Stock Watch: Michael Crabtree falling 

September, 21, 2010
09/21/10
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The defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints won Monday night's game, but I felt a few San Francisco 49ers players performed well from a fantasy football perspective despite their team falling to 0-2. Quarterback Alex Smith is already a safe backup fantasy quarterback, and someday when he cuts down on the turnovers he could be more than that. Frank Gore remains one of the top running backs in the game, bouncing back from a tough Week 1 with a standout 28-point effort. Tight end Vernon Davis is, frankly, impossible to cover by opposing defenses, and he's in the top three at his position.

Then there's wide receiver Michael Crabtree. With him, I'm starting to wonder when the hype will match the results.


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Eric Karabell
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Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.

Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.

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