I am boiled by the fact that Michael Crabtree, who was drafted 10th overall by the San Francisco 49ers, won’t sign a contract. I can’t comprehend the idea of giving up a whole season because of money. Here is a guy with so much talent and he’s willing to sacrifice a season because he doesn’t think the 49ers are giving him enough money. Let me say this, I don’t think athletes are overpaid. However, I do think rookies are overpaid because they haven’t proved a thing. I understand wanting to get as much money as you can, I really do. But, Crabtree you are being given as much as you are worth right now to the 49ers…so just take the money! You are ruining your name already and you will miss out on a whole year’s salary by sitting out this year. For some reason this doesn’t make sense to me. If it’s your agent being greedy, then tell him to hit the road and go show up to the 49ers practice. The more you wait the less money the 49ers are going to pay you. Eventually they will just cut their losses and give up on you. The 49ers are 2-0 without you so you don’t have much of a case for them needing you. It seems crazy that you would be allowed to reenter the draft next year, but if you do end up doing that I would expect you end up on the Raiders! They will put up with the nonsense. I thought the 49ers got a steal when you fell to them at #10. The fact is though you did fall and you should be paid accordingly. Actually, none of the rookies should make as much as they do their first year. It really is a problem when the highest paid guys on a team have only been there for a year or two. That system needs to change, but that’s another story. Crabtree, you blew it buddy…just go put your pads on and play the sport you are gifted to play.

I was really boiling this weekend when my favorite coach in the world decided to leave three timeouts on the board heading into halftime. Jerry Moore could have used those timeouts to try and score on the final drive of the half, instead you go to the locker room and the timeouts disappear. This has driven me nuts over the years because the Carolina Panthers do the same thing. For some reason, coaches feel like it's safe to just give up a drive and let the clock run out. Do they not understand that each team will end up with a certain number of drives during each game and you are supposed to make the most of each of them. Teams should treat the last 2 minutes of the first half the same as they would the last 2 minutes of the second half. The truth is, you may not get that opportunity at the end of the second half. However, if you have enough time and timeouts on the board there is no reason not to try and score. You may be reading this and saying, "teams do that all the time". They should do it EVERY TIME. What do you really have to lose? You fumble? You throw an interception? Those are clearly the risks, but aren't those the same risks in the 3rd quarter? Coaches...just take advantage of the times you have the ball. Show your fans that you are always trying to score. The attitude, "let's just run out the clock and head to the locker room" is a loser's mentality. I'm more a fan of winning...at least TRYING to win. Coaches should play more MADDEN so they can learn some new tricks. Have you ever played MADDEN and let the clock run out? Absolutely not! So why do it in real life? Your reasoning can't convince me.