Michael Crabtree needs to rethink a decision to sit out a whole year. If recent history serves as a reminder then being away from football action for a year will hurt Crabtree's chances of having a long-term career. In 2005 both WR Mike Williams and RB Maurice Clarett entered draft after a year away from football. Neither one has had anything close to a NFL career. Williams didn't make any money his rookie for being fined so much for being out of shape and Clarett is currently in prison. The NFL is too high of level for someone so inexperienced to walk away for a year and then come back and be a star.
This will only cost Crabtree in the long run.
"We are prepared to do it," Wells said. "Michael just wants fair-market value. They took him with the 10th pick and you have Darrius Heyward-Beythe seventh overall pick by the Oakland Raiders getting $38 million? This week is crucial. Michael was one of the best players in the draft and he just wants to be paid like one of the best players. This week is very crucial."
Crabtree may indeed be a better player than Heyward-Bey, however much of the public and media sentiment to that regard is because Crabtree played on a high-profile Texas Tech team and scored a dramatic touchdown to upset Texas. Heyward-Bey, meanwhile, played on a fairly anonymous Maryland club.
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