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Post by BV on Aug 6, 2009 15:11:32 GMT -5
Crabtree in Dallas makes sense to me for some reason.
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Post by captain master talbot on Aug 6, 2009 15:41:29 GMT -5
But does Dallas really have the money to pay Crabtree what he wants?
Demarcus Ware's contract is up soon, and boy, he is going to get PAID. If I'm Dallas, Ware > Crabtree x100.
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Post by BV on Aug 6, 2009 15:47:37 GMT -5
But does Dallas really have the money to pay Crabtree what he wants? Demarcus Ware's contract is up soon, and boy, he is going to get PAID. If I'm Dallas, Ware > Crabtree x100. Yeah. Ware should be Dallas' number one priority. But Romo need's some weapons at WR and Roy Williams won't probably do the job. I think if the Dallas' Offensive became more run happy, we could see a tandem between Marion Barber and Felix Jones.
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Post by Dexter Morgan on Aug 6, 2009 16:02:23 GMT -5
If Crabtree does this I can see the commissioner actually suspended him since it would be a move that makes the NFL look bad.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Aug 6, 2009 16:47:58 GMT -5
If Crabtree does this I can see the commissioner actually suspended him since it would be a move that makes the NFL look bad. I don't think so. The guy is essentially forfeiting one year of his career. The average NFL career (if my memory serves me correctly) is something like 5- 6 years. The guy is basically forfeiting 20% of his career. Say, you enter the work force at 20 and retire at 70. Would you be willing to be unemployed for the first 10 years of your career and not enter the workforce until you were 30? Doing so may let you work someplace you like a little better? To me it's a stupid. A year of NFL experience and a year of making 6-7 mil or whatever they're gonna pay him beats the snot out of unemployment.
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Post by BasedGod on Aug 6, 2009 17:33:59 GMT -5
I guess Crabtree just wants to see if he can play for a more "marquee" team like Dallas or New England, instead of San Francisco. Of course, options like that aren't in the cards. He'll still end up going somewhere like Cleveland or St. Louis. Sad think is Frisco was a marquee team just a few years ago and New England sucked balls at the time. Dallas hasn't won a playoff game in more than a decade if I remember right. I wouldn't call them an elite team by any stretch, but they do seem to draw. Bro its been way more then a just a few years since San Fran was a marquee team. And NE has been pretty dominant this whole decade, they were still even decent in the 90's and 80's so i dont know what your talking about..
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Post by doogle on Aug 6, 2009 17:57:39 GMT -5
Let's say Crabtree signs for a lesser amount...has a good season...he's just gonna holdout again anyway...just take the ing money and play football.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Aug 6, 2009 18:14:54 GMT -5
I wonder if a team can trade for Crabtree? SF owns his draft rights......but can someone trade a draft pick to get Crabtree? It would probably be silly considering they still wouldnt have him cuz he wouldnt have a contract. So maybe a sign and trade, which I dont think we see too many times in the NFL.
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Post by The Best on Aug 6, 2009 18:17:44 GMT -5
The Crabtree thing is rediculous. I can't believe any player would ever do that.
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Post by wakeman on Aug 6, 2009 18:18:24 GMT -5
Just reported on ESPN. Michael Crabtree prepared to sit out 2009 Season and re-enter NFL Draft in 2010. No way he does it. And if he does, his value will drop even more than it already has. People were already questioning him before this. Hell, Darius Heyward-Bey got picked before him for a reason, and not just because the Raiders are ing idiots. Sign the contract and get into camp before you become the next Charles Rogers.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Aug 6, 2009 18:36:15 GMT -5
I wonder if a team can trade for Crabtree? SF owns his draft rights......but can someone trade a draft pick to get Crabtree? It would probably be silly considering they still wouldnt have him cuz he wouldnt have a contract. So maybe a sign and trade, which I dont think we see too many times in the NFL. The Niners own his rights. I'm sure they could trade those rights to another team for whatever they can get. It probably wouldn't be much given that Crabtree isn't signed and that would only give the other team the right to sign him.
