Seed Planted: If Michael Crabtree Holds Out For Year, He Could Be Next Ryan Leaf

This isn't the first time in the history of the NFL that the top pick in the draft has threatened to not sign his rookie contract. It happened just five years ago, when Eli Manning told the San Diego Chargers that he would not play for them.

Wait a minute, Michael Crabtree wasn't drafted at the top of the draft? He wasn't even the first wide receiver taken!

As first reported on profootballtalk.com, Michael Crabtree has stated that he does not want to be paid as the tenth player taken, he wants to be paid the way he was supposed to be taken.

See, there are a lot of people that do these things called mock drafts prior to the real NFL Draft. Most of them are writers, like me. And in most cases, like me, they are wrong.

Mr. Crabtree doesn't seem to care about tha...

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