Agent Blaming Crabtree for Deal not Getting Done

With the start of the NFL season getting enticingly close, the 49ers and their 10th overall pick, Michael Crabtree, don’t seem to be close to getting a deal done. What makes things worse for the disgruntled wide-out is that his agent is now blaming his client for his cash demands according to ProFootballTalk.

Crabtree is looking for the kind of money that Darrius Heyward-Bay got from Oakland, but the Raiders and Al Davis are not a group you want to measure market value to. The 49ers don’t want to give him anymore money than B.J. Raji got from Green Bay, the 9th overall pick.

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Someone should tell this guy that this is how it works; the lower you go in the draft the less money you get, just ask Brady Quinn. If he decides to sit out for the season and re-enters the draft in 2010 he will just be costing himself more money because he will be out of football for a full year. If he thinks that he’s going to get drafted higher next year, he’s got another thing coming. In sports, and football in particular, its what have you done for me lately.

Another factor he clearly isn’t considering is that teams aren’t going to want to take a shot at him if he’s this difficult to deal with when it comes to contract negotiations. Its one thing if the 49ers were low balling the kid but they’ve had some substantial offers on the table; someone should remind this kid that he hasn’t done a damn thing yet and you need to earn your paydays.