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Post by bad guy™ on Aug 6, 2009 19:08:18 GMT -5
Just reported on ESPN. Michael Crabtree prepared to sit out 2009 Season and re-enter NFL Draft in 2010. No way he does it. And if he does, his value will drop even more than it already has. People were already questioning him before this. Hell, Darius Heyward-Bey got picked before him for a reason, and not just because the Raiders are ing idiots. Sign the contract and get into camp before you become the next Charles Rogers. Although that DOES have something to do with it. Doesn't change the fact that Crabtree is being a big, whiny douche though.
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Post by Kliquid on Aug 6, 2009 19:16:45 GMT -5
If Crabtree does this I can see the commissioner actually suspended him since it would be a move that makes the NFL look bad. What he's doing is completely allowed... There will be no suspension given. Let's say Crabtree signs for a lesser amount...has a good season...he's just gonna holdout again anyway...just take the ing money and play football. I love how people blame the player for wanting more money and holding out, while an NFL team can pretty much cut any player they want and not pay them the rest of their contract. I wonder if a team can trade for Crabtree? SF owns his draft rights......but can someone trade a draft pick to get Crabtree? It would probably be silly considering they still wouldnt have him cuz he wouldnt have a contract. So maybe a sign and trade, which I dont think we see too many times in the NFL. Yes, that can happen. Similar to what happened with Eli Manning / Philip Rivers -- just a few months later. The Crabtree thing is rediculous. I can't believe any player would ever do that. See: John Elway. Elway refused to play for the Colts and was prepared to sit out the season if they didn't trade him (though he would've ended up playing baseball, I assume). Doesn't change the fact that Crabtree is being a big, whiny douche though. He's trying to get the most money he can... I can't really say I blame him. Especially given that it's possible that there could be no salary cap in the upcoming seasons, meaning he could possibly get more in free agency than he could from the draft.
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Aug 6, 2009 19:21:07 GMT -5
If Crabtree does this I can see the commissioner actually suspended him since it would be a move that makes the NFL look bad. Why would they do that? It's not against the rules.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2009 19:24:00 GMT -5
If Crabtree does this I can see the commissioner actually suspended him since it would be a move that makes the NFL look bad. Why would they do that? It's not against the rules. Im going to be attending to Open Lions practice on saturday in Ford Field. Im gonna wear a Wings jersey and tell them to win like the Wings Joking, sorta. But it should be fun to go either way
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Aug 6, 2009 19:35:07 GMT -5
Why would they do that? It's not against the rules. Im going to be attending to Open Lions practice on saturday in Ford Field. Im gonna wear a Wings jersey and tell them to win like the Wings Joking, sorta. But it should be fun to go either way What does that have to do with anything concerning Michael Crabtree or the NFL rules? He isnt going to sit out, whats he going to do, go work at a bank? Get real guys
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Aug 6, 2009 20:04:46 GMT -5
People who hold out like this bug me for some reason. How many people are there out there who would kill for a chance to play professional sports for a living? Yet, it'll never happen for 99.9% of those people because we're not tall enough, big enough, talented enough, etc.... I've 5'5" and 150. There's no way I'm playing in the NFL no matter how hard I try. Yet, here's a guy who has it all - talent, size, ability, etc.... He's busted his hump and now he has his chance. But, he's willing to throw it away because someone wants to give him $5 mil less than he thinks he's worth? It's ridiculous.
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Post by Byron F'N Saxton Fan on Aug 6, 2009 21:05:49 GMT -5
People who hold out like this bug me for some reason. How many people are there out there who would kill for a chance to play professional sports for a living? Yet, it'll never happen for 99.9% of those people because we're not tall enough, big enough, talented enough, etc.... I've 5'5" and 150. There's no way I'm playing in the NFL no matter how hard I try. Yet, here's a guy who has it all - talent, size, ability, etc.... He's busted his hump and now he has his chance. But, he's willing to throw it away because someone wants to give him $5 mil less than he thinks he's worth? It's ridiculous. That's exactly it. They feel like after all they've put in, that they should be reinversed for all the blood, sweat, and hard work they left on the field getting to the NFL.
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Post by user9327 on Aug 6, 2009 22:10:31 GMT -5
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Post by Byron F'N Saxton Fan on Aug 6, 2009 22:18:13 GMT -5
Good photos man.
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