Niners Have Crabs

Crabtree, 49ers finally agree to deal
ESPN.com news services

After months of holding out, wide receiver Michael Crabtree has agreed to a contract with the San Francisco 49ers.

The deal, first reported by ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, was confirmed by 49ers spokesman Bob Lange in a text message to The Associated Press early Wednesday.

Crabtree will get a six-year deal that he can void to five years if he meets undefined performance clauses, a league source told ESPN's Michael Smith.



The 22-year-old Crabtree is expected to report to the team's training facility Wednesday.

Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker met into the early-morning hours Wednesday with 49ers owner Jed York, general manager Scot McCloughan and Paraag Marathe, vice president of football operations. The two sides had gone almost three weeks without talking.

Coach Mike Singletary, whose 49ers lead the NFC West and at 3-1 are off to their best start since 2002, said Monday he would welcome Crabtree whenever he joins the team.

Well the odyssey of Michael Crabtree and the 49ers has ended. Now everyone who shelled out the cash for a Crabtree 49ers jersey can wear it proudly at Jones AT&T. I guess this means that Crabtree won't be accepting the job as assistant editor of the Back Yard Blog. But I have prospects. If Roy Williams' rib injury is serious I'm going to fly to Dallas and make an official offer. I'd say a free koozie and all the Colorado Bulldogs he can drink is fair.