Ex-Tech star Crabtree letting ego get in his way
by JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR
Michael Crabtree is making a mistake with his protracted holdout, because he's wrecking his rookie year.
This isn't really about money for Crabtree, a Carter High School graduate and former Texas Tech star who should be playing for San Francisco in a preseason game against the Cowboys tonight.
It's all about ego.
Understand, athletes with egos don't bother me. We all have egos. Anyone who's ever succeeded at the highest level has a large ego.
But Crabtree's ego is doing more harm than good.
He thinks – and I agree – that he was the best receiver in last April's draft, but Oakland drafted Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh pick in the first round.
Who knows why the Raiders make the decisions they do these days, but that's what Al Davis did. Crabtree fell to the 10th, which is still pretty good, considering he didn't participate in the combine because of a foot injury.
The problem is that Crabtree wants to be paid more than Heyward-Bey because he believes – again, I agree – that's he's a better player.
Well, that's just silly.
It's not the way the league's slotting system for paying rookies works – and the 49ers have no interest in breaking the system and creating a precedent for players.
Eventually, Crabtree is going to sign a contract worth more than that of the 11th pick and less than that of the ninth pick.
For now, he sits.
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