A week and half of impressive practices apparently have offset a 10-week contract standoff for Michael Crabtree. The 49ers’ first-round draft pick not only figures to see plenty of playing time Sunday against the Texans, according to wide receiver Josh Morgan, Crabtree will start the game opposite Isaac Bruce.
“They gave him my spot,” Morgan told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat on Monday. “So if he’s going to be in there, I might as well help him out so I can make sure he gets it right.”
While the rest of the 49ers enjoyed four days off over the bye week, Crabtree stayed at the team’s practice facility, furiously cramming for his debut. By all accounts, the sessions went very well.
Morgan, quarterback Alex Smith, running back Frank Gore and wide receivers coach Jerry Sullivan also were on hand. Gore, who will return to the lineup after missing the past two games with an ankle injury, said he was impressed by the rookie.
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