Golden Nuggets: Improved Pass Rush? How about ANY Pass Rush..?

or is he stubborn? Perhaps he just want to make an entrance while his foot fully heals. But new receivers from the 1st round rarely make much of an impact, so the grand entrance doesn’t make sense. Hard to shake suspicion of low intelligence as root problem. Hence he is a figure more of a comedy (dumb jock problem) more than a tragedy (fate against him and he’ll be redeemed with our pity). He’s not very relevant any more to the great excitement about a team taking itself seriously due to a serious coach.

who said that if a drafted but unsigned rookie signs to play in another league his rights to the drafting team (in this case, Niners re: Crabtree) are extended to THREE years. That means that if Crabtree thinks he is planning on sitting out this year to get away from the Niners, he’s not going to play anywhere else.

As for Eric Davis being a source of information, he’s really a source for a leak from the Crabtree camp. This is not a casual observation by a disinterested party, this is an intentional news release, just like the bail bondsman’s statement a week or so back.

After all, if the people you are threatening aren’t afraid you have to say your threat again, and louder. NO, I’LL REALLY HOLD OUT.

Either he won’t hold out or he will. Either way he’s not going to do much for the Niners this year. If he doesn’t sign until November he’s done the team the favor of saving them money. If he doesn’t sign at all he’s cost himself millions and will be walking around for the rest of his brief moment of fame with “Diva” as his new first name.

I wouldn’t say IQ is the issue because there are a lot of football players who wouldn’t otherwise be nuclear physicists. But I’d say there are psychological issues here. He is described as shy but a guy who tries to overcompensate for his self-doubt on the field. It sounds like that’s what’s going on in the contract negotiations. When talking about ego boundaries if you think you’re nothing and you compensate by pretending to be everything, you’ve got a false sense of self-worth (to compensate for your feelings of worthlessness).

Crabtree really does see this contract as the thing to define his self-worth. In the real world most of us feel we are underpaid, but we have an understanding of the market. I was a letter carrier for years. No matter how hard I worked or how easy I took the job, I got what a letter carrier is paid. Athletes often talk about how much they earn as equating respect for them. In Crabtree’s case it sounds like the money is a matter of “self-respect”. That is, the battle is inside Crabtree’s head. This is not a good sign, Niner fans. Someone should send this kid some Prozac.

I believe our pass rush at its best this season will be more about scheme than any one individual. We don’t have a Haley, Dent, Rickey Jackson type guy. Or even a Tim Harris or Chris Doleman. Best case is the 3-4 scheme with various blitzes and fake blitzes creates confusion and mismatches and allows a number of guys (LBs and DBs) to get a sack or two, along with Haralson getting 7-9, Lawson getting 4-6 and Smith somewhere in between. A little pressure from the D-lineman would be nice on the early downs but we need our pressure/sacks on third down. When they occur may be as important as how many occur.

I vote manny lawson……….Maybe womeone should post a poll (how about it fooch)