Originally Published: September 18, 2009

Crabtree's conundrum

If Michael Crabtree holds out and re-enters the draft he is losing money, no matter what

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McShay By Todd McShay
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Michael Crabtree's holdout remains a hot topic in NFL circles. There are different angles to this discussion, and we covered a few of them in Wednesday's edition of our NFL Draft blog. After talking to two scouts from different NFL teams, I found it interesting that the subject of Crabtree's value in the 2010 class is already being considered. On one hand, there are many teams that were turned off by Crabtree's arrogance to begin with, and now there's even more reason for concern. Other factors working against Crabtree include the full year away from the game, his history of durability issues, his inability to run a legitimate 40-yard dash and the receiver-friendly system in which he played at Texas Tech.

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