Crabtree falls to #10, Niners quickly draft him

As the Niners waited for their turn to draft and teams made their selections, it came upon the Raiders turn to draft. The Raiders, like the Niners, desperately need a playmaking receiver. So it was pretty much a lock that the Raiders would take the draft’s best playmaking receiver, Michael Crabtree out of Texas Tech right? Wrong. Mastermind (that was sarcastic) Al Davis, who always has a hardon for speedsters, drafted a receiver out of Maryland that I’ve never heard of who is the fastest guy in the draft, but has many question marks surrounding him.

With the 8th and 9th selections belonging to teams that had more pressing needs than wide receiver, Crabtree was available when the Niners selected at 10. It took them about 1 minute to decide that they had gotten lucky and a wide receiver widely expected to be drafted in the top 5 should be drafted.

Now the Niners have the playmaking wide receiver that they have lacked since T.O. was shipped off for nothing about 6 years ago.  I love this pick! This is exactly what the offense needs…. well, besides someone to actually throw it to Crabtree.

The Niners traded their 2nd and 4th round selections this year to Carolina for their 1st round selection next year, which means the Niners will have 2 first rounders next year. Hopefully Carolina is awful this year and that pick is an early first rounder, but I wouldn’t hold my breath as Carolina is expected to go to the playoffs this year. Hopefully Jake Delhomme and Steve Smith get arrested for having child porn on their computers and miss the season.