Might this be what's holding up Knowshon  ??

Thanks to Al Davis and the BS contract that he gave DHB, Crabtree wants 40 mil…..Needless to say, Knowshon wants to see how that is going to play out before coming to terms…

What a nightmare this guy is. Thank the heavens we didn’t end up with him.

He’ll end up in the 7th round like Bo Jackson.

Enjoy chewing on the career you might have had the rest of your life.

The end.

The tears are just building up for this guy. He just wants to get paid like the best players in the draft.

Sheesh, I guess the hat is off to Mangini

First, you miss an entire professional year, then you go back into the draft with everyone knowing that you’re perfectly willing to stiff your team to attempt to get all the goodies in your first contract. Not the world’s best strategy – good luck cracking the top 15 again (or even the first round). You lose out on the year’s pay, you lose more by dropping slots or rounds, and then you have a rep for a bad attitude. Other than that, it’s a great approach….;-)

   If so, at some point teams need to tender a reasonable offer and say “this is our last offer, you can re-enter next year and get 1/10 of our offer if your lucky, and we’ll pick someone who wants to play”

Everyone but Al Davis knows he was the best receiver in the draft, so he wants to be paid like DHB.
But where is Noshow coming from? He was the first RB taken. What is he whining about?

crabtree has no position….and i dont see anything to justify his behavior.
It doesnt matter if a player is the best in the draft or not, everyone in the history of the NFL is always paid for where they are drafted (give or take a little bit).

Also there is a rumor going around that the agent for crabtree hasn’t made an offer yet (per profootballtalk.com).
so my guess is the team offered him a 10-15% increase over the slot from last year and they arent going to budge on the offer.

I wouldn’t mind seeing them say this: “here is a contract for 13% increase over this slot from last year. everyday that you dont accept this contract, we will remove 1% from our offer.”

he would have to sign the deal, there is 0% chance of him sitting out for a year. Bo jackson sat out because he was a bonafide baseball star….if crabtree sits out a year he loses 8% of his total career earnings, assuming he has a 13 year career.

knowshon has the same agent as the 3-5 guys picked right behing him (not sure on the exact number of guys)

Man, I would hate to be drafted by the raiders and have to play for a owner like Al.

a rookie pay cap is needed in the NFL. I would like to see more pay increases based on performance like most the rest of the business world. You perform you get a raise, you excell you get a bigger raise, you don’t well you don’t get diddly………..

Hey Crabtree, just because the Raiders pay Heyword-Bey that much doesn’t mean he is worth that much. You get paid where you were drafted and that is it. If you want more money then go out and show everyone and the 49ers what you are worth.

I hope our situation with Moreno gets settled quickly. I mean if DHB sits out 2009 then the rest of the picks should get signed quickly.

the Diva Syndrome continue to spread it’s virus down to the college and high school levels…These kids have been filled with so much crap about how good they are, and how much money they can make, it’s just disturbing…

This kid (and Knowshon) are getting some seriously BAD advice!!!

they could just write in an escalator in his contract that will pay him like a Top 3 pick, IF, he plays like one. It is absurd if he thinks otherwise since he hasn’t played in the league yet. Not to mention his bum leg. This kid has a serious case of Cranial Rectum-itis.

After sitting tight on B-Marsh, and with several RBs in camp, the pressure is on Moreno to move. Much as I’d like to see him in now, he has more to lose by holding out. I expect the Broncos have and will make him a fair offer based on draft position and history. Ayers got 16% up from last years’ spot. Pretty nice bump.

If the average RB career is ~6 years, I see him wanting to make sure the deal is good, since it will probably be 5 years long. Still, you got to get in camp to make anything.

Anyone catch the “Prime-U” series that ESPN aired before the draft? This whole Crabtree train wreck could be predicted the way Deion Sanders fed Crabtree’s ego like it was a binge eating disorder.

Doesn’t everyone know that the Raiders overpay every kid that runs fast, Heisman winner, Superbowl MVP, next big thing, latest gimmick to come around, etc.? Whatever comes out of Alameda should simply be ignored, and you should just be happy to be employed by someone other than al davis. If you really want to motivate Mr. Crabtree to sign, threaten to send him across the bay to the raiders. That would scare me straight.

The science of cloning has been around for a long time now right? Since at least Jurassic Park, and in my book that is a long time. Why can’t we just clone Eddie Royal and Hillis over and over till we have enough of them to field an entire team? Wouldn’t this work? What am I missing? Do we need to send them off to Europe to get it done?

Condon has a reputation for fairness and getting the best deal possible but not advising extended holdouts.The DHB contract and Crabtree’s holdout are issues for sure but I seriously doubt that KM or Condon want to keep dragging things out.

Not really.