talk about his demands? This feels like a hostage negotiation with the 49ers willing to do their part, but Crabtree not budging.

We are now approaching Week 2 and Crabtree still is sitting at home watching all the games on TV. I hope to God he’s been working out and catching balls at some private camp or something to stay in shape. Even if he does get signed tomorrow, it would be weeks before he can suit up and play.

The 49ers gained some leverage last week though by beating the Arizona Cardinals. If they can prove they can win without him, then the value of that contract is going to keep going down.

The San Francisco 49ers got hit with some unsettling news yesterday. Rookie wide receiver Michael Crabtree is threatening to sit out the 2009 season if the Niners don’t give him a deal guaranteeing more than $23.5 million. Even though Crabtree was selected 10th overall, he wants a deal that will pay him more than Darius Heyward-Bey, who was selected 7th overall. Crabtree feels he was the best WR in the draft and should be paid that way.

“We are prepared to do it,” David Wells, a cousin of Crabtree, told ESPN. “Michael just wants fair market value. Michael is one of the best players in the draft, and he just wants to be paid like one of the best players.”

As much as I love Crabtree and think he will be a Pro Bowl wide receiver… this is just a terrible strategy. Crabtree may end up being a better pro than Heyward-Bey, but the fact is he was selected 10th overall and should accept a salary for the slot. If Crabtree were to sit out an entire season he will make significantly less. There is no way he would be a top 10 pick in the 2010 draft after missing his entire rookie year. In fact, he may not be a first round pick at all. It’s a move that would cost him $15+ million.

The 49ers know this and they’ll stand their ground. The pick is the pick.

What’s your take on the situation. Should the 49ers cave and pay him more than the 7th pick?

The San Francisco 49ers are into day two of training camp and first round draft pick Michael Crabtree is nowhere to be found. Some reports out of San Francisco are already saying Crabtree won’t be a starter … well, if he doesn’t get his butt in camp asap those rumors may become true. You know Coach Singletary isn’t going to stand for this.

After looking through Twitter, I found a couple of 49ers fans who are not too happy. Check out what they had to say.

@timbe2: michael crabtree–get off ur butt and get to … missing training camp as a rookie is not acceptable! You sound surprised

@sstrella: I was hoping Michael Crabtree would not be a bitch. Looks like I may be wrong. He should follow Jerry Rice’s example

@JniceLOVE: RT @KILA22: OMG I WANT A DIVORCE MICHAEL CRABTREE! Wtf? Sign the damn contract and stop bitching. <- he’s not with u and I’m mad at him too.

So what happens if the San Francisco 49ers make it to the Super Bowl in the next few years, with Michael Crabtree leading the team? With the whole team just bust out in song and dance?

Coach Mike Singletary is known for his Super Bowl Shuffle…

And Michael Crabtree is known for Crank That Crabtree…

Can you imagine if these two collaborated on the ultimate music video?

Michael Crabtree might not see much action on the field during OTA’s, but that doesn’t mean he can’t develop into an NFL wide receiver from the sidelines. Crabtree has one of the best wide receivers in NFL history on his team… Isaac Bruce. Bruce has 14 years of experience, 4 Pro Bowls and nearly 15,000 receiving yards under his belt.

Once thing you notice when you look at Isaac Bruce’s stats is his level of consistency. The dude is like the Cal Ripken Jr. of football. In his 14 year career, he’s played in 12+ games in twelve of the seasons. The only time Bruce missed significant time was 1998.

As Crabtree rehabs his foot this offseason, his durability will be under a lot of scrutiny. Will Crabtree be one of those players that missed 4 games every year with nagging injuries? Or can he learn from Bruce and condition himself and play through pain?

New San Francisco 49er rookie wide receiver, Michael Crabtree, just signed a deal with Subway to do some national endoresements. Here’s one of his first promotions. Check it out:

If you’ve been following Michael Crabtree on this website then you’ll notice that we’ve given it a nice makeover. Crabtree is no longer on the Red Raiders, so I swapped the design to reflect his new team, the San Francisco 49ers, team colors. I think it looks pretty good.

For those of you coming here for the first time, you can expect to see daily blog updates during football season, maybe some fantasy news, some pictures and video, etc. Pretty much a standard fan site.

Crabtree is an exciting player and I’m excited to keep this website going into the next phase of his football career.