Golden Nuggets: Gameday

by James Brady on Aug 22, 2009 4:00 AM PDT in 49ers Links

Good morning or afternoon folks, James here with your Nuggets for the day. I'm pretty pumped up for the game today, I hope we can take it to the Raiders and embarrass them like we did in practice. Either way, I'm putting together these links semi-early so I can get some sleep. Still, I think I have a good deal of links for you today, and if I miss anything (such as things posted after I head to bed) please post them in the comments on this post. Providing you find something that I couldn't, of course. Anyway, I'm going to get right to it as I have to get up early to head to the game.

Here's the Game Center from the NFL's website, which will follow the games progress as it goes and contains a preview. (NFL.com)

QB Alex Smith will be starting in today's game against Oakland, should be interesting. I'm still leaning towards Shaun Hill. (49ers.com)

Here's five things to look for in tonight's game. (SFGate.com)

How Alex Smith will play today should have a pretty big impact on whether or not he gets the starting job. (PressDemocrat.com)

So is it Michael Crabtree holding out or his agent, Eugene Parker? (ProFootballTalk.com)

Here's yesterday's edition of Singletary's Notebook. (49ers.com)

Here's the newest edition of Baas' Training Camp Diary. (49ers.com)

Road to the Roster: T Kyle Howard... Hm, must have missed this guy. (49ers.com)

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Crabtree holdout

At this point Crabtree has eliminated his effectiveness as a player this year. The Niners will not reward him for making himself worthless at this stage.

As it stands, a receiver who will be able to help the team this year will have to be cut in order to fit him on the roster.

I understand his desire to maximize the money he’ll make, but at this point he’s lost the battle, and his value to the Niners or any other team goes down. If his agent Parker doesn’t realize this he’s a fool. Likewise with Crabtree and his entourage. He has completely alienated himself from the fans.

There is a point in any negotiation where you realize you’ve gotten what you can and that there is no use in going on with a losing hand. Crabtree has passed that point. He wasn’t chosen in the top five? Boohoo. He’s not getting more money than the guy on the Raiders. My heart breaks for Crabs. Time for him to wake up and smell the coffee.

So my question is: What is the point of Crabtree holding out anymore? To extract something out of the Niners by further damaging his value? Perhaps he can threaten taking a hammer to his knees if Jed doesn’t come up with more money. I just don’t get it.

by Bob In Beaverton on Aug 22, 2009 7:58 AM PDT reply actions