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Maybe the kid was right.

Maybe the 49ers should have been paying Michael Crabtree the same money – or even more – than the Raiders gave their rookie, Darrius Heyward-Bey.

Maybe that 71-day holdout could have been averted all along.

Crabtree made his pro debut for the 49ers in Sunday’s 24-21 loss to the Houston Texans, and the kid didn’t look like much of a rookie.

Click here to read the full article – By Victor Contreras of The Sacramento Bee

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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.


Click here to read the full article – By Matthew Barrows of The Sacramento Bee

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