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Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
He did become the receiver we hoped for when Kaep started playing
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
He did become the receiver we hoped for when Kaep started playing
Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:
That 7 game stretch + 3 postseason games was Crabtree's best time here. I really wonder what would've happened if he never tore his Achilles in minicamp after the Super Bowl.
Originally posted by frenchmov:
Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:
That 7 game stretch + 3 postseason games was Crabtree's best time here. I really wonder what would've happened if he never tore his Achilles in minicamp after the Super Bowl.
What was surprising is he tore his achillies in late May and was back in early November
De'Zhaun Stribling was asked about the pass he couldn't hang onto that would have been a touchdown:
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) August 21, 2026
"I just dropped it. I gotta go back to the jugs machine. Catch more balls. Practice some more so it doesn't happen again."
Great answer!
Stribling on what he can add to the… pic.twitter.com/uXgicn1FKF
Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
He did become the receiver we hoped for when Kaep started playing
That 7 game stretch + 3 postseason games was Crabtree's best time here. I really wonder what would've happened if he never tore his Achilles in minicamp after the Super Bowl.
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:Damn I totally forgot about that injury
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
He did become the receiver we hoped for when Kaep started playing
Agreed. Tearing his achilles was brutal luck as well.
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:Yeah, I would say Crabtree's hands were good but I do recall quite a few drops. And I remember Harbaugh saying he had the best hands he had ever seen & thinking, are you kidding me Jim?!
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Crabtree? I can't find the image but there is a reasons someone edited Crabtre dressed as Urkel with the caption "Did I drop thaaaat???"
I already have more confidence in Strib's hands than Crabtree... he reminds more of Boldin with the way he attacks the ball.
Crabtree had really good hands. I feel like this became a bit of a meme because Harbro said he had the best hands of any receiver he had ever seen, or something along those lines.
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
He did have trouble catching balls from Smitty
He wasn't a tight end or a running back, lol.
How long did they actually play together, about a season and a half?
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
He wasn't a tight end or a running back, lol.
How long did they actually play together, about a season and a half?
All WRs had a hard time cause it's hard to catch a ball that isn't thrown.Originally posted by 49ers808:
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
He wasn't a tight end or a running back, lol.
How long did they actually play together, about a season and a half?
Spot on
Was it the Giants game where Smith didn't target a WR the entire game? Something like that……blew my mind
A great breakdown on De'Zhaun Stribling's routes that he ran against the Chargers pic.twitter.com/kpTrkokk6l
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) August 22, 2026
Originally posted by krizay:
Originally posted by 49ers808:
Really? He's much more Crabtree than TO in my opinion and the most natural catcher on the team aside from Evans. Kid catches everything with his hands; more WRs are body catchers than not.
I was strictly talking his hands
