When will Crabtree play in his first preseason game?

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
Looking forward to 40 new threads to criticize each and every 49er that has not been practicing.

Got a feeling I will be holding my breath in vain.

Attitude towards Crabtree reminds me so much of how many zoners attacked Vernon after his first couple seasons.

"Why isn't he catching more balls after practice"
"Why can't he run right routes, does he know the playbook"
"They are using him as a blocker because he can't catch or run routes"
"He is injury prone"
"Vernon is too short, too stiff, got bricks for hands"
"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted AJ Hawk"
...yea, but AJ Hawk was drafted before him.

"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted Huff"

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
Looking forward to 40 new threads to criticize each and every 49er that has not been practicing.

Got a feeling I will be holding my breath in vain.

Attitude towards Crabtree reminds me so much of how many zoners attacked Vernon after his first couple seasons.

"Why isn't he catching more balls after practice"
"Why can't he run right routes, does he know the playbook"
"They are using him as a blocker because he can't catch or run routes"
"He is injury prone"
"Vernon is too short, too stiff, got bricks for hands"
"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted AJ Hawk"
...yea, but AJ Hawk was drafted before him.

"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted Huff"

and I think the same thing will happen. he will break out and they will find somebody else who is the cause of all thing wrong with the team

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
Looking forward to 40 new threads to criticize each and every 49er that has not been practicing.

Got a feeling I will be holding my breath in vain.

Attitude towards Crabtree reminds me so much of how many zoners attacked Vernon after his first couple seasons.

"Why isn't he catching more balls after practice"
"Why can't he run right routes, does he know the playbook"
"They are using him as a blocker because he can't catch or run routes"
"He is injury prone"
"Vernon is too short, too stiff, got bricks for hands"
"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted AJ Hawk"
...yea, but AJ Hawk was drafted before him.

"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted Huff"

so what


eventually VD put the work in and guess what he became great


if crabtree wants to be great to he has to put work in but you know what it has been 2 years maybe 3 and not only has he yet to put in extra effort he hasnt even put a normal amount of efford he went to like 2 TC and no preseason games

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:
But overreacting to overreacting...that's constructive!

fail

thanks for playing though!

Learn to capitalize before you grade others!

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
Looking forward to 40 new threads to criticize each and every 49er that has not been practicing.

Got a feeling I will be holding my breath in vain.

Attitude towards Crabtree reminds me so much of how many zoners attacked Vernon after his first couple seasons.

"Why isn't he catching more balls after practice"
"Why can't he run right routes, does he know the playbook"
"They are using him as a blocker because he can't catch or run routes"
"He is injury prone"
"Vernon is too short, too stiff, got bricks for hands"
"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted AJ Hawk"
...yea, but AJ Hawk was drafted before him.

"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted Huff"

I don't see your point. Vernon deserved every single one of those criticisms in his early years of playing with us. It was only until Singletary set his head straight that he had the season that he did. I would say that Raye was a reason for Davis' performance as well.

I don't recall anybody saying that we should have drafted AJ Hawk or that Davis has been injury prone.

I believe that your view on a player is allowed to change.

-9fA

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
Looking forward to 40 new threads to criticize each and every 49er that has not been practicing.

Got a feeling I will be holding my breath in vain.

Attitude towards Crabtree reminds me so much of how many zoners attacked Vernon after his first couple seasons.

"Why isn't he catching more balls after practice"
"Why can't he run right routes, does he know the playbook"
"They are using him as a blocker because he can't catch or run routes"
"He is injury prone"
"Vernon is too short, too stiff, got bricks for hands"
"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted AJ Hawk"
...yea, but AJ Hawk was drafted before him.

"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted Huff"

Why is he in the bay yet hasn't joined teammates?

That's the question you missed

For all the initial overeactions to Crabs... he is doing a good job of adding validity to them.

It's also time to stop quoting A.I.. I know the quote is still "hilarious" and totally creative after 7 years, but don't confuse basketball practice to football. BB is a superstar driven league, you don't need to have a complete team to win a championship. The level of fitness to prevent injury, information to process and game planning needed week in and week out in FB isn't even comparable. So yeah.. "we are talkin bout practice" time for crabs to start showin up.

im confused I thought came to the bay area last week

Originally posted by AJ_Larrea954:
im confused I thought came to the bay area last week

I came to the bay area last week too...yet somehow I didn't make it to practice. Go figure.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:
But overreacting to overreacting...that's constructive!

fail

thanks for playing though!

Learn to capitalize before you grade others!

oh you mean like you capitalized your username?

nice try though, good effort!

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
Looking forward to 40 new threads to criticize each and every 49er that has not been practicing.

Got a feeling I will be holding my breath in vain.

Attitude towards Crabtree reminds me so much of how many zoners attacked Vernon after his first couple seasons.

"Why isn't he catching more balls after practice"
"Why can't he run right routes, does he know the playbook"
"They are using him as a blocker because he can't catch or run routes"
"He is injury prone"
"Vernon is too short, too stiff, got bricks for hands"
"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted AJ Hawk"
...yea, but AJ Hawk was drafted before him.

"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted Huff"

I don't see why its a problem to be disappointed in Crabtree's preformence up to this point. Of course everyone bashing Crabtree wants him to be great but when you havent played well, and then you never want to practice, its hard to get behind a guy like that.

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:
But overreacting to overreacting...that's constructive!

fail

thanks for playing though!

Learn to capitalize before you grade others!

oh you mean like you capitalized your username?

nice try though, good effort!

Originally posted by Bay2Bay9erAllday:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:
But overreacting to overreacting...that's constructive!

fail

thanks for playing though!

Learn to capitalize before you grade others!

oh you mean like you capitalized your username?

nice try though, good effort!

I take after ee cummings...in name only!

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
Looking forward to 40 new threads to criticize each and every 49er that has not been practicing.

Got a feeling I will be holding my breath in vain.

Attitude towards Crabtree reminds me so much of how many zoners attacked Vernon after his first couple seasons.

"Why isn't he catching more balls after practice"
"Why can't he run right routes, does he know the playbook"
"They are using him as a blocker because he can't catch or run routes"
"He is injury prone"
"Vernon is too short, too stiff, got bricks for hands"
"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted AJ Hawk"
...yea, but AJ Hawk was drafted before him.

"Vernon Davis is a bust, should have drafted Huff"

so what


eventually VD put the work in and guess what he became great


if crabtree wants to be great to he has to put work in but you know what it has been 2 years maybe 3 and not only has he yet to put in extra effort he hasnt even put a normal amount of efford he went to like 2 TC and no preseason games

Point is...ppl act like they know what Crabtree isn't doing and what he is doing. So, he is not practicing with Alex Smith...but there are less than 15 players there. I'm not sayin' Crabtree is doing everything he can...because I don't know...only he knows the answer to that. So, I'm not going to pretend like I know what he has been up to in Dallas during the spring and early summer.

He has been to one camp, missed last pre-season due to injury, fine - he could have played in one or two pre-season game, but he was injured for the first two. We're talkin' about 1 pre-season game here, since hardly any starters play in the 4th one.

Ex-scout Dave Razzano believes new coach Jim Harbaugh will "grow tired" of Micheal Crabtree fairly quickly.
Per Razzano, it was a "huge" mistake to draft Crabtree as high as No. 10 overall because he lacks speed, work ethic, and elite talent. "Harbaugh can't make him faster," explains Razzano, suggesting that an "overhyped" Crabtree lacks the quickness to separate from cornerbacks. Razzano goes even further, stating that he likes Rams mid-round rookies Austin Pettis and Greg Salas "a lot more than Crabtree."
Related: Greg Salas, Austin Pettis
Source: Dave Razzano on Twitter