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Originally posted by mayo63:
8 days

Originally posted by MadDog49er:

Originally posted by singfan:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:
8 days until Crabtree is a holdout!!!! Something to look forward to, for sure!!!!

Sing will motivate him to sign on time. Heck, Sing will motivate him to play for free if need be. Motivate, motivate, motivate. Eugene Parker will get mentally beyotch slapped by Sing.

Love the optimism. However, I don't Parker is going to hit the floor for ten pushups when Sing commands.

I'm prepared to eat crow, but I think we'll see mid-August or later before a deal is done.

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After the Coffee and Davis deals are completed, the Crabtree negotiations should be straight forward.

The 49ers were allotted $4.1 million in the rookie salary pool. They've used 34 percent of that figure for the draft picks who have signed, as well as their crop of undrafted rookies. The 49ers have $2.69 million in 2009 cap room available for Crabtree, Coffee and Davis.

Crabtree's cap figure this year will be what's left after Coffee and Davis sign their deals. Then, there's the matter of guaranteed money. The No. 10 overall pick last year, the Patriots' Jerod Mayo, signed a five-year contract with about $13.8 million in guaranteed money.

In 2007, guaranteed money for first-round picks averaged $10.853 million. Last year, the average climbed 9.1 percent to $11.912 million. A similar increase this year would mean approximately $15 million guaranteed in Crabtree's deal.

I asked one NFL insider if it Crabtree's agent, Eugene Parker, could ask for the kind of money the Raiders will give Darrius Heyward-Bey, the No. 7 pick. Because the perception is that Crabtree should've been the first receiver selected, could Parker ask for a contract equal to or greater than Heyward-Bey's?

"No," the source said. "That's not logical. If that were the case, Aaron Rodgers should've gotten $23.99 million (in 2005)."

Originally posted by mayo63:
7 days

Originally posted by ads_2006:
The 49ers are reportedly close to finalizing deals with third-round RB Glen Coffee and fifth-round QB Nate Davis.

Both rookies are believed to be waiting for a few more players to sign, so they can accurately gauge their signing bonuses. Once the Coffee and Davis deals are finished, Michael Crabtree's should be expedited.

so if we sign davis, does that mean huard is out?

Or do we keep 4 qbs?

Not sure if its possible to sign davis to a deal and then place him on the practice squad.

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:

Originally posted by mayo63:
6 